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Venus Williams, Roddick join WTT ownership group

Venus Williams and Andy Roddick were just kids when they got their first taste of World Team Tennis.Williams was 8, having met WTT co-founder Billie Jean King at a clinic in Long Beach, Calif. At 17, Roddick played for the Idaho Sneakers.Now they're part owners of King's summer league that began in the 1970s and features men and women professional players in eight cities. WTT announced Monday that Williams and Roddick will join majority owner King and a group of four other part owners that includes the U.S. Tennis Association."It's important to have the younger generation involved in our strategic planning," King told The Associated Press by phone. "We feel these two are exceptional human beings not just on the court but off the court."Roddick, who retired from tennis after the U.S. Open, is looking to start a team in 2014 near his home of Austin, Texas."Obviously, it's never a bad thing to stand beside Billie Jean King in any venture," he said.He and Williams will still play for their...

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