PhotoIn career twilight and in the competitive shadow of her younger sister, Venus Williams nonetheless stepped into the sunlight of a practice court Sunday morning, 12 hours removed from her previous match. The late-summer life Williams, 36, continues to lead 19 years after she made her United States Open debut. On the adjacent practice court, Serena Williams was already being fed balls to serve by her coach, Patrick Mouratoglou. “I’m sure she’s won a lot of people over, a lot of hearts, by how she has carried herself, on court and off.”Along with hearts won, Venus Williams has surely changed a few minds. She later explained — and we’re paraphrasing in lieu of profanity — that Venus thought a little too highly of herself.

Source: New York Times September 05, 2016 06:00 UTC