Talk:Venus Williams

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You have new messages (last change).
Tennis
Tennis
 This article is within the scope of WikiProject Tennis, which collaborates on Tennis related subjects on Wikipedia, such as players, tournaments and rules. To participate, help improve this article or visit the project page for details on the project.
??? This article has not yet received a rating on the quality scale.
??? This article has not yet received a rating on the importance scale.

Article Grading:
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography. For more information, visit the project page.
Portal:Biography
 Biography Portal
B This article has been rated as B-Class on the Project's quality scale. [FAQ]
(If you rated the article, please give a short summary at comments to explain the ratings and/or to identify the strengths and weaknesses.)
This article is supported by the Sports and games work group.
Photo request It is requested that a picture or pictures of this person be included in this article to improve its quality.

Why is the picture a pin-up instead of a picture of her, you know, playing tennis?

[edit] Tier I Tournaments

On the table of tournament wins, Hamburg and San Diego are listed as Tier II tournaments. However, they are listed as tier I tournaments on the WTA website. Are there any objections to changing it? I'll wait a while before editing it to make sure. Agrippina Minor

Hamburg is a defunct tournament, and it was never at Tier I tournament. It is currently played as an ATP Masters Series tournament (the ATP's version of Tier I). San Diego was once a Tier II tournament, but it has been upgraded as a Tier I in 2004. Joey80 10:58, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jehovah's Witness?

I would like to ask if it is right to put her and her sister in the category Jehovah's Witnesses people. Are they practicing JW? If not, they actually do not belong there. Summer Song 08:41, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

From my reading both her, her sister, her mother (but _not_ her father) are Witnesses. http://www.watchtowerinformationservice.org/williamsdivorce.htm <-2000. http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/11/80777/1318124/post.ashx#1318124 <-2006 they still seem to be attending 220.253.86.204 07:31, 8 March 2006 (UTC) (MSN jpshift@hotmail.com)

I love the "despite suffering stomach cramps" bit. As if women throughout history haven't been fighting through their jobs for centuries despite PMS issues. I'd love to see a professional female athlete try to get away with THAT one. Imagine Lisa Leslie saying "Coach, I can't make it through this game, I'm bloated and agitated!"

"they sometimes had to dodge bullets while practising tennis at local public courts"

Emm, care to explain why? Mandel 08:02, Sep 4, 2004 (UTC)

  • They had to dodge bullets on the practice courts as they were brought up in Compton, California. It's a well known area for gangs having gun battles and Venus and Serena Williams have often mentioned the fact that as they practiced as kids, gunfire was going on in the area. As for women having to battle PMS while working, this is true, but I wouldn't fancy running around a tennis court for 2 hours when I have my period! A few tennis players have in the past mentioned PMS in interviews after a match when asked to explain their form. Candice 21:04, July 4 2005 (UTC)

what's with that ted watts link? (btw, i'm not the one who wrote "what happened to this link" in the article. but it's a good question) --172.216.113.32 16:21, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Picture needed urgently

Why can't someone put a picture of her. We'd like to see a photo of her very much thank you Batzarro 17:07, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../v/e/n/Talk%7EVenus_Williams_2e1b.html"