Serena Williams was maybe the largest star within the historical past of the WTA Tour and, though she gained a Slam lower than the record-woman Margaret Court docket, the American is (in my view) undoubtedly the strongest tennis participant ever, in addition to the largest star in ladies’s sports activities of all time.
The previous American legend expressed a collection of attention-grabbing concerns on the epilogue of her profession, particularly on the variety of Majors she may have gained if it weren’t for her sister Venus.
“We had this rule with my sister: if we played each other before the final, we had to win the title. I think Venus would have had a minimum of 15 Slams if I hadn’t played. On the contrary, I would have had 30,” she stated with nice honesty.
Serena then targeted on ladies’s sports activities and the second they’re experiencing, analyzing: “Women’s sports are not having a good moment. They’ve always been there, you’re just noticing it. Venus and I have been around forever and we’ve had the most viewers ever at the US Open, every single Grand Slam with any type of female athlete. But it’s also the fact that there are other amazing players who have done so well for so long.”
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The 23-time Grand Slam champion then made a deep reflection on the which means of the defeat.
“I never wanted to lose, but unfortunately, I think you learn some of the greatest lessons when you lose. Because of every loss that I’ve had, I’ve really become the tennis player that everyone knows now. Without some of those losses, I would never have been this person.
It was very difficult to go back and watch the footage of why I was losing, but it also helped me. Like with investing, if I do something wrong, if this didn’t go well, I ask myself why it didn’t go well; what did we like, what can we learn from this and so I’m bringing that tennis aspect to the whole court,” defined Serena.
