it's considered sort of the a warm-up for wimbledon. tells me face to face she's nursing a muscle injury but knocks down rumors she's considering retirement any time soon. >> four months earlier, venus williams was at the u.s. open, doubling over in pain, making an early exit. now all of 62 inches of her standing tall, relaxed, seemingly taking it all in stride. i met up with williams at her favorite practice courts. she tells me face to face she's upbeat. >> what is this injury, specifically? >> i tore about three inches in my muscle. >> is this a groin injury? >> yeah, it's a muscle that runs from the groin straight through the stomach, so a pretty severe tear. >> where do you feel that you are? >> i think right now -- >> 50, 60, 70, 80. >> i feel 70, 80%. >> not quite ready to do this yet. not yet. >> i just go lightly and try to pay attention to my doctor's advice and just keep re-evaluating week by week. i do get better week by week. >> she admits it's frustrating being sidelined. >> you like to win. >> i love to win. not just like

we had to play each other in the wimbledon final. we had to play the semifinal the day before.my thumb so bad that i really couldn't hit a back hand. but i couldn't tell her that in the doubles because she'd know in the finals. i had to suck it up. >> you didn't share it with her. >> like nothing was wrong. >> this time on her return, venus williams wants everything to be right. we can't wait until you're back on the court. >> me neither. >> check out more of my face to face with venus williams by going to my blog. go to cnn.com/fredricka. >>> a look again at our top stories right now. los angeles police have arrested a suspect in connection with the brutal beating of a san francisco giants' baseball fan at dodgers stadium in march. other suspects are being detained. brian stow was leaving the game wearing giants gear when police say two men wearing dodgers apparent attacked him. >>> former international monetary fund chief dominique strauss-kahn is staying in this new york apartment building. but maybe not for long. in an e-mail to residents, the building's management said it

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i got to go to wimbledon at a young age and it was rather outstanding.. and so i sort of was losing a little bit. the irish-american versus english and we didn't mix too well. but now we love each other. >> jimmy: that's awesome. i loved england. absolutely. >> it's absolutely -- >> jimmy: but when you roll into england wearing this, i mean, you've got to love this dude, right? come on. [ cheers and applause ] red headband. did you know that was going to to be your move? the headband? >> that was 2007. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i have to ask you this. do you find it weird that you play with wooden rackets? >> i love wooden rackets. i mean, if you imagine baseball. they play with graphite and the stuff that we use, they'd be hitting the ball along with the stuff they were injecting into their body, i guess. >> jimmy: they'd be hitting them out of the park. >> completely out of the park. so, i sort that federer and all these great players used wood. it was a lot smaller frame. it was a lot more -- i think you had to build it up and there was more to it than t

so will she be there and if she plays, how well will she feel in time for wimbledon?see. even when she's got doing so well, she always has a good showing at wimbledon. >> face to face, venus williams, all throughout the day. >> and she's on twitte twitter, @fwhitfield, folks. see you in just a second. >>> coming up next, we're looking at whether it was really legal for the united states to go into another country unannounced? even if it was to get osama bin laden. [ engine revs ] what makes us number one in motorcycle insurance? we love bikes. we love riders. and most of all, we love to ride. perfect hair every time. leading the pack in motorcycle insurance. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> it's a reminder to our viewers, just a few minutes from now, we're expecting a briefing to take place at the pentagon. a number of reporters will be a part of this intelligence briefing. to get more details about that raid that netted osama bin laden on sunday night, here's some information about what u.s. officials were able to get from some of the information tha

she's not playing in the french open but maybe, she says, wimbledon next month.ve got more "face to face." guess what her favorite past time is when she's not on the court, plus your viewer questions next hour. >>> it's hard to imagine the kind of grief a family experiences once a member has committed suicide. bottomless grief and forever unanswered questions. i have two family stories and a mother whose heart will never hear. from cnn's julie peterson, a story of pain and a family's call to take action. >> the north view titans are down a man. in october their teammate, number 13, will troutwein killed himself. he grew up in a tightly-knit family, 15 when he died, the oldest of four kids. he was pd of his class in elementally school, well liked. like his brothers and sisters, a musician, athlete and all-around good kid. >> very nice. >> reporter: dad john played major league baseball for the boston red sox and is a successful businessman. sue is a devoted mother and the family is active in their church. they say they saw no signs of mental illness. sue found her

you're going to play wimbledon.u had advice to a parent out there who, of course, has dreams of their kid becoming like a venus williams, do you advise that parent to introduce their child very early? does the parent become kind of a coach to their child? do they let them go? what's the perfect foorm formul. >> i think it's a combination. you have to recognize as a parent who you are. whether or not you can work with your child. we would hit for hours and hours. we had different parks we'd go to. one was a tether ballpark. we'd take 15 minute breaks and play tether ball. one was a duck park. we had a great time. my dad would say, you sure you don't want to go and get on the slides? they're going to say that dad is so mean, never go to the park. he made it fun. sometimes they were tough on us. in between when i look back, i just remember what a great time i had. >> and more face to face with venus williams next hour. she's going to be answering some of your e-mail questions. people wanted to know some pretty intrigui

