She is a symbol, a figure, an athlete who has gone well beyond the path traced by her pioneering sister. [Venus, plus âgée d’un an], until reigning over a closed discipline, dominated by whites. And who refuses to stop there.
When announcing that she was hanging up the rackets, Serena Williams clarified on Tuesday [9 août], that she would now devote herself to her children and her other activities, notably in fashion and venture capital. She will shape her future as she sees fit. 100% Serena.
A star apart
She’s always done things her way, always done things her way. This is what made her a special character, outstanding and appreciated – even if it also earned her a few banderillas. It’s also what allowed her to become one of the greatest athletes sport has given us – a young black woman who grew up in the most humble of circumstances. [à Compton, un quartier déshérité de Los Angeles] until becoming an idol whose magnetism operates well beyond the borders of sport.
Featured in a front-page article Vogue [le célèbre magazine américain de mode]the news of her retirement following the US Open at the end of the month fit well with the meta-persona she has become.
We would almost tend to forget her prize list, which nevertheless includes 23 Grand Slam titles in singles, just behind Margaret Court’s record of 24 titles. [établi dans les années 1960-1970]. He started with a victory at the 1999 US Open. At 17, Serena became the first black athlete since Arthur Ashe in 1975 to win a Grand Slam singles, and the first black woman to emerge victorious. a Grand Slam tournament since Althea Gibson in 1958.
The refusal of limits and shackles
Serena Williams has embodied athletic excellence and – for at least two decades – aspirations for sexual and racial equality.
Along the way, she showed the world that it was possible to push the limits and ignore the norms. The article of Vogue, a first-person narrative, is symbolic in this respect, even if it was also highly anticipated in view of Serena’s setbacks in competition in recent years. So it’s not on his Instagram account, nor on [la chaîne de sport américaine] ESPN or at a post-game press conference she broke the news. No, Serena does what she wants, when she wants, how she wants.
Serena Williams has never let tennis define her.
She drained the crowds
Now that we know she is retiring, memories about her come flooding back to us. That she loved to entertain the public and put on a show! Isn’t that what seduced us in her? She had something, a rage, a desire, q