{"id":25482,"date":"2025-07-21T06:28:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T06:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/25482\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T06:28:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T06:28:10","slug":"venus-williams-holding-court-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/25482\/","title":{"rendered":"Venus Williams, Holding Court Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!ePpF!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffcf02d25-7c60-4c5b-ae25-7d04795b3abe_6000x4000.jpeg\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/fcf02d25-7c60-4c5b-ae25-7d04795b3abe_6000.jpeg\" width=\"1456\" height=\"971\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/fcf02d25-7c60-4c5b-ae25-7d04795b3abe_6000x4000.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:971,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:6559206,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.benrothenberg.com\/i\/168783383?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffcf02d25-7c60-4c5b-ae25-7d04795b3abe_6000x4000.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}\" alt=\"\"   fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"sizing-normal\"\/><\/a>Venus Williams at a press conference on Sunday in Washington. (Wick Photography \/ Mubadala Citi\u00a0DC\u00a0Open)<\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 I think I should start this report on Venus Williams\u2019 pre-tournament press conference on Sunday in Washington with the ending.<\/p>\n<p>After Venus had finished holding court on a range of topics and stepped off the podium and out of the media tent\u2014with her fianc\u00e9\u2019s arm around her, one veteran reporter said it was the best Venus Williams press conference that he had ever attended in his three decades of covering her.<\/p>\n<p>As someone who has been attending Venus\u2019s press conferences for \u201conly\u201d a decade and a half, I am inclined to agree.<\/p>\n<p>For the content and context around Venus Williams\u2019 return, please subscribe to Bounces! -Ben<\/p>\n<p data-attrs=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.benrothenberg.com\/subscribe?&amp;gift=true&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Give a gift subscription&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}\" data-component-name=\"ButtonCreateButton\" class=\"button-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benrothenberg.com\/subscribe?&amp;gift=true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"button primary\" target=\"_blank\">Give a gift subscription<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-attrs=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.benrothenberg.com\/subscribe?group=true&amp;coupon=e328333c&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Get 20% off a group subscription&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}\" data-component-name=\"ButtonCreateButton\" class=\"button-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benrothenberg.com\/subscribe?group=true&amp;coupon=e328333c\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"button primary\" target=\"_blank\">Get 20% off a group subscription<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Venus Williams at a press conference on Sunday in Washington. 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