WIMBLEDON, England — In her 20th Wimbledon, Venus Williams is on the verge of what could be her most meaningful victory.
That is quite a statement about a player who has won seven major singles titles and four Olympic gold medals, and who played a critical role in securing equal prize money for women at Wimbledon in 2007.
She is 37 now, an age at which so many of her tennis peers — not including the soon-to-be-36-year-old Roger Federer — have long since moved on to coaching, commentary or life far removed from the constraints of the circuit.