Stuttgart, Germany, Oct. 7, 1997: Teenage tennis star Venus Williams signs autographs for the students of Patch High School. The powerful player was very generous with her time, giving several interviews, answering questions in a special student session, handing out tennis advice and autographing everything handed to her.

To top it all off, Venus, and her sister Serena took to the tennis court with Patch’s tennis team for a few back and forths, occasionally stopping to make a suggestion.

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