“No one deserves a wildcard, no formula”

Venus Williams’s 2025 exchanges in Washington, the return to the WTA, to the WTA’s visit to the City DC Open, produces mostly positive hype. However, some tennis fans have objected to receiving a 45 -year -old child. Recently, Rick Maki, a former American legend coach, rejected the objections, suggesting that the decision to give the wild card was on the tournament organizers.

On Monday, July 21, iconic tennis coach Mikey occupied the X (formerly Twitter) and was criticized for his ex -program for entry into a wild card in the joint ATP and WTA 500 event in the US capital. Maki opinion that the wild cards are based on their decisions about players through tournaments, which are likely to sell more tickets or draw more attention.

“People do not deserve wild cards in the tournament. Wild cards are to decide for tournaments whether tickets are sold/ eye tablets are received. No one deserves a wild card. There is no formula that will get the card but will try.

Rick Mikey was the first Pro coach who accepted Venus Williams and Serena Williams‘Father Richard invites Kampton to visit and see sisters in action in local courts. The sisters were affected by the raw abilities, despite their children at the time, Maki started coaching at his academy in Florida. Williams’s sisters will later be subjected to women’s pro -tennis, and will continue to take the status of sports legends.

“One of my all -time favorite students” – in the return of Rick Mikey from former disciple Venus Williams to City DC Open 2025

Venus Williams’s first round with the Women’s Doubles victory, as well as a 2025 -year -old City DC Open, marked the former No.1 and seven times in 16 months, the first competitive out of the singles Major Champion in 16 months. Before going 45 years old in court in Washington, his former coach Rick Mikey spoke of his happiness in Williams returning to the WTA Tour.

Maki wrote in an X post, “One of my favorite students and a smiling VW like my own daughter surprised the game at the age of 14.

In singles, Venus Williams On Tuesday, July 22, Washington is about to clash with compatriot Patten Starens in the first round.