"I beat my dad when I was 8-years-old" - Venus Williams recalls one of her best childhood victories
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Venus Williams recently revealed that she managed to beat her dad in tennis when she was already eight years old.
Venus Williams is one of the legends of the sport, and she made fans happy when she decided to compete at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships. It's been almost a year since she played her last singles match, but she made a doubles comeback in London when she joined forces with Jamie Murray in the mixed doubles event.
A few days after the tournament, she practiced in Croatia, and it seems that her singles comeback is nearing. Recently, the 42-year-old American also started her journey on YouTube, where she shared one funny story from her childhood.
"Yeah, I think one of my best moments growing up with my dad, and this probably didn't make him happy, so it's probably not a great way to show your parents love or respect, but I beat him."
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"I was like eight years old, and I remember specifically we were at this park that we called, maybe it was the duck park or was it the bridge park, we just like called it by like it was like the tetherball park or that had a ball."
Williams revealed that she also had the motivation to beat her dad. The prize was getting to play in a tournament, which he didn't want her to do.
"Anyway, we're at this park, and it was night, the lights are on, we're always practicing late, and I beat my dad. The rule was if I beat him, I could play a tournament, but he didn't let me for a year, so yeah, I had to wait. But I was always asking, it's like I want to play, I want to play, so that was like a pretty cool memory."
