COMING FROM A ROUGH PLACE AND BEING TAUGHT TO BE HUMBLE WHILE PRACTICING TENNIS ON THE LOCAL DANGROUS TENNIS COURTS WAS HARD BUT POSSIBLE WITH SERENA AND VENUS WILLIAMS TAKING THE LEAD, PLAYING IN A WHITE MAN’S SPORT SHE HAD TO BE FEARLESS AND CONFIDENT AND SHE DID EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS LIMITED TO ONLY INSIDE THE LINES OR ON THE LINES TO WIN, EVERYTHING SHE WAS TOUGHT WHEN SHE WAS LITTLE GIRL FROM HER DAD AND MOTHER AND EVERYTHING HER AND HER FAMILY WENT THROUGH TO GET TO COMPETETIVE TENNIS SHE PUT ALL OF THAT IN HER GAME OF TENNIS, ALL HER TIME, EFFORTS, GRACE, CLASS, FEARLESS AND CONFIDENT IT WAS ON FULL DISPLAY IN EVERY MATCH SHE PLAYED IN, SHE COULD NOT BE TAMED SHE SHOWED EVERY BLACK GIRL IN AMERICA AND ALL OVER THE WORLD HOW TO PLAY, HER RETURNS WAS VICIOUS AND HER SERVES WAS LETHAL, NOT A THING ANYBODY COULD DO ABOUT IT BUT STAND SHOCKED LOST FOR WORDS, WHEN MEN WATCH HER PLAY , THE STRENGTH AND COURAGE AND POWER ON THE COURT CANT HELP BUT TO REMIND THEM OF THE STRONG BLACK WOMANS IN THEIR OWN LIVES, SHOWING BY EXAMPLE IN ACTION HOW TO BE STRONG DESPITE DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES YOU MUST PERSEVERE, MEN LIKE LEWIS HAMILTON WHO COULD RELATE TO SERENA BECAUSE HE WAS THE ONLY PERSON OF COLOR IN HIS SPORT AND HE FOUND SOMEONE HE COULD ALSO RELATE TOO. HER DETERMINATION WALKS ONTO THE COURTS FOR EACH MATCH ACCOMPANIED BY HER SENSE OF MANY DIFFERENT UNIQUE STYLES MADE HER DIFFERENT AND STAND OUT AND OF COURSE, HER RICH MELANIN, AND FASHION IS BIG FOR HER OFF THE COURT AS WELL, AS SHE DESIGNED MANY PIECES AND SHOWED THEM ON MANY RED CARPETS AND EVENTS. SHE WAS JUST SIMPLY INSPIRING ON AND OFF THE COURT.
I REMEMBER WATCHING MANY OF HER MATCHES, WHERE SHE WAS DOWN GAMES OR SETS AND HOW DEEP SHE HAD TO GO TO COME BACK USING HER WEAPON “THE SERVE” TO WIN, JUST TRULY ONE OF THE GREATEST ATHLETES OF ALL TIME.
ALONG WITH THE MANY COURTS YOU PLAYED ON I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU CHANGED IN THE SPORT OF TENNIS.
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