The Venus’ Rise to Fame (introduction) Venus Williams is arguably the greatest African-American tennis player in the history of the game. Winning 17 singles titles in the Southern California 10 and under championships, she was featured on the front page of the entire paper of The New York Times. At age 10, she was described as “the most hotly pursued preteen in U.S. tennis history”. However, the sudden rise of Venus to prominence was surrounded with gender equality and racial associations. Despite
Tennis, since its creation, has been considered stereotypically by many to be the sport of royalty and the elite of society. The modern game of tennis originated in the United Kingdom in the late nineteenth century (The History of...). Subsequent to its creation, tennis spread midst the upper class English population before spreading around the world. Throughout the history of the sport there have been key individuals who continue to assist in the growing popularity and development of the sport.
suppliers of services and goods obtain increased business. When the world cup was hosted by Japan it brought in a big influx of foreign currency, tourists and additional spending on goods and services. Large sport events such as Wimbledon or the European championship has a similar effect as a multiplier effect. The economic situation of British football has changed massively in the last ten years: what was a hugely under-capitalised industry at the end of the 1980s (that operated on very tight
In 1970, the male first place champion of the Italian Tennis Championship received $3,500 while the top prize for women was $600 (Guttmann 209). This gap drove King to press for equal prize money in the Pacific Southwest Championships who were planning on that year’s men’s champion to receive $12,500 while the female champion would only receive $1,500 (Guttmann 209). “I thought it was crucial for
"I am lucky that whatever fear I have inside me, my desire to win is always stronger." These are the words of one woman who would become 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
longest of any player, she is the only player who have won all four grand slams single tournaments. A nice feature of grafs game was that she played across all the playing surfaces, concluding of her winning all 6 French open single titles, and 6 Wimbledon single titles she is the only singles player to have accomplished a real grand slam across all 3 types of tennis courts and the 5 singles grand slams happened when the Australian and U.S opens were played in grass. Graf took 13 consecutive grand
Within todays sporting community, certain aspects of sport and its practices promote and construct ideas that sport in general is a male dominated. Sports media often provides an unequal representation of genders. Women athletes are regularly perceived as mediocre in comparison to their male equivalents (Lenskyj, 1998). Achievement in sport is generally established through displays of strength, speed and endurance, men usually set the standards in these areas, consequently woman rarely reach the
Battle of the Sexes (2017) GOING IN In 1973, a tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs became the most watched televised sporting event of all time. Riggs was past his prime and in and effort to regain the lost spotlight, he claimed that even at the age of 55 he would be able to easily beat the best female tennis player. Billie Jean King (one of the women he challenged), was both extremely successful and an outspoken advocate for gender equality. This biopic starring Emma Stone and
to the 12th century and is still an active sport today. One of the prime locations of this sport is in present day Great Britain. Tennis, a sport in Great Britain, has been played throughout the years in many famous courts and by many athletes. Wimbledon, one of the most famous courts in the world, is where professional athletes have played and continue to play this beloved game. Many British fans love to watch the superstar Andy Murray represent their country by playing around the world. The basic
“Who is the most dominant figure in sports today? LeBron James? Michael Phelps? Please. Get that 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
Within todays sporting community, certain aspects of sport and its practices promote and construct ideas that sport in general is a male dominated. Women athletes are regularly perceived as mediocre in comparison to their male equivalents (Lenskyj, 1998). Achievement in sport is generally established through displays of strength, speed and endurance, men usually set the standards in these areas, consequently woman rarely reach the level set by top male athletes. Due to this, the media significantly
“Is it in you?”, “Get out what you put in”, “Win from within”. These are just a few sayings that the founders of Gatorade use to help persuade readers into thinking, “In order to be successful I need Gatorade”. This drink is a very popular performance enhancing sports beverage that athletes from all over depend on. Using the top athletes known to man in their advertisements they remain successful in fueling athletes across the globe. I have chosen two ads from Gatorade. I read them, examined them
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
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
The Five Types of Tennis Players You Will Encounter Every single tennis player experiences ups and downs throughout every match and throughout their whole career. The contrast between each category is how girl tennis players can grasp their tennis matches and all the hardships tennis has to offer. With these five types of players, it is evident that some girls deal with these difficulties in better ways than others. Now this first category is a tennis player who does not take anything from anyone
Tour) can lay claim to several tour titles, including the 2008 French Open. A tough 2009 season and recent injuries may be responsible for her early exit at this year's Open, but she has been working harder than ever off the court to get back into championship form. Of course, nothing is ever easy as a professional athlete. Not even, you'll be glad to hear, working out! That's what I learned when I chatted with this former No. 1 world player about her fitness program.
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
Novak Djokovic. With his title at the French Open earlier this year, Djokovic completed his career Grand Slam collection. Beyond even the Grand Slam is the Golden Slam, which includes winning the four grand slam events (Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and U.S. Open), as well as an Olympic gold medal in the same season. Djokovic entered the Olympics as the No. 1 seed and a heavy favorite to accomplish a career Golden Slam. However, in his first round match, the Serbian ran into the brick wall that
but also have the skills to control the ball on each surface. There are four major tennis grand slam tennis tournaments played around the world. First Australian Open a hard court tournament, next the French Open, a clay court tournament. Third, Wimbledon a tournament played on grass, and lastly the US Open another hard court tournament. The hard court of the US Open is much different from the hard court surface
sibling sister named Diana and took up the sport at the age of 14 and decided to become a full time tennis player at age 16 when he gained no.1 national summer tennis rankings at the expense of dropping out from school. In 1998 he won his first junior Wimbledon cup propelling him to become an international player. Novak Djokovic however was born on 22 May 1987 in Belgrade, former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, to his father Srdan and mother Dijana. His parents owned the company Family Sports