Venus victory cannot hide problems in U.S.

Venus Williams

LONDON, (Reuters) – Venus Williams’s first-round win  at Wimbledon yesterday was a small but important step in  American women’s tennis re-establishing itself after injuries to  the five-times champion and sister Serena had exposed an  alarming lack of depth.

Very few of the fans dodging the south London rain will have  heard of any of the other American women in the draw for the