August Richard Pagliaro 08/28/2020

Watch: Venus Becoming Bad Girl of Tennis

Venus Williams is tuning up for the US Open talking a walk on the bad side.The normally stoic Venus channels her inner Johnny Mac in this irreverant training video she posted to her YouTube channel titled "Why I am Becoming the Bad Girl of Tennis."US Open Women's Draw: Top 10 TakeawaysWorking with coach Eric Hechtman, the 40-year-old Venus works on her racquet slamming, staring down the opponent and how to protest unfair calls by the chair umpire.

While Venus has never been a racquet smasher and seldom uses Hawk-Eye to challenge calls she did pick tennis bad boy Nick Kyrgios as her dream mixed doubles partner in a past interview.Kyrgios didn't make the trip to New York so a Venus-Nick mixed doubles show will have to wait.Photo credit: Mark Peterson/Corleve]]>

Richard Pagliaro

Richard Pagliaro is Tennis Now Managing Editor. He is a graduate of New York University and has covered pro tennis for more than 35 years. Richard was tennis columnist for Gannett Newspapers in NY, served as Managing Editor for TennisWeek.com and worked as a writer/editor for Tennis.com. He has been TennisNow.com managing editor since 2010.