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Dad: Fans, media grew tired of daughters' success
By SANDRA HARWITT, For The Associated Press
June 30, 2005
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) -- Richard Williams says his daughters, Venus and
Serena, have paid a price for their success.
They've struggled, he says, because of criticism from fans and the media,
who grew tired of watching them play in Grand Slam finals -- and think
they've made tennis ``boring.''
``When it was Steffi Graf or Chris Evert that won, or Monica Seles -- but
when those two black girls came and beat up everyone, tennis was 'not
exciting,''' he told The Associated Press on Thursday after watching Venus
beat Maria Sharapova in the Wimbledon semifinals.
``I bet you they wouldn't say that if Sharapova won all the time, or
Lindsay (Davenport) won all the time. So who would want to play under
those conditions?''
The sisters played each other in six of eight Grand Slam finals from the
U.S. Open in 2001 to Wimbledon in 2003.
Because of that, their father said, ``Every reporter, every TV station
and ... near every fan'' thought ``tennis is not exciting anymore. It's
boring.''
Williams, who taught his daughters how to play tennis, has never been
shy about expressing his opinions. Long before Venus and Serena were
stars, he predicted they would dominate the game.
Venus' latest victory put her in a major final for the first time in
two years.
``I think her confidence is just rolling now and her confidence had been
down,'' her dad said. ``When your techniques are better, you can execute
the way you should, and that's what brings about confidence in anything
that you're doing.''
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