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THE WILLIAMS SISTERS CALL NEXT

By Pam Shriver

Thursday, February 14, 2008

What you see is a pair of exquisite young black women against the mostly white backdrop of professional tennis. What you hear is the click-clacking of the beads they wear in their braided hair. What you feel is the awesome power and extreme confidence they bring to the tennis court. Venus and Serena Williams stand apart. They stood apart the first time I saw them, at a 1990 fundraiser in Los Angeles. Back then, they were cute little girls with big tennis racquets. Venus was 10; Serena just turn ...

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