A few days ago, the Indian Wells tournament announced that it would give four wild cards to Dawei, Kvitova, Fonseca and Lerner, and it didn't take long for Dawei, who was on vacation in Denmark, to urgently refute the rumors: "I won't participate in the competition." I only found out when you guys got the news about the wild card. It's just talking. I love Indian Wells and I'd love to go there if I had a plan to do it. But I already have other plans." The Indian Wells organizing committee, which learned of the news, also responded: "Our team has been informed that Venus will not accept wild cards this year. We wish Venus all the best and hope to see her again in Indian Wells in the future. The 46-year-old Williams has long since lost her competitiveness, but she has been enjoying the joy of tennis life for a long time.

As early as the last peak of the 2017 season, many people speculated whether Williams was waiting to retire with his sister and leave a perfect farewell song for the "Williams era", but it turned out that they were wrong: Serena Williams retired from the US Open in 22, Williams continued to compete in tennis, although the results of each time can be imagined, but Williams confirmed that happy tennis time that will never go away with his actions.

In Compton's dilapidated public tennis court, 5-year-old Venus holds a wooden racket longer than her height and runs after her father, Richard, a "tennis" wrapped in duct tape. Surrounded by the sound of gangster gunfire, this training ground has given birth to the most unique batting aesthetic in tennis. Dawei's striking moves never follow the standardized posture of professional coaches, and she is used to fully stretching her body and delivering the fatal blow two meters behind the baseline like a cheetah on the African savannah. This wild style of hitting was vividly demonstrated in the women's singles final at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Facing Davenport, who was ranked No. 1 in the world at the time, Dawei used a shot speed of more than 190 km/h to smash one by one "depth charge" on the hard court with a bounce height that broke through the conventional. These seemingly irrational hitting choices stem from her most authentic understanding of tennis – that sports should be a natural release of vital energy. Professional tennis has scoffed at this "non-mainstream" style of play for its lack of tactical discipline. But with six consecutive Grand Slam finals, David proved that when sports return to physical instinct, they can unleash athletic potential that goes beyond mechanical training. Her running coverage is 30 percent greater than that of traditional baseline players, and this defensive resilience that originated in the streets became the trigger for a technological revolution in women's tennis.

After being diagnosed with Sjogren's syndrome in 2011, Dawei's career appeared to be sentenced to death. The joint pain and constant fatigue caused by this autoimmune disease caused her to drop to 103rd in the world rankings. But at the 2017 Australian Open, the 37-year-old miraculously reached the final, and the moment she won the semi-finals became an eternal classic in tennis, this pure love of winning and losing has built her unique competitive philosophy. Unlike the tense state of traditional athletes, Dawei will often suddenly show his trademark bright smile when it comes to key points. In the 2014 Doha Open tiebreaker, she fell to the ground while saving the ball and burst into laughter, which was repeatedly played in a promotional video by the WTA official. This ability to turn competitive pressure into gaming fun has kept her in the top 10 for 636 weeks. The contagion of this joyful tennis goes beyond the boundaries of the court. EleVen, a sports brand founded by Dawei, is the first to add a solar charging bag and moisture-sensitive fabric to the tennis skirt, turning functional clothing into a fashion statement. Her promotion of the "Equal Pay Movement" not only brought equal pay for men and women to Wimbledon in 2007, but also reshaped the value system of professional sports as a whole.

In the first round of the 2023 US Open, the 43-year-old Dawei will play with a wild card. Although she lost to Belgium's Minnion in two sets, the crowd at Arthur Ashe Court gave her a standing ovation for 13 minutes. This tribute scene that transcends victory and defeat confirms her 25-year-old belief that the ultimate value of competitive sports is not to conquer opponents, but to illuminate humanity with sport itself. In the modern sports labyrinth woven by data analysis and commercial interests, Dawei's happy tennis is like an inextinguishable beacon, guiding competitive sports back to its true form - the eternal pursuit of human beings to surpass themselves should always be accompanied by the song of the soul.

Venus Williams' "Happy Tennis" is a hymn to life. With the tenacity of a Compton girl, the courage of a warrior, and the curiosity of an explorer, she sublimated the charm of tennis into a spiritual strength. This is perhaps the pinnacle of sportsmanship – to keep the legend alive with joy as the wings.(Source: Tennis Home Author: Xiaodi)