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Venus spellbound eight years on
July 2, 2008
It has been eight years since Venus Williams won her first Grand Slam title at Wimbledon, and the American said some things have not changed.
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As Williams stands just two matches away from winning a fifth Rosewater Dish, she tried to recall what she was doing during her maiden Wimbledon title charge.
"I'm not sure what that girl in 2000 was thinking," seventh seed Williams said after dispatching Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn 6-4, 6-3 in the quarter-finals on Tuesday.
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"I think she was reading a Harry Potter book. The 28-year-old Venus also reads the Harry Potter book, so not much has changed. It's still good times, and I love that," she grinned.
Text: Reuters | Photographs: Getty Images
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