Tennis Special Report: The playing style of American tennis player, Venus Williams
Born on June 17, 1980, the American tennis ace, Venus Ebony Starr Williams is currently the third ranked singles player from the women’s side. The thirty years old Williams has been ranked as the number one singles player by the WTA for a total of three times all through her career. Her very first top world’s ranking was back in 2002.
Venus is the dominating winner in women's doubles at the hard court Australian Open tournament as well as the United States Open championship. She has so far won a total of twenty one major trophies in her professional tennis career. The 1.85 meters tall, Venus grabbed a total of four major titles from the 2000 grass court Grand Slam till the 2001 United States Open tournament.
Talking about her style of game, Venus Williams is famous as a strong baseline player on the tour, who has all the appropriate tools required for attacking her opponent on the courts. Her style of play suits the grass courts the most, as admitted by the American tennis player herself as well. The girl has proved this fact by winning a total of five grass court Grand Slam titles so far in her career. Although not a perfect serve and volley player by birth, the black beauty and the elder sister of the top ranked tennis ace, Serena Williams, has with the passage of time as learned how to serve well and makes good use of the tennis court.
While talking to the reporters back in 2008 at the hard court Australian Open championship, the American tennis ace, Venus Williams stated that she has done a lot of hard work to improve her serve and volley. Moreover, the dusky and tall Williams also has superb coverage with the help of her long access to smash balls that majority of the contesters from the women’s side would not be able to even reach in the modern era.
Williams also enjoys the record for the quickest serve smashed by a female tennis player in a main draw competition. She struck with a speed as fast as 130 mph at the Zurich Open competition. Moreover, Venus also holds another record of smashing the quickest serve in all the four major events as well. In the past, there was also a time when the American tennis ace had higher serving speed as compared to Roger Federer as well as Rafael Nadal.
Williams is also popular for her ground strokes that serve as a consistent tool for down sliding her opponent. Moreover, the backhand of the former top ranked professional tennis ace, Venus Williams is also equally productive however, the area where she has struggled all through the years from time to time is her forehand that breaks down in pressure situations. Anyhow, it has still contributed a great deal to win her important matches on a number of occasions.
Back in 2008, Venus Williams smashed a forehand winner recorded at ninety four mph at the grass court Grand Slam tournament, which is not something that every other player from the women’s side is capable of. Few of the players who have done this include Justine Henin, Ivanovic as well as the currently number one tennis ace, Serena Williams.
The Americans' favourite court is undoubtedly the grass one. She has won the grass court Grand Slam tournament for a total of five times and has successfully managed to make her way into a total of eight finals out of the previous ten competitions. The very first serve of Venus Williams becomes stronger due to the low bounce of the grass courts, and it is a powerful tool for her.
On the other hand, it is a proven fact that the style of Williams doesn’t suit the clay courts and therefore these are her weakest ones beyond any doubt. Not only her movement becomes less effective but her serve also doesn’t turn out to be that powerful, as compared to the grass courts. Even then, in spite of all these difficulties, a phenomenal fact is that Venus Williams has managed to win a couple of titles on clay surfaces as well.
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