
Strickland under the belief that the girls are being abused. When they get home, Richard makes them watch “Cinderella” to teach them a lesson about humility.Īfter practicing at the park, Richard comes home to find some agents from Social Services having been called to the house by Mrs. Richard has them go into a shop all together, and he starts driving the bus home because he told them not to brag and is ready to make them walk three miles home until Brandy chastises him and makes him pull over so they can catch up to the bus. After one tournament, the girls are all celebrating and bragging about Venus’s win. Venus is entered into the Junior tournaments, where she faces off against other girls her age, and she subsequently beats all of them. However, Richard tells Brandy that Paul is only interested in coaching Venus for free.

Later, Richard returns home with the girls, who tell their sisters that they got a coach. He hits a few balls with Venus, and he is genuinely impressed with what he sees. Although Paul insists that he is not taking Juniors, Richard twists his arm long enough for Paul to allow the girls to show what they’ve got. They find Paul practicing with John McEnroe (Christopher Wallinger) and Pete Sampras (Chase Del Rey). The next day, Richard takes Venus and Serena to a country club where he hopes to talk to Coach Paul Cohen (Tony Goldwyn). He returns home, where Brandy tends to his wounds. He finds them outside a store, but as he starts walking toward them with a gun, another car drives by and shoots Roc dead, prompting Richard to leave immediately. Richard then gets his gun from his job and drives around the neighborhood looking for Roc. Roc gets his gun out and threatens Richard with it, but then decides to leave him alone because nobody will care for him.

He attempts to walk away from them, but when Roc makes more crude comments about Tunde, Richard whacks him in the face with his tennis racket, and Roc’s guys start beating Richard.

Roc and his goons show up to taunt and harass Richard again. Richard meets with Vic Braden (Kevin Dunn) after having watched his instructional video, and he presents a video to Vic in person showcasing Venus and Serena’s talents, but while Vic thinks they are good, he declines to take them on for coaching.Īfter taking the family out for dinner that night, Richard goes to the park to practice alone.
