Tennis legend Serena Jameka Williams has announced that she will be retiring, which I suppose we were all expecting but are nevertheless stunned by.
Though I could go on about her athletic prowess, what really drew me to Serena and her older sister Venus when they first came on to the world tennis circuit was that it was the first time that I, and many black girls like me growing up in the Nineties, had seen someone who looked like me on such a massive stage.
The sisters dominated headlines not only because of what was then considered flamboyant hair and attire, but also because the world was in awe of their unapologetic power, tenacity and athletic prowess, something previously seen as the domain of men. The confidence of the Williams sisters in their talent defied many people’s expectations. Their father, also their coach, propelled them to the heights that they reached. He started coaching them when Venus turned four.
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