As the queen of tennis, she has achieved countless successes, but for Serena Williams there is something more important than her own fame and passion. That’s motherly love!
Tennis history will certainly forever remember the name Serena Williams, a fierce “god of war” that no opponent can overcome.
Serena has won 349 matches at Grand Slam tournaments, far ahead of legendary Martina Navratilova (306 wins). She is the owner of 23 Grand Slam women’s singles titles and 4 Olympic gold medals. She once held the world number 1 position for 186 consecutive weeks, equaling the legendary Steffi Graf.
Serena has changed a part of tennis history. She proves that tennis is also a sport for people of color. However, what makes people admire and admire this tennis queen the most is her boundless love for her children, her willingness to put aside her passion to choose motherhood and family.
The tennis legend was born on September 26, 1981 in Michigan. She is the youngest child in a family of 5 girls. Serena Williams grew up in the dusty Los Angeles suburb of Compton, where her father ran a private security company.
Serena started her love for tennis when she was just 3 years old. At that time, she often practiced with her sister Venus on a training ground near her family’s residence. It can be said that Serena was born to play tennis. She has natural talent in this sport with great skills: Strong, fast, decisive and flexible. Every swing of Serena’s racket carries power that few people have.
By the age of 10, Serena’s talent was noticed by many people in the tennis industry and after her 14th birthday she began playing professionally. Speaking of which, many people think that Serena’s career path is quite smooth and favorable, but in reality it is an extraordinary effort.
The Compton training ground, where Serena and her sisters started to get acquainted with tennis, is an old place, smells bad and is full of danger. They had to practice without a net, the field surface was uneven and drug addicts’ needles were stuck in the trees. Whenever the ball rolled to an area filled with needles, Serena had to be extremely careful to pick it up again.
In her autobiography The Undefeated published in 2017, Venus recounted the time she and her younger sister Serena had to witness a haunting shooting right across the street where they practiced. ” A guy jumped out of the car and started shooting. We crouched down on the ground and waited until it was all over before daring to go home ,” Venus wrote in the book.
” Our training ground was a shabby park,” said Macci, the sisters’ childhood coach . “There were people playing basketball, people drinking beer, passed out on the grass and broken pieces of water.” Sperm splashed everywhere “.
Serena began her tennis career playing at local youth tournaments. Her achievements are very remarkable. Not long after, Rick Massi, a professional tennis coach recognized Serena’s natural talent, believing that she would soon be a shining star. He invited her family to Florida, where he ran a tennis academy.
The family’s move to Florida was the catalyst that helped Serena’s passion flourish and shine. She had her first professional match at the age of 14. Two years later, Serena was ranked #96 among the best tennis players in the world. Right after graduating from high school, Serena signed an advertising contract worth 12 million USD with the Puma brand.
However, the road to success is always full of thorns and challenges. There is no road filled with roses forever. The ups and downs that Serena experienced and the way she overcame them and conquered challenges made millions of fans around the world take their hats off in admiration.