They also assert Williams ran a red light and that Linda Barson was unable to stop and collided into her. Multiple witnesses apparently have backed up that account and police put in their report that she had caused the accident by \u201cviolating the right of way.\u201d Malcolm Cunningham, the lawyer for the 37-year-old in this case, maintains the light was green when his client entered the intersection.<\/p>\n
There was a moment of doubt that Williams would even play at Wimbledon because of the fallout from the incident. However, officials of the Grand Slam event confirmed she had entered.<\/p>\n
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The odds for Williams have moved slightly since the accident. She was a 12-1 pick to win her sixth Wimbledon title before play began. Before Monday\u2019s match it had jumped anywhere from 14-1 to 17-1.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\nOddsmakers didn\u2019t believe the controversy would affect her performance against Mertens, who she defeated the last month in straight sets at another marquee event, the French Open. She was a 5-9 favorite in that match and is a 2-7 pick over her next opponent, Qiang Wang of China. The two will play on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Williams is seeded 10th<\/sup> in the tournament and is a 4-1 selection to make the quarterfinals and semifinals. She is an 11-2 pick to reach the finals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The usually stoic Venus Williams displayed a rare burst of emotion on Monday at Wimbledon, while talking about a car crash in which she was recently found to be at fault that resulted in the death of a Florida man. In her first live remarks about the June 9 automobile accident that involved her and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":53790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,11,60,16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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