Richard williams watched as the crowd turned on his youngest daughter. This was supposed to have been a glori-ous victory for Serena, who'd long trailed her sister Venus in the rankings and hadn't won a major tournament of her own in months. Instead, Serena's big win at Indian Wells, Calif., this past March was greeted with the angry sound of fans yelling "loser" and "cheat." Why had the crowd, always so fascinated by his golden girls, suddenly becomeso surly? And who was to blame? Serena was going to face Venus in the semifinals, but at the last minute Venus pulled out, saying she had a knee injury. Rumors that the father had ordered one daughter not to compete against the other began swirling with gale force. Once again, Richard Williams found himself in the eye of the storm.
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