Tennis is the only sport I love to watch on TV. I started