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My goal is always the same: to keep the other player from ever scoring a point. That doesn't always happen, but that's what I try for.

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Venus Williams
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: June 17
Entrepreneur
Tennis Player
Writer
Lynwood
USA
Venus Ebony Starr Williams
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