Serena Williams are nationally known tennis players‚ who have made their mark in history by being the first African American sisters to play against each other. Venus and Serena started at an early age working towards Olympic medals‚ coveted awards‚ and national championships. By the time Serena reached aged seventeen‚ she had fifteen career titles‚ and Venus had twenty-five career titles by the time she reached age nineteen. Venus and Serena are professional tennis players who have played many times
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Maria’s career development? Yuri Sharapov first noticed his daughter had skill and took her to attend tennis clinics. It was at these clinics that Martina Navratilova‚ a renowned champion‚ observed Maria playing and commented‚ “She has talent”‚ inspiring Maria’s parents to seek a world-class coach for their daughter in the United States. Yuri and Maria arrived at IMG’s Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy where she eventually received a scholarship. She signed with Gavin Forbes‚ who then assigned his
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Holmes Oct. 12‚ 2009 TITLE OF BOOK Althea Gibson Tennis Player AUTHOR Michael Benson 1. The MAIN PURPOSE of this book is to tell people about the person who broke the color barrier in the world of women’s tennis. Althea Gibson was an outstanding tennis player that won as a doubles champion in 1956 and as a singles champion in 1957 and 1958. This book tells Althea’s story and the troubles she faced being a black athlete in the elite tennis arena. 2. The KEY QUESTIONS that the author
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The sport of tennis began in Europe in the end of the 19th century as <<lawn tennis>>. The sport came from the game of <<real tennis>> which grew throughout the English speaking world‚ especially with the rich. Now tennis has become an Olympic sport and is played by people of all ages and different countries. The professional sport of tennis is divided into four Grand Slam tournaments and many other smaller tournaments. The four tournaments are the Australian Open (Australia)‚ the U.S. Open‚ Wimbledon
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In the essay‚ The Colonel‚ Michael Hogan illustrates the importance of the influential sport of tennis. Hogan writes about how tennis changed his life from an early age. When he was younger he saw tennis as a rich mans sport in which he had no interest. One of his much-respected neighbors‚ the colonel‚ approached Hogan’s father with the idea that his son might like to learn how to play tennis. After pondering the thought with his father‚ Hogan decided to take the offer. The Colonel became his mentor
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the first women’s singles tennis champion at the U.S. Open. Ellen Hansell was in a championship match 6-1‚ 6-0 and was one of the most victories in major tournament history. Over the years‚ tennis has become a popular sport that everyone can enjoy‚ even if he or she is young or old. Many professional women tennis players are very talented and successful; Serena Williams‚ Simona Halep‚ and Venus Williams are wonderful great tennis players‚ but from these great women’s tennis players‚ Serena is the most
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professional tennis‚ The Championships‚ Wimbledon is the oldest running and most prestigious championship in the world which dates back to its founding in 1877‚ a span of over 138 years. “Perhaps that’s another part of Wimbledon’s prestige. In a world that seems to be more and more complicated‚ Wimbledon keeps it simple: Be respectful and play with honor… (Rudnansky)”. Located at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London‚ England‚ the women’s tournament is comprised of 128 tennis players
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Australian world number one tennis player won fourteen Grand Slam titles in the 1970’s through to the early 1980’s. Korff (2015) writes about Evonne’s achievements as she “was the first Aboriginal Australian to win a Wimbledon Tennis Championship in 1971.” She had many achievements in the tennis world including Australian of the year in 1971‚ Order of the British Empire in 1972‚ Order of Australia in 1982‚ Sports Australia Hall of Fame in 1985 and International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1988. Evonne
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up to. We have chosen the best of the best in the tennis world‚ Novak Djokovic. Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player who is currently ranked world number 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals. Despite being the underdog during his early years as a professional tennis player‚ he is now the best professional tennis player overtaking the previous king of tennis Rafael Nadal. Ever since the age of four‚ he has been interested in tennis. Unlike most children his age‚ it was not a fleeting
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Prince Sports is an international brand with a complete line of tennis products. They have their own racquets to more than fifty tennis strings to inventing the first over-sized tennis racquet. Prince is known to be ahead of the curve when it comes to innovating and marketing. Environmental forces have come a long way in the last fifty years. The sport of tennis has gained massive participation up to 43 percent. Thus‚ making tennis the fastest growing traditional individual sport in the world
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