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Serena Williams (L) and Venus Williams touch rackets after Serena Williams defeated Venus Williams 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 during Top Seed Open – Day 4 at the Top Seed Tennis Club on August 13, 2020 in Lexington, Kentucky. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images)

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Serena Williams (L) and Venus Williams touch rackets after Serena Williams defeated Venus Williams 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 during Top Seed Open – Day 4 at the Top Seed Tennis Club on August 13, 2020 in Lexington, Kentucky. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images)
Venus and Serena Williams’ parents Richard Williams and Oracene Price have always been protective of their daughter. But at the same time, they have also had some strong opinions about other players. Both Price and Williams never believed in filtering their words and masking their thoughts.
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Therefore, sometimes their straightforwardness irked people. However, they kept true to themselves and severed what they had. An incident that accurately captures the same happened in 2011 during the Australian Open.
Oracene Price slammed Kim Clijsters
The former World no.1s’ mother decided to openly bash Kim Clijsters. With the finals of the Australian Open at the doorstep, Price took on Twitter and inquired about the contenders. And when she stumbled upon the news that the Belgian professional would be playing for the title, she straight up joined her opponent, Li Na’s camp. And wrote, “I hope Na is not nervous to kick some butt.”

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LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 07: Richard Williams (L) and Oracene Price (3L) take photographs as Serena Williams and Venus Williams of the USA win their Ladies’ Doubles final match against Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka of the Czech Republic on day twelve of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 7, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Paul Gilham/Getty Images)
Thereafter she agreed that it would be nice to see someone new claim the Grand Slam and took another shot at Clijsters. Price wrote, “Let’s say I’m pulling for the other one. I dislike dubious people.” Further, she also made a comment that can not be perceived in a good way.
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Replying got a fan, she asked, “Did you peep that eye of hers? It gives you a Medusah scare and turns you into solid stone. Don’t look at that eye.” Medusa is a mythological maiden who fell prey to Athena and lost her beauty. Also, about the stare which Serena and Venus‘ mother mentioned, it is believed that people turned into stone just by looking at her.
What are Venus and Serena Williams up to these days?
While both the sisters walked out of the circuit around the same time, Serena made an early singles return. She decided to pick up her game from where she left off and enrolled for the Wimbledon championships. Though due to the lost form, she failed to get past her opening-round opponent. Following that, she decided to mark the end of her career.
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Serena performed her last dance on the hard court of the home-based US Open and with a third-round defeat, she said goodbye. Speaking of Venus, the seven times Grand Slam champion after testing herself in the mixed doubles of Wimbledon made a singles comeback in the American swing. However, she is yet to secure her first win of this season.
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