one of the greatest tennis player and sports star of all time, Serena Williams. Born Serena Jameka Williams on September 26, 1981 to Richard and Oracene this American phenomenon has been wielding a racket and whacking tennis balls to victory since she was three years old. She is the youngest of five daughters and together with her sister Venus, she has scorched a trail in the tennis world. Who is Serena Williams? Serena Williams is a tennis phenomenon who has fought her way to claim 23 grand
weak sauce out of here. It is Serena Williams” (Rollingstone). With seventeen Grand Slam singles wins, 13 Grand Slam doubles wins, 2 Grand Slam mixed double wins, and four Olympic Gold medals, Serena Williams is the most powerful woman currently active in women’s tennis (Bloomberg Business Week). Defying the odds and unspoken rules of the sport, Serena Williams, alongside her sister Venus, changed the demographics, play, and image of women’s tennis like no other. Williams uses her power and influence
Serena Williams has a net worth of $140 million. She is a renowned professional tennis player in the world. How she made it Tennis Serena Williams’s career as a professional tennis player spans 20 years. Serena Williams has been ranked #1 in the world 5 times. She has earned the most prize money in the world among female players. Serena had earned $73.3 million in prize money by August 31, 2015, according to the Women’s Tennis Association. She is the highest earning female tennis player in the
Rousey, Venus and Serena Williams, Maya Moore and Erin Andrews are making waves and names for themselves in sports history with their notable athleticism, feministic views, and sports knowledge. These great women are making a statement that sports are not just for men, but also for both men and women, and sports previously where only men participated are starting to see women enter that field. Even in a male Especially women like Ronda Rousey, and the William sisters, mainly Serena, are becoming the
well. Serena and Nike both allow females to believe that no matter what media says, they can be their own independent person. Ads like Old Spice leave that old depiction of man over woman, proving some of Kilbourne’s theory to be correct. They make the woman seem weak and dependent on man; where much of modern society has come to know that there is equality between sexes. Unlike Old Spice, Nike supports the modern way of gender equality and provides examples of women athletes like Serena Williams
soccer around the world , Venus and Serena Williams are two of the most popular figures in tennis, and Indy car racing had their first woman racer, Danika Patrick. With all the fame generated by these women in their respective sports, they still don’t receive the same compensation as the men in their respective sports fields. Venus Williams, net worth is 60 million dollars; 27 million came from playing tennis (celebritynetworth 4). Her sister, Serena Williams has a tennis... ... middle of paper
play extremely well. Serena Williams quoted “I've always considered myself the best and the top. I never considered that I was out of it.” As of now, 2016, Serena Williams is one of the best female Tennis player to hit a Tennis ball, along her older sister Venus Williams. Serena has won 20 Grand Slams & Venus 11. The Two started playing when they were only 12 and 13 years old in the 90’s. They were taught to play by a book read by their father Richard Williams. Although the William sisters are great
This paper analyzes the short video of Serena Williams produced by CNN in 2015. The video was released after she won the three slams and left the US open to complete Grand Slam. It is important to know how media described her, who succeeded as an African American tennis player in the world because this video as media took an important role, encouraging people and showing up the racial discrimination still existed in modern society. Briefly discussing about what are on the video. This video was
The definition of an athlete is a person who is proficient in sports and other forms of physical exercise, but today’s athlete is much bigger than this definition. Today’s athlete sets trends that are bigger than the sport they play. Today’s athlete is not only proficient in sports, but also public entertainment. Today’s athlete is competing not just for a win, but for an identity as something more than an athlete. No matter the sport, every game, match, or competition athletes compete in is one
Jordan was kicked off his high school team because he wasn’t good enough to play. After training intensively he became one of the best basketball players. There are many others that have achieved greatness through this practice such as Usher, Sirena Williams, Thomas Edison, and Diane Warren. I believe perfecting your performance by a continuance of practice results in a huge improvement to greatness. We are like play dough. We can mold ourselves into greatness through years of deliberate practice, “…activity
