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delisen

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6. Musing my being surprised....

Reply to a kennedy (Reply #3)

Tue Jun 13, 2023, 01:27 PM

Jun 2023

I think I can understand your reaction and others.In retrospect I can see that it was humiliating for a champion to lose to a newcomer.

I think when I go back and look at the event that way I feel more empathetic toward Venus too.

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Just sad.......Venus Williams lost to a rookie in the first grass tournament [View all] a kennedy Jun 2023 OP

Yes, it's time for her to step away. brush Jun 2023 #1

Nothing sad about Venus Williams. I see endurance. delisen Jun 2023 #2

Yup, yup, agree whole heartedly about what she and Serena have done for women's tennis, but it was a kennedy Jun 2023 #3

I did not see her as sad at all. delisen Jun 2023 #4

She cost someone a spot though Mosby Jun 2023 #8

Musing my being surprised.... delisen Jun 2023 #6

She's the same age as Udonis Haslem. Mosby Jun 2023 #5

Ali lost to Spinks. It happens. Midnight Writer Jun 2023 #7