?Wallop the Hell Out of the Ball?- Bold Retirement Statement Made As Venus Williams Takes a Leaf Out of Sister Serena Williams? Book To Show True Compton Spirit After Wimbledon Debacle

The 43-year-old American tennis star Venus Williams is not done yet. Even after suffering a first-round defeat at Wimbledon just two days ago, she has no intention of stepping down from the sport. But she is undoubtedly attempting to move past the setback because she has other goals in mind. And, while she is doing her best to move on from what happened, she has also endured a lot of criticism. Many question her decision to continue playing the sport when she is way past her prime.

But wait, Williams has found a nice way of giving it back. In an effort to dispel recent retirement rumors, the seven-time Grand Slam champion adopted the same strategy as her younger sister Serena Williams, to let off steam. Let’s take a look at how she handled her retirement rumors.

Venus Williams handles criticism just like her sister Serena Williams

The 43-year-old American tennis player faced a first-round defeat against the Ukrainian tennis player, Elina Svitolina. Even before her participation in Wimbledon was confirmed, she faced a lot of criticism for continuing in the sport.

But that’s not what the former world number one tennis player feels is the right decision at this moment. Recently, she took to her Instagram to share a bold statement regarding her retirement rumors. On her story, she wrote: “My plan is to continue to wallop the hell out of the ball. I was pretty shocked at first at what happened to me yesterday. But now I am just grateful to have learned unexpected lessons that will make me better.”?

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Rather than bursting out with anger at her haters, Venus took a leaf out of her younger sister’s book. Taking inspiration from how she used to manage the criticism going back to her Compton roots. But also at the same time give a very appropriate answer to shut down the haters.

Not only that, just a few months ago the former world number one got personal as she served up a life philosophy?about leaving the sport at the right time.

When Williams shared her life philosophy about retirement?

In a question-and-answer session on her ‘EleVen by Venus’ Instagram page a few months ago. The 43-year-old American tennis player was asked if there was ever a time when she felt so defeated that she thought about quitting.

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She responded by expressing that she had never before experienced a situation that made her feel like she should retire right away. Clearly, the Wimbledon defeat hasn’t brought her down either. She has no plans to quit. Talk about determination and resilience!