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Serena Williams: Best African American Tennis Player
Serena Williams was born on September 26,1981 in Saginaw Michigan. Richard Williams was the father and Oracene Price was the mother and she had four sister and two brothers. She graduated from The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale Serena Williams has achieve so many goals in her years of playing tennis. She was the only player to win three Grand Slam singles titles after saving match points. She has won 21 single Grand Slam Titles and lost 5. She won 13 Double Grand Slam Title and hasn’t lost anything so far. In her career she has won 3 gold medals in the Olympics. She won a gold in Sydney, Beijing, London. She has won three awards which was the WTA newcomer of the year, Tennis Magazine/Rolex Rookie of the year and WTA Most Improved Player of the Year. …show more content…
She won so many matches in her career.Serena Williams and her sister have competed in so many matches that people around the world, always go to their matches and support them. When Serena Williams was 18 she beat Steffi Graf, a legendary tennis player.In 1999, Serena won her first Grand Slam singles title and her first U.S. Open single title.In 2002, was the year that Serena shined, she won a lot of tournaments around the world. She defeated Jennifer Capriati, who was the defending champion at Roland Garros in 2002. She won her second Grand Slam title at the 2002 French Open defeating her rival, Venus, which was the two time defending champion at

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