Both Venus Williams and her sister, Serena, began tennis training as preschoolers. Their father, Richard, had already given their older sisters a try at tennis. Yetunde, Isha, and Lyndrea eventually found success in other areas, but tennis was not for them. Venus was different. From the very first time her father took her to play, she loved the sport. Richard Williams dreamed of tennis stardom for his daughter Venus. He promised her, and everyone else who would listen, that one day she would be the number one female tennis player. In February of 2002, those dreams came true. Venus was ranked number one in the WTA Tour rankings. But her number one ranking was short-lived when, in July 2002, her sister Serena kept her from winning her third-straight Wimbledon and took over her spot as number one in the world.
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Born in Boston, Massachussetts, John Bankston began publishing articles in newspapers and magazines while still a teenager. Since then, he has written over two hundred articles, and contributed chapters to books such as Crimes of Passion, and Death Row 2000, which have been sold in bookstores across the world. He has written numerous young adult biographies, including Mandy Moore and Alicia Keys (Mitchell Lane.) He currently lives in Portland, Oregon.
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Born in Boston, Massachusetts, John Bankston began writing professionally while still a teenager. Since then, over two hundred of his articles have been published in magazines and newspapers across the country, including travel articles in The Tallahassee Democrat, The Orlando Sentinel and The Tallahassean. He is the author of over sixty biographies for young adults, including works on Alexander the Great, scientist Stephen Hawking, actor Jodi Foster, and authors including Katherine Paterson, Ray Bradbury and F. Scott Fitzgerald. He currently lives in Newport Beach, California.
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