NEW YORK (Reuters) - Seven-times grand slam winner Venus Williams, fresh off an inspirational run to the Australian Open finals at age 36, sees no end in sight on the tennis court, even envisioning another Olympics alongside her sister Serena. "I'm planning on playing tennis for a very long time yet," Williams told Reuters in a telephone interview on Friday. Since being diagnosed with Sjogren's, an autoimmune disease that causes fatigue and joint pain and forced her to withdraw from the 2011 U.S. Open, Williams had to rebuild her career and re-evaluate her lifestyle. "Playing tennis, (my sister and I) were definitely very different for tennis at the time and that definitely broke down a lot of barriers," said Williams. Asked if there might be another chase for Olympic glory at the 2020 Games in Tokyo with sister Serena, Venus said: "That's my absolute dream.

Source: The Star March 03, 2017 21:33 UTC