Venus Williams Claps Back at Reporter Who Tried to Pit Her Against Sister Serena Williams
“Are you going to create an excellent essay or just one that’s merely passable?” Venus Williams responded to a journalist’s query about if she was simply competing at Wimbledon to defeat her sister, Serena Williams.
When a questionable question about their siblings was posed to Venus Williams and fellow tennis player Jamie Murray during a press appearance over the weekend, they didn’t hold back.
This year at Wimbledon, the two competitors competed in the mixed doubles event. After defeating Michael Venus and Alicja Rosolska in the first round of the tennis competition on Saturday, a reporter questioned Venus and Jamie about their aspirations to defeat Serena Williams and Andy Murray.
The reporter asked, in a now-viral BBC footage of the interaction, “Are you in it to win it or is it the first aim to get past the third round where Serena and Andy became a cropper? “, referring to how Serena and Andy had, respectively, lost in earlier rounds of Wimbledon’s singles competition.
Venus, 42, looked at Jamie, 36, and asked, “What kind of inquiry is that? ” she appeared perplexed by his query.
She gave the reporter a snarky reply, “We’re in it for a stroll.” “Come on, like.”
Venus made it clear that she disregarded the reporter’s statements, but he was still not finished. He said, “Are you in it for the experience or are you going to go all the way?”
“Are you going to create an excellent essay or just one that’s merely passable?” Then Venus reciprocated.
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Venus’ remark was hailed as a “great response” on Twitter by adoring fans.
Unfortunately, Venus and Jamie weren’t able to get very far. The pair lost to Alicia Barnett and Jonny O’Mara in the next round after failing to capitalize on five match points during a drawn-out third-set tiebreaker.
Venus had not competed in a competition in more over a year. Last week, a post on the Instagram page of her activewear company EleVen announced her return to London with the caption “The queen is BACK.” Let’s add a mixed doubles championship to @venuswilliams’ collection of singles and doubles victories when she returns to the storied grass courts of Wimbledon!
In the opening round of the Wimbledon singles competition, 24-year-old Frenchwoman Harmony Tan upset her younger sister Serena. Following her comeback to the courts, Serena, 40, opened out about it on Instagram, calling it “crazy and intense.”
In the caption of a photo of herself waving to the crowd, she wrote, “Not the result I came for, but my gosh I enjoyed that. “I’m hoping you did, too. Upward and onward.”
Source: givemesport.com