LONDON: The summer of 1997 saw Britain hand over Hong Kong to China, 'Men in Black' top the movie charts and Harry Potter take his first, faltering steps at Hogwarts. It was also the year that Venus Williams, just 17 and with white beads in her hair, made her debut at Wimbledon.
The summer of 1997 saw Britain hand over Hong Kong to China,"Men in Black" top the movie charts and Harry Potter take his first, faltering steps at Hogwarts.
Her maiden experience of the tournament was over pretty quickly, a first round loss at the hands of Poland's Magdalena Grzybowska. She has been champion five times - in 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007 and 2008 when she beat sister Serena in the final.She is also a four-time runner-up, losing to Serena in 2002, 2003 and 2009 and then in 2017 to Spain's Garbine Muguruza when she was 37.She prefers to march to the beat of her own drum.
Days later, she defeated Lindsay Davenport 4-6, 7-6 , 9-7 in an epic two-hour 45-minute final with Williams saving a match point.
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