Now she has this championship. With time, you tend to suspect the latter applies. It is up to Venus to get those hard shots in, to fire one winner after another. When she doesn't rein it in a little, she encounters trouble. She leads the women's tennis world in risk-taking.
Every match is an adventure.
Usually that means her number of unforced errors is as high as her number of winners. You concentrate on that. Which no player has been able to do for 26 matches now, a streak spanning two consecutive Grand Slam titles. One terrific shot from an opponent in a rally isn't enough. It often takes two or three.