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Serena and Venus

Imagine growing up in one of the worst neighborhoods in Compton, California. You practice your favorite sport on a tennis court with gun holes traced on the ground. (Aronson 19-20) Suddenly, it all changes and you become a superstar. These two tennis superstars are not only sisters that are close in age, but also best friends, (Aronson 18) who share the same dream. Yet, they’re both in the fight for number one in the world tennis rankings. Venus and Serena Williams have, after 115 years, repeated history by facing one another in a championship (Aronson 9) and also made their own history by being the first African American sisters to play against one another. The first pair of sisters that played one another were the lawn tennis playing sisters, Maud and Lillian Watson. (Aronson 9) They proved to the world that women’s tennis isn’t about dresses and being pretty. They opened a gateway for true female athletes desiring to be a part of the action.

Growing up in a house with five children, and a tennis-obsessed father wasn’t easy for the Williams children. Out of Yetunde, Isha, Lyndrea,


Venus was born in Lynnwood, California on the above stated date. She currently stands at 6’1” and weighs 137 lbs. She plays right-hand and made the decision to turn professional in 1994. She is currently #2 in the rank for singles, that also being her highest. (TheWilliamsSisters.net) She achieved that on August 30th, 1999. Her highest rank for doubles is 6, receiving that on September 27th, 1999. She has 13 career titles for singles and 6 for doubles. She won 163 career matches and lost 51. She’s won $5,779,477 in prize money. She’s an honored member of the US Fed Cup Team. She once stated that her life lesson was that someone’s always watching or listening, so you have to watch your actions. She has dreams of a career in fashion design, rather than tennis, and is enrolled in UF for an associate’s degree in fashion design. (VenusSerenaFans.com)

Serena was born in Saginaw, Michigan, she stands at 5’10” and weighs 145 lbs. Obviously, she doesn’t have the advantage that Venus has. She also plays right hand, but turned professional a year after Venus, in 1995. Currently, sh

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