(ATR)Venus and Serena Williams were part of a strong United States women's tennis team at Sydney 2000.
Venus was 20 and Serena 19 as they arrived Down Under for their first Olympics.
They appeared together at a press conference on the eve of the start of the tennis tournament on Sept. 17, 2000.
From the audio archives of Around the Rings, this is the latest edition of In the Moment.
AroundTheRings · September 16, 2020 – In the Moment Women TennisHomepage photo: Clive Brunskill/Tokyo 2020
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