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was a good start for a reason to turn a member of the us a little bit longer than she was wimbledon three years ago. but she person different kind of time and it was difficult for me to through where i wanted to. be through the extra. thank you for. all the men's side note of jordan which continues to impress beating dutchman t.m.o. dibakar in less than two hours that's the fortieth consecutive victory for joker who has set his eyes on clear well bill as is all time best winning streak which saw him win forty six matches in a row six two six one six three the second season great form and obviously is the favorite to grab his first major title on clay. well obviously there is more called for. there never was a one every match. coming into a grand slam with. three titles and chords. on the surface gives me a lot of more division lot of confidence that i'm trying to trying to use on the court. the two thrown full of a world number one roger federer meanwhile showed some great quite honest as well on his way to beating to the sound a lot has been itching the onset of spaniard off with amaze o

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and my parents said, you're going to go pro, you're going to play wimbledon. >> if you had add vit tokids becoming like a venus williams, do you advise that parent to introduce their child very early? does the parent become kind of a coach to their child? do they let them go? what's the perfect formula? >> well, i think it's a combination. i think you have to recognize a parent who you are, you have to realize whether or not you could work with your child. we would hit or hours and hours. we would go to different parks. one was a duck park. we'd go by the lake and look at the lit m ducks. my dad would say, are you sure you guys don't want to get in the

example, i think there was one year, maybe '08 i was playing -- we had to play each other in the wimbledonay before. i'd sprained my thumb so bad that i really couldn't hit a back hand. i couldn't tell her that in the doubles because then she'd know in the finals. i had to suck it up. >> you didn't share it with her. >> nothing was wrong, you know. >> when it's someone other than your sister is there a lack of eye contact? are you thinking, you know, i just want to run them into the ground? what are you thinking about that person on the other side of the net. >> i guess i want her to go down. i don't know. obviously i -- the main thing in singles especially is really staying focused on you at the same time being aware of what your opponent is doing, their patterns and their weaknesses. but ultimately hitting the best shot that i can and putting them out of position. >> all right. more face to face with venus williams. what she's retired from her wardrobe. >>> one republican presidential candidate is calling president barack obama's speech on the middle east dangerous and disastrous. find o

but at the time of this interview, she was still contemplating french open as well as wimbledon.ng you that face to face with venus williams beginning noon eastern time, barring breaking news because that's what happened last time. breaking news sidelined our wonderful convenience williams segments. but we'll give it another shot today. >> 6:00 p.m. eastern time is when the whole apocalypse and the rapture is supposed to start with the earthquakes. >> you tweet me and let me know how you're spending your day. and that's another thing keep it clean when you tweet me, please. >> quick break and i'm right back. while i've been sneezing from the dust in here, and the pollen outside. but with 24-hour zyrtec®, i get prescription strength relief from my allergy symptoms. it's the brand allergists recommend most. ♪ lilly and i are back on the road again, where we belong. with zyrtec® i can love the air®. [ male announcer ] get up to $6 in savings on zyrtec® products at zyrtectv.com. had a tree that bore the most rare and magical fruit, which provided for their every financial need. [ thu

it's like playing tennis at wimbledon. you don't have to be the only good player to have a pretty good time. and i expect us, to have that as a huge strength for a long, long time. the way i describe it to people is we were dominant after world war ii. we helped build the vanquished back up in europe and in japan. then we had a lot of company an we've done very well. in another 20 years we're going to have a lomore company and i expect us to do very well in this dimension. >> rose: but also i think i hear you saying the united statesas to have an awarenthat we are no longer where we were and therefore we need to make choices having to do with an awareness of that reity. >> we should be aware of this evolvingtructure around us and i think we should be psychologically prepared not to be dominant. in, you know, i mean wran this place for a long time. >> rose: fair enough. so we ran the world. >> yeah. >> rose: since world war ii. >> yeah, absolutely. >> rose: and then we did it in partnership. >> rose: syou sit down with your

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