Venus Williams Claps Back at Comparison to Sister Serena Williams: ‘What Kind of Question Is That?’
usmagazine.comGame, set, match! Venus Williams kept it real while answering questions with fellow tennis star Jamie Murray at a press conference over the weekend — especially when asked about sister Serena Williams.Venus, 42, and Murray, 36, played in the mixed doubles competition at Wimbledon this year, winning their first-round match against Michael Venus and Alicja Rosolska on Saturday, July 2.
Following the victory, one reporter asked the duo whether they wanted to go head-to-head against Serena, 40, and Jamie’s brother, Andy Murray, in the tournament.“Are you in it to win it or is it the first target to get past the third round where Serena and Andy became a cropper?” the reporter said, per a video from the BBC.
The question referred to Serena and Andy’s respective defeats in earlier rounds of the singles competition at Wimbledon.Venus then looked at Jamie in disbelief. “What kind of question is that?” she clapped back. “We’re in it for a stroll.
Like, come on!”“Are you in it for the experience or are you going to go all the way?” the reporter went on to ask, to which Venus replied, “Are you going to write a good article or just a halfway decent one?” as Jamie laughed.Unfortunately, Venus and the British athlete lost in the following round.
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