Venus and Serena Williams were conceived 15 months separated into one of the most crazy — yet effective — donning unrealistic fantasies at any point planned.
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Their dad, Richard, had watched the ladies' singles finals of the 1978 French Open and heard that the champ, Virginia Ruzici, brought in $40,000 in prize cash.
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That, Richard noted, was more than he made in a whole year. Richard immediately told his better half, Oracene, that they expected to have two girls.
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He needed to bring them up in a severe and separated way while preparing them to become tennis champions who could make the family rich.
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It was evidently ridiculous. How can you say whether they could be adequately athletic or intellectually intense enough or cutthroat enough to arrive at the world class of the tip top?
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How might you be aware assuming they even like tennis? Plus, Richard wasn't so much as a mentor
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(he would peruse educational books and watch recordings) and the family was firmly common laborers in a game that leans toward the well off.