history of sports has developed. For example, black women athletes may be more accepted in certain sports than in others, i.e. black women in the WNBA might seem as less an anomaly for black women than for white women, and yet the success of the Williams sisters in tennis may seem more out of the ordinary for many Americans than the success of their white counterparts. Race, class, sex, and sexuality are the operative notions in which certain sports are less "traditional" for certain groups. Black
Jamiko Verner Instructor: Lynnea King Eng.102 3/2/14 Nike: “Just Do It- Possibilities” In today’s world Nike has grown to be one of the most popular organizations throughout the world. Nike controls the athletic world and almost every athletic sport uses Nike as a sponsor or in some way, but this was not always the case. The Nike Company began with two associates by the names of Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight, by selling Japanese sporty shoes in America. Their small business then turns out to be
It is hard to believe women still have to struggle in today’s day and age. Women today in a world prominently dominated by males in the sports world face a double standard in the pro sports world. Women have been fighting for centuries in order to achieve the same success and respect that men do in this world. Women in sports are often seen as a different; their consider being in-women like. They have to work twice as hard in order for them to achieve what there seeking, which is mainly equality
Serena Williams: 23 Hit Wonder Serena Williams has had the most impact on tennis of any female tennis player. She was born in Saginaw, Michigan, and started playing tennis at the age of three, something she was pushed to do by her father (Davis). Due to her natural talent and hard work, she became one of the best female tennis players in the world. This led her to win her first Grand Slam title at 17 years old, and she subsequently became the number one ranked women’s singles player in the world
correlated to the experience of racism. In order for black excellence to be acknowledged, you must discuss the racism it had to overcome in order to reach said excellence. In the essay entitled “The Meaning of Serena Williams”, author Claudia Rankine discusses the career of tennis phenomenon Serena Williams and the natural excellence that she embodies. Throughout the essay, Rankine explores the perceptions of Serena’s excellence in relation to her identity as a black woman. For Rankine, while she never explicitly
Game Point: The Journey The score is almost identical with Serena Williams, the number one singles women’s tennis player in the world, owning the first set; her sister, Venus Williams, claimed the second set. My heart races knowing how much they both have on the line; for Serena it’s a chance to continue her Grand Slam bid. As they battle out the third set to finish the match, I sit back and reminisce about my surprising, even to me, tennis career. It started out with my own sister, hitting a
appears on a screen all conversations cease and the men begin to drool over her beauty. They consider her to be a “real woman” Serena has been the subject of scrutiny regarding her body. Several magazines have written that she is ugly and that she looks masculine. Most of these magazines usually boast about thin white woman on their covers. Media coverage states that Serena looks like a man while Caitlyn Jenner is a beautiful masterpiece carefully sculptured woman. They believe that Caitlyn, who was
arguably the greatest female athlete in the nation. She has won 4 gold medals, 34 total grand slams, 6 US Opens, 6 Australian Opens, 3 French Opens, and 6 Wimbledon’s. Serena Williams is on her way to making history by scoring a true grand slam if she wins a few more games at the US Open. Playing since the age of 4, Serena Williams has learned how to incorporate physical, mental and emotional toughness onto the court. She is a true example of an athlete high in both ego and task orientation, through
Serena Jameka Williams is the Number One tennis player in women’s singles tennis, who was born in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, on Saturday, September 26th, 1981. She is the champion of seventeen single Grand Slams, and thirteen double Grand Slams alongside her professional tennis playing older sister, Venus. Together, they’re an unbeatable duo. Serena also won four Olympic gold medals, three of them in women’s doubles & one of them in women’s singles. This grand record is shared with her big sister
Serena William’s Journey With Racism Glamour and money are not the only components surrounding sports; many athletes experience what can be considered the dark side of sports. In the article The Meaning of Serena Williams by Claudia Rankine, some not so glamorous aspects of her life are highlighted. One of the most prominent rough parts of her life includes the racism that constantly surrounded her as an athlete. Whether it be the name calling and humiliation, or being paid less compared to a white