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WTA missing only one ingredient

By Kamakshi Tandon
Special to ESPN.com

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Venus Williams fixed her questioner with a glint-eyed stare when asked a negative question about the state of the game. "Are you trying to be down on women's tennis?" she said, brushing off follow-up queries in the Wimbledon interview room. "I don't deal with down at all. I think women's tennis is fantastic." From a broad perspective, who could argue? Despite occasional challenges from golf, basketball and soccer, tennis remains by far the premier sport for female athletes. Financially, te ...

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