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Women's News Headlines August 30, 2016
Venus Williams became a professional tennis player in 1994 at age 14. Venus has seven Grand Slam singles events on her victory belt and 14 more in women’s doubles, won with her sister Serena, 34. Venus, with five Wimbledon singles titles wins, became the first African-American woman in 2002 to "earn the world’s top ranking in tennis since the onset of the open era in the late 1960s."
In 2011, her tennis career slowed, as Venus Williams battled injuries and Sjogren’s syndrome, an autoimmune disorder that results in joint pain and sometimes crushing fatigue. Under assault from the vagaries of life, Williams withdrew from the second round of the United States Open.
But she has regained momentum. . .
Venus Williams Struggles In First US Open Match
Update: Venus Williams narrowly escaped defeat on Tuesday, in the first round of her US Open match with Kateryna Kozlova of Ukraine, ranked 93rd. Venus had played 17 US Opens and never lost in the first round. Having reached the semifinals at Wimbledon, Venus was seeded sixth, her first top 10 seeding at the Open in six years. Read on at the New York Times
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