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Venus wasn't only in Madrid to serve as baby sister's coach. She also made a presentation for The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, the world’s leading global sport for women, as they announced the selection and funding of women’s leadership programs in Cameroon, Liberia, China, Jordan and the Dominican Republic, along with a new global advertising campaign designed to raise awareness and promote the goal of gender equality.

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The Good News:

It may have been short lived, but for a day, Venus Williams was the official coach of record for baby sis' Serena Williams at the Sony Ericsson Championships in Madrid. It could not get much better than having a six-time grand slam winner, former world no. 1 and big sis' for your coach - it must be nice!

The Bad News:

Serena has reinjured her previously operated on left knee in her first round robin event. She came out with both knees taped, unfortunately to no avail. She was slow from the first serve. She never looked polished or able to find any kind of rhythm. By the end of the first set she appeared as if she were nearly in tears.

Serena had already taken a medical timeout to treat her left knee at 5-4 down, then after a lengthy discussion with the trainer and retiring from the match, she decided she was not fit to continue and later on announced her withdrawal from the tournament altogether.

"I felt it [the left-knee injury] maybe a little bit yesterday," Williams said. "Although it wasn't too intense so it's really sad it reacted so badly today. I had a really short practice yesterday and the day before I had a short practice because I was just trying to stay fresh for my matches and I'm disappointed I couldn't stay longer in the tournament."

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AJ over at Over Analyze It has hit me with a meme to share 7 random or weird facts about myself. Like to here it, here it go:

1. I watch reruns of the original Law and Order, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Homicide: Life On The Street EVERYDAY! (well, everyday that I can)
2. I hate chocolate!
3. I don't like to go to malls.
4. I've dated American, Latin, Greek, African and German guys.
5. I like to eat jalapenos in the produce section when I'm grocery shopping.
6. I hate bras.
7. I can tell if a guy has bad breath by the texture of his hair. Really, I can!

The rules are:

A). Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules on your blog...

B). Share 7 random and/or weird facts about yourself...

C). Tag 7 random people at the end of your post and include links to their blogs...

D). Let each person know that they've been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

The other persons that were tagged along with me are:

Lynn at Hicktown Press
Bria at You Better Recognize
Chocl8te at The Chocl8te Diaries
Marcus at Mind of Marcus
Dark Brotha at Darkbrotha.com
Regina at Regina's Family Seasons

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Sony Ericcson Championships
November 6-11, 2007
Madrid, Spain




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The American doubles team of Raquel Kops-Jones and Christina Fusano defeated Stephanie Dubois of Laval, Quebec, Canada and Czech partner Renata Voracova 6-2, 7-6 (6) to take the doubles title in Sunday's Quebec City, Canada, Bell Challenge.

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