Fans Boo Venus After Injury? Be Careful What You Wish for

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They booed Venus Williams when she left, hobbling off in pain. I don't get that. There is no way.

She has fought for years. She has been a consistent and incredible force, a presence in a game that otherwise might have gone unnoticed, a graceful leader and builder of women's tennis for more than a decade while others have come and gone.

And they booed Venus Williams when she left the Australian Open Friday, after playing just seven points of her third-round match in clear pain.

Be careful, tennis fans. Because the day when she leaves the court for good is approaching. Are you going to boo her then, too?

"At this point, I have peace of mind that I gave everything I had at all points,'' she said. "So more than anything, I can't be disappointed in that aspect.''

That was her goodbye from a tournament, not from her career. And I'm not going to say that she's done now. She's not. But she is 30, which is old in tennis, and her body is starting to fall apart. Knee problems hurt her all last year, and now she has torn a groin muscle.

 

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Source: http://tennis.fanhouse.com/2011/01/21/fans-boo-venus-after-injury-be-careful-what-you-wish-for/

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