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Demi Singleton, Serena Williams, Venus Williams and Saniyya Sidney attend the 2021 AFI Fest Closing Night Premiere screening for “King Richard” at TCL Chinese theatre in Los Angeles, California, U.S. November 14, 2021. REUTERS/Ringo Chiu
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Demi Singleton, Serena Williams, Venus Williams and Saniyya Sidney attend the 2021 AFI Fest Closing Night Premiere screening for “King Richard” at TCL Chinese theatre in Los Angeles, California, U.S. November 14, 2021. REUTERS/Ringo Chiu
King Richard movie has won praise worldwide. The film beautifully depicts Serena and Venus Williams’ father, Richard Williams’ role in the success of his daughters. Moreover, it was directed with perfection, giving attention to minute details. Will Smith played the stellar role of Richard Williams in the film and won many awards for it. Further, Demi Singleton and Saniyya Sidney, too, caught everyone’s eyes, while starring as Serena and Venus, respectively. Recently, Rick Macci revealed how Saniyya perfected the role of Venus in the movie.
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Rick Macci impressed with how Saniyya Sidney played Venus Williams’ role in King Richard
On the ‘No Challenges Remaining’ podcast, Serena’s former coach talked about Saniyya’s role in the film. He said, “I actually when I went to LA, I gave Saniyya Sydney a lesson. They actually reached out to me because she came so intrenched with Rick Macci in the movie. They had to meet me. So we set a phone call and we talked one day for 45 minutes and I said, when I go to LA, I’ll give you a lesson. So we got a private court in Pasadena and I gave her a lesson and when I went on the court, it blew me away.”
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HOLLYWOOD – MARCH 30: (l-r) Singer Brandy, Keke Palme, actress Will Smith, actor. Serena Williams and Venus Williams tennis players pose at the Premiere Of Warner Bros. “ATL” after party held at Memphis club and restaurant on March 30, 2006 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
Further, he added, “This is crazy stuff. She is holding the racket like Venus, she put her hands down like Venus, she had a little hitch on the forehand like Venus. It was cloning on steroids. It blew me away. Then, when I heard she was left-handed and had to play right-handed, and she wasn’t even an advanced player, you got to understand that’s a whole different animal. It just showed me the details of Warner Bros. that they put into this because if someone even hits the ball wrong, you gonna say, well, it looks kind of fake, don’t look like good, but it looked exactly like Venus.”
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Venus kicks off her new partnership with a bang
Earlier this year, Venus was announced as the Global Ambassador of Lacoste. She joined Lacoste’s growing list of athletes partnerships which includes Novak Djokovic, too. Recently, she commenced their new partnership with a wonderful photoshoot.
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Venus revealed that it was one of her best photoshoots and she thanked the team for making it memorable.
