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Tennis is mostly mental. You win or lose the match before you even go out there.

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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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Tennis
Mostly
Mental
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Loses
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