New York: Current World No.67 Venus Williams isn’t looking to walk into the sunset just yet as she eyes that elusive French Open and Australian Open titles.
Williams, 39, has five Wimbledon championships and two US Open trophies apart from 14 doubles Grand Slam trophies in her bulging cabinet. But her quest to end her drought in Paris and Melbourne continues.
“You always have to have dreams, so I keep having them,” Williams told the Tennis Majors website.”I would like to win Roland Garros. I was not far from it. The same goes for the Australian Open: I was unlucky, I always missed it a little.
Venus knows the clock is ticking for her to realise her dreams of completing the golden slam in singles. She won her last single’s slam 12 years ago but stated that she still loves winning and will try to do so in near future as well.”I probably won’t be playing as long as what I have already played,” she said. “We’ll see how I feel. I still love winning as much, but when it’s over, it’s over. “I’ve had great moments, I’ve been on the top, I’ve been on the bottom, I’ve been down and out – I’ve done it all and I’ve been equally as happy during all of it,” she added.
Williams is generally regarded as one of the all-time greats of women’s tennis and, along with younger sister Serena Williams, is credited with ushering in a new era of power and athleticism on the women’s professional tennis tour.
Williams has been ranked world No. 1 by the Women’s Tennis Association on three occasions, for a total of 11 weeks. She first reached the No. 1 ranking on February 25, 2002, the first African American woman to do so in the Open Era, and the second all time since Althea Gibson. Williams’ seven Grand Slam singles titles are tied for 12th on the all-time list,and 8th on the Open Era list, more than any other active female player except her sister. She has reached 16 Grand Slam finals, most recently at Wimbledon in 2017. She has also won 14 Grand Slam Women’s doubles titles, all with Serena Williams. (IANS)
