By AFP More by this AuthorLOS ANGELESWhen Venus Williams first stepped onto a tennis court in Oakland for her professional debut in 1994, the Rolling Stones were playing a concert next door at a neighbouring stadium. Twenty-six years later, Williams, like Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, is in no mood to simply fade away. When Williams does finally call it quits, tennis will bid farewell to one of the greatest players in its history. The final years of Williams career have coincided with the emergence of a young crop of African-American tennis players, including Sloane Stephens, Madison Keys, Taylor Townsend and Coco Gauff. Williams wrote in a long Instagram post that Floyd's death and other incidents had shown that "racism that still pervades America."

Source: Daily Nation June 16, 2020 06:56 UTC