Serena Williams was maybe the largest star within the historical past of the WTA Tour and, though she gained a Slam lower than the record-woman Margaret Courtroom, the American is (in my view) undoubtedly the strongest tennis participant ever, in addition to the largest star in girls’s sports activities of all time.
The previous American legend expressed a collection of attention-grabbing issues on the epilogue of her profession, particularly on the variety of Majors she may have gained if it weren’t for her sister Venus.
“We had this rule with my sister: if we performed one another earlier than the ultimate, we needed to win the title. I feel Venus would have had a minimal of 15 Slams if I hadn’t performed. Quite the opposite, I might have had 30,” she mentioned with nice honesty.
Serena then targeted on girls’s sports activities and the second they’re experiencing, analyzing: “Girls’s sports activities are usually not having a very good second. They’ve at all times been there, you are simply noticing it. Venus and I’ve been round endlessly and we have had essentially the most viewers ever on the US Open, each single Grand Slam with any sort of feminine athlete. However it’s additionally the truth that there are different superb gamers who’ve performed so properly for therefore lengthy.”
The 23-time Grand Slam champion then made a deep reflection on the which means of the defeat.
“I by no means needed to lose, however sadly, I feel you study a few of the best classes once you lose. Due to each loss that I’ve had, I’ve actually turn out to be the tennis participant that everybody is aware of now. With out a few of these losses, I might by no means have been this particular person.
It was very tough to return and watch the footage of why I used to be shedding, however it additionally helped me. Like with investing, if I do one thing mistaken, if this did not go properly, I ask myself why it did not go properly; what did we like, what can we study from this and so I am bringing that tennis side to the entire courtroom,” defined Serena.
