‘Compton Street Fight Versus the Good Ole Texas Cowboys’ – Coach Rick Macci Reminisces Venus and Serena Williams Playing Doubles Against Andy Roddick and His Brother

Rick Macci, the former coach of Serena Williams and Venus Williams, is one of the most renowned tennis coaches in the world. He has been a seven-time USPTA national coach of the year and has trained many greats of the game.

Andy Roddick, Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Jennifer Capriati, and Maria Sharapova. are some of his renowned pupils. Recently, the 67 years old recalled the times when modern-day legends Serena, Venus, and Andy Roddick were kids.

Rick Macci Recalls siblings John and Andy Roddick playing doubles against Venus and Serena Williams

Rick Macci remembered the time when his students, the Williams sisters, and Roddick brothers used to play doubles matches against each other. The 67-year-old termed the competition as COMPTON street fight versus the good ole TEXAS cowboys. He also recalled the intensity of these players played as fiery.

“Venus and Serena would play doubles as kids against Andy and John Roddick. In a nutshell, it was a COMPTON street fight versus the good ole TEXAS cowboys, and the intensity, anger firepower, and jugular was on full display.” He wrote.

Notably, all four of them became professional tennis players and are one of the best tennis players America has ever produced.

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However, it’s an interesting fact that with both the siblings, the younger ones had a better record. Watching the future legends compete at a young age would have certainly been a sight to behold.

Records of Serena and Venus

Both Williams sisters, Serena and Venus, are legends of the game. In their illustrious career that has spanned over two-decades, they have achieved some remarkable feats. Talking about their individual records, the elder sister Venus has won 7 Grand Slam titles and in total 49 WTA Tour singles titles.

While Serena has won a whopping 73 singles titles and 23 Grand Slams. Peaking at almost the same time, the sisters were equally fierce rivals on the court. Although if we look at the overall records, Serena has done better.

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But this doesn’t deny the fact that Venus is a legend herself and has achieved some remarkable feats in her career which were shadowed by her much more successful sister.