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Venus Williams: Playing
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"I really like the theme and feel of the campaign,'' two-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams said. "I think this is exactly the kind of marketing the game needs in order to generate even more exposure for our sport.''
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James Blake and Venus Williams represented for tennis at the ESPYs last night. Federer won Best Male Tennis Player, Venus won Best Female Tennis Player-- and some baseball player beat Roger Federer for Best International Athlete. Further proof that the ESPYs are irrelevant.
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Venus Williams is reportedly engaged to be married to her [B]oyfriend Hank Kuehne. A source close to the six-time Grand Slam champion has confirmed that Venus plans to marry the PGA Tour golfer.
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Jelena Jankovic took advantage of a sluggish Venus Williams early in the first set and propelled herself to a 6-4 first set win. Venus Willimas was spraying balls and hitting sloppy errors. Venus found energy by the end of the set, but the wayward shots were still there. In the first set, Williams had 18 unforced errors and 3 double faults.
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The Williams family moved to Florida when Venus enrolled in Macci's tennis academy there. She ... withdrew from junior tennis that year at the age of 11. Instead of mixing practice with the competition circuit, Williams stayed put, was schooled at home, and practiced six hours a day, six times a week. She did this for four years--a decision, Macci said, that Williams and her family had made based on her unique temperament. "Putting her in a traditional development system would be like putting her in prison," the coach told Finn in the New York Times. When she was thirteen, companies were already contacting Williams and her family to offer endorsement contracts if she did turn pro.
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Venus Williams and boyfriend, golfer Hank Kuehne (and former boo of Paula Abdul) celebrated her graduation from fashion school and launch of her clothing line “Eleven” in Miami last night. Looks like this dude is in there, Venus’ dad likes him and she says:
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