Venus and Serena Williams’ parents Richard Williams and Oracene Price have always been protective of their daughter. But at the same time, they have also had some strong opinions about other players. Both Price and Williams never believed in filtering their words and masking their thoughts. 

Therefore, sometimes their straightforwardness irked people. However, they kept true to themselves and severed what they had. An incident that accurately captures the same happened in 2011 during the Australian Open.

Oracene Price slammed Kim Clijsters

The former World no.1s’ mother decided to openly bash Kim Clijsters. With the finals of the Australian Open at the doorstep, Price took on Twitter and inquired about the contenders. And when she stumbled upon the news that the Belgian professional would be playing for the title, she straight up joined her opponent, Li Na’s camp. And wrote, “I hope Na is not nervous to kick some butt.”

Thereafter she agreed that it would be nice to see someone new claim the Grand Slam and took another shot at Clijsters. Price wrote, “Let’s say I’m pulling for the other one. I dislike dubious people.” Further, she also made a comment that can not be perceived in a good way. 

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Replying got a fan, she asked, “Did you peep that eye of hers? It gives you a Medusah scare and turns you into solid stone. Don’t look at that eye.” Medusa is a mythological maiden who fell prey to Athena and lost her beauty. Also, about the stare which Serena and Venus‘ mother mentioned, it is believed that people turned into stone just by looking at her. 

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While both the sisters walked out of the circuit around the same time, Serena made an early singles return. She decided to pick up her game from where she left off and enrolled for the Wimbledon championships. Though due to the lost form, she failed to get past her opening-round opponent. Following that, she decided to mark the end of her career.

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Serena performed her last dance on the hard court of the home-based US Open and with a third-round defeat, she said goodbye. Speaking of Venus, the seven times Grand Slam champion after testing herself in the mixed doubles of Wimbledon made a singles comeback in the American swing. However, she is yet to secure her first win of this season.