Venus Again Takes Player of Week Honors
May 3, 2004
Venus Again Takes Player of Week Honors
WARSAW, Poland - For the second straight time, Venus Williams picks up honors
as this week's WTATour.com Player of the Week.
The 23-year-old American remains the hottest player in the game at the moment,
following her 61 64 victory on Sunday against Svetlana Kuznetsova in the
final of the J&S Cup in Warsaw. She won her second consecutive title at the
event, which was preceded by her championship run in Charleston at the Family
Circle Cup.
On top of that, Williams added a pair of victories against Slovenia in Fed Cup
play, giving her an 11-match win streak. Williams, who is now the owner of
31 career WTA Tour singles titles, has an 18-3 record on the year.
"It has been a great tournament for me," Williams said. "It's very important
for me to win here today at this stage of my career and so important to follow
up my win at the Family Circle Cup.
"I feel normal now. When I am not winning it's just abnormal for me. I tried
not to be hard on myself with the matches I did not win at the start of the
year."
Her victory in Warsaw was special to Williams after coming very close to the
title the previous year. Williams seemed poised to win the Warsaw title in
2003 before she was struck with a left abdominal muscle injury during the first
set in the championship match against Amelie Mauresmo. She quickly dropped
the second set and finally retired from the match at 3-0 in the third set.
That same abdominal injury lingered on for the rest of the year, forcing
Williams to miss the final five months of the 2003 season.
Williams' victory elevated her two spots in this week's WTA Rankings. A solid
week in Berlin could see Williams return to the top 10 for the first time
since November 9. Prior to her departure last November, Williams had been a
fixture in the top 10 for more than five years - comfortably holding a spot
near the top of the women's rankings since March 30, 1998.
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