Veteran's guile vindicates Venus

Williams shows she can still handle the kids

It was inevitable after such an energetic performance in her second-round win over Stefanie Voegele at the Australian Open on Wednesday that Venus Williams would be asked about transcending the generations.

The 36-year-old, seven-time major winner played the first of her record 73 Grand Slam tournaments at the French Open in 1997. Back then, she got to play against the likes of Steffi Graf and Martina Navratilova.