I heard today that V. Williams will not compete in the Austrailian Open. Is she protesting her #11 ranking, moving over to give Serena room to grow, or has she been pushed too hard, too fast for too long and giving up? Are today's youngest and brightest stars burning out before they have a chance to realize their full potential? V. was great but could she have become a legend or will she become another also-ran?

I may have blown it - It may not be V. Williams out but her sister! That could change the pictureof the tennis world because she is considered by many to be the better of the two sisters. I hope this does not jeprodize her career permantly.

so let me get the story correct who is protesting oldsalt?

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Thought she said she was not yet ready to play, still recovering from injury?. Can you name the source of the information?. I Heard her statement on BBC last night.

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Yeah she will be out all right. The Williams have plotted another charted course, Serena has bowed out in my humble opinion to allow Venus some glory this year.

Venuswill be back but she is still ranked number 11 in the world but according to the Aussie Open Media website she will be granted a special seed of number 3 to replace Serena.
One The Net: http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/...803254914.html

Venus last comeback victory for this year was so impressive that it prompted the Australian Open 2004 Tournament Director to place her in 3rd.

On The Net: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/3385073.stm

Pics:

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The two sisters have raised the bar on everyone else. Now it is upon her to continue the level of play to maintain her dominance. Can she do it against younger, stronger competition? I think so, if she wants to. Does she have the drive? That remains to be seen. I wish her well, it ain't easy.

I think she gots the drive to do anything she wants and I personally think she is better than her sister Sereena despite their seperate track record. IMHO I think the sisters have found away to remain fresh on the scene and share the spotlight, one is always 'out or injured' so as to give the other the opportunity to defeat the lower class of players because indeed they are the best female players in the world right now.

So far she came back and dominated the Hong Kong Open now she is returning to form despite an ankle sprain in the Aussie Open. She has won 2 outta 2 thus far. Her last match took her a mere 56 minutes.


On The Net:http://channels.netscape.com/ns/news...84.htm&sc=3001

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