The Ballers

Venus and Serena Williams don't always get favourable press. I can't understand why because as far as tennis is concerned, they're unique. Venus and Serena are criticised for the outfits they wear or their well toned bodies, their energetic style of playing and their father's input. I once read an article which called them tennis machines which made me think that the author was trying to de-humanise them; as if their brilliance didn't really matter because they're not human anyway.

Aside from tennis, Venus and Serena seem to enjoy their modelling work and I think that Serena in particular looks absolutely fabulous but most people I know think that Serena modelling in a bikini isn't their cup of tea! People who lean towards Western ideals of female beauty, i.e. size zero, straight, long ironed hair and definitely not dark skinned think both Venus and Serena are unattractive. I've read the following in a magazine: Serena's sexiness is intimidating and Anna Kournikova they're not!

Obviously beauty is firmly in the eye of the beholder. Thank God really, otherwise some of us wouldn't get a look in and that includes me!