July 3, 1990. The
New York Times
devotes an article to the
"Cinderella of the ghetto"
, under the headline
"Status: undefeated." Future: pink. Age: 10 years old. "
Venus Williams enters the scene. Less than a year later, the prestigious daily once again invites the young American, accompanied this time by her younger sister, Serena (9), with the title:
"The prodigy players whet the appetite of agents".
History is on the move. She will experience jolts. But in 2021, it continues. At the top, or very near.
In 1999, before the first final between his daughters, in Miami, Richard Williams, their father, coach and manager of this incredible sports duo which was the subject of reports, books, a documentary and will soon be the object of a film (with Will Smith) describes how he detected the predispositions of female players
:
"The first time I took my daughter to a tennis court, I left my Volkswagen broken down and I drove three kilometers home to tell my
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