To some careful tennis observers, by the time she made her pro debut at age 14, Venus Williams might already ... Arantxa Sanchez Vicario. Again, Venus showed no fear while running circles around ...

At the tournament, Williams defeated Stafford 6-3, 6-4 in the first round. In the second round, she faced eventual champion Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, who beat her 2-6, 6-3, 6-0. Venus Williams ...

The younger Williams beat Venus 7-6(4), 3-6 ... winner of three French Open titles and the 1994 US Open title, Sanchez Vicario was one of the leading WTA stars of the 1990s and one of the few ...

(She finished her playing days 3-6 against Venus Williams.) The second item that Sanchez Vicario speaks to involves who she finds to have been her toughest competition during her active WTA days.