Venus VS (2013)

We know about the swing We know about the swagger But what most Americans dont know about Venus Williams is how she changed the course of her sport In a stunning case that captured the European public beginning in 2005 Williams challenged the longheld practice of paying women tennis players less than their male counterparts at Wimbledon With a deep sense of obligation to the legacy of Billie Jean King Williams lobbied British Parliament UNESCO and Fleet Street for financial parity And it was her poignant oped piece in The London Times that convinced many people that the Wimbledon tournament organizers were on the wrong side of history Roland Garros and Wimbledon finally relented in 2007 That year at Wimbledon Venus became the first womens champion to earn as much as the mens singles winner Roger Federer VENUS VS chronicles Williams fight for pay equality