I still have a lot of shots if I can just get to the ball

I still have a lot of shots, if I can just get to the ball.”Perhaps Reyes has an elixir? “I think,” the trainer said, “every athlete by now has pondered the hidden advantage that might be out there: the short cut, the magic formula, whether it comes in the form of a juice drink or an energy bar, whatever. There is no magic out there, just common sense in understanding that the body is going to work one way, and one way only. What Andre and I have done for 13 years is agree that we would not make the mistake of trying to re-invent the human body.”. Unity is the strength of the Williams sisters, Venus and Serena They perceive each other as one and the same person. Only when they compete against each other at the highest level does their unity appear to be a weakness. If Serena does reach the final, she should supplant Venus as the world No 1 irrespective of her opponent and the outcome of the match.Venus, who is attempting to win the title for the third time consecutively, a feat last accomplished by Steffi Graf between 1991 and 1993, summarised the bond with her sister when responding to the point that Serena would be her biggest threat at Wimbledon.”I’d be really happy if she won, for sure,” Venus said, “and I think she’d be just as happy if I did It would be the same thing And I’ve won already. Not that it doesn’t mean more to me to win again.”There was another example of victory by proxy after Venus was defeated by Serena in the French Open final.

“I’m happy for Serena,” Venus said, “because she hasn’t won a Slam for a while I also have to look at the areas where I have to improve. But Serena won, so I can kind of live through her and say that I won the French, too, because I beat her once, so that means maybe I could have won the French.”Serena, while not exactly buying that line, said: “I think it’s better that I won against Venus, because at least we both took home the maximum amount of money and points.”This was not a case of the sisters admitting to family collusion, suggestions of which have been raised in some quarters after each of their matches against each other. Serena, asked if there is a point in a match when she forgets she is playing her sister, said: “When you first walk out there Once you’re on the court, you’re fighting I want to win. Venus wants to win.”Dave Rineberg, from Kansas, who was the hitting coach for Venus and Serena for seven years (1992-99), offers an alternative view. In his book, Venus and Serena (Frederick Fell Inc), Rineberg writes: “Serena would not like to hear this, but in my opinion, Venus will beat her nine times out of every 10 times they play.

It is not just that Venus is better, it’s more the fact that Serena has always looked up to Venus and at times even idolised her.”When they were younger and went to a restaurant to eat, Oracene [their mother] told me stories about how Serena would wait until Venus ordered and then order the same thing. Venus used to walk Serena to school and as they approached a busy street they had to cross, Serena would not go without first reaching for Venus’s hand. Venus was her protector, her defender, and sometimes her idol. How could Serena go about beating her?”On the flip side, Venus would not beat Serena 10 out of 10 times either, because Serena was the little sister that she had protected, consoled, and sympathised with all her life.