Not fade away: Venus Williams still dreaming at 40 | Malay Mail

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LOS ANGELES, June 16 ― When Venus Williams first stepped onto a tennis court in Oakland for her professional debut in 1994, the Rolling Stones were playing a concert next door at a neighbouring stadium. Twenty-six years later, Williams, like Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, is in no mood to simply...

Venus says there is no prospect of her quietly drawing a line under a career which has yielded seven Grand Slam singles titles, four Olympic gold medals and dozens of tournament wins. — Reuters pic

The trailblazing American star celebrates her 40th birthday tomorrow with the tennis season on pause amid the coronavirus crisis which has decimated the calendar. “You always have to have dreams, so I keep having them,” Williams told the Tennis Majors website in an interview earlier this month, revealing that she still wants to challenge for the French and Australian Opens, the two Grand Slams that have eluded her.

And even though advances in sports science are increasingly stretching the boundaries of longevity for modern athletes, few players today are likely to match her achievement of a professional career that has spanned four different decades. The final years of Williams career have coincided with the emergence of a young crop of African-American tennis players, including Sloane Stephens, Madison Keys, Taylor Townsend and Coco Gauff.

 

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