Venus Williams keeps court at Australian Open
Venus Williams could be the next icon for women around the world when it comes to holding ground on center stage.
Williams was asked to move her third-round match against Sania Mirza from Rod Laver to Vodafone in order to start the Lleyton Hewitt-Marcos Baghdatis showdown. Williams said “no go” and the officials of Operation Aussie decided to let the elder Williams sister have her way.
As this has already played out, we know that Hewitt downed Baghdatis in a 4:30 a.m. finish. That late night/early morning ending was courtesy of Venus.
I can’t say that I disagree with Venus. It was a scheduling lapse on the part of those running the Australian Open, and I don’t believe a competitor should be asked to interrupt a match with the sole reasoning based on commerical popularity.
So - go Venus. Stick it to the man.
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