WTA: Venus Williams to focus on Tokyo in 2020

Venus Williams has no intention of retiring soon. Rather, 20 years after her first Olympic gold medal, she wants to fight again for medals.

Venus Williams was easily able to put up with the first final defeat in 2017 – after all, it happened in Melbourne against Serena, who won her last match before the baby break without a hitch. The bankruptcy against Garbine Muguruza in Wimbledon was probably much more painful, as was the end of the season in Singapore, where Venus reached the final – but there, for the first time ever in her career, lost to Caroline Wozniacki.

Nevertheless, Venus Williams has finished the campaign in fifth place in the world, a performance that is all the more highly rated because the five-time Wimbledon winner is already 37 years old. And yet she doesn’t think about stopping – as she emphasized in a conversation with the magazine Entrepreneur. On the contrary.

“Somehow it seems as if Tokyo is on the horizon in 2020. Wouldn’t that be wild? In any case, I’ll try to stay with it until then,”Venus said. Of course, the prospects would be tempting – 20 years after winning gold in Sydney in singles and doubles, Venus Williams could also compete for medals in the Japanese capital. Venus showed in Rio de Janeiro, where she won the silver medal with Rajeev Ram, that she is also one of the most promising candidates for major events.

The US-American has also been active for years outside the court, for example with her own fashion line. But also at the university, where she is aiming for a degree in design. I have finally learned what school is all about. You have to choose the best and use your time wisely. Maybe I realized that too late. I’ve always approached the tennis mentality with perfection, perfection, perfection.”