But what is it about that techniques and tactics Serena Williams uses that has made her so dominant as a pro tennis player? There are two words that every Serena Williams opponent dreads hearing. And she is one of the first female players to really develop it into a tool that can completely dominate a game.
For example, in her Wimbledon campaign she hit 85 aces on her way to the final. This is pure domination and allows her to win so many free points on serve, often leaving opponents feeling deflated and hopeless.
But what is it about her serve that makes it so great? Obviously, we have to look at the power. Serena is blessed with a naturally powerful physique that gives her a clear advantage in that area against any female players she faces. Serena serves with great precision. She has now won majors in as a teenage one , in her 20s 12 and continuing into her 30s eight.
In fact, the eight grand slams Serena Williams has won in her 30s is also a record? And she has an impressive record of 21 wins to just four losses when competing in grand slam finals? Serena Williams? Even scarier, Serena Williams shows no signs of slowing down. There is currently no other woman in professional tennis who is close to her in points, wins or championships. Serena Williams not only won a gold medal for her individual play at the Summer Olympics, she has also won three gold medals for doubles tennis at the , and Summer Olympic Games.
Paired with her sister Venus, Serena Williams has proven to be a strong doubles threat as well as a dominant singles tennis player. In fact, Serena has 13 grand slam doubles titles to go along with her 21 singles grand slam titles? Serena and Venus Williams have won doubles tennis titles at all the major tournaments? Put this together with her four Olympic gold medals and you get a clear sense of how dominant Serena Williams has been in the sport of tennis.
Like many all-time great athletes, Serena Williams overcame long odds to reach the pinnacle in the often elitist and cloistered world of tennis. Raised in Compton, California, one of the most violent and dangerous neighbourhoods in the United States, Serena Williams was homeschooled by her father, who has also coached her exclusively since she was in ninth grade. Serena Williams was also pulled from the junior tennis circuit as a youngster because of racist remarks and threats made by rival parents of white children.
And Serena? And in , Serena suffered a pulmonary embolism that almost killed her. Yet despite an unconventional and poor upbringing, as well as tragedy in her family, Serena has beat the odds and gone on to excel in her sport of choice. Currently, Serena Williams holds the world number one ranking for a woman tennis player, and has since February 18, ? Or you could look at how she handled herself in some of her hardest moments on court, the match points she overcame in the semi-finals of three of her grand slam victories, against Kim Clijsters, Maria Sharapova and Elena Dementieva.
That she has won more individual matches at each of the slams than any other women in the Open era. About the murder of her half-sister Yetunde Price in , killed in Compton in , an innocent bystander in a gang shooting. Or about the first pulmonary embolism she suffered in , blood clots in the lungs that almost killed her then, and then again in the aftermath of the emergency C-section she had when her daughter was born in Or the postnatal depression she struggled with in the weeks and months afterwards.
And they say nothing about the way Williams has been treated. We are told to sit down and be quiet. There in the way they stereotyped her, degraded her appearance, derided her beauty, and sexualised her body. And it will spill out again now as people read this and complain that her achievements are overrated, the prejudices exaggerated.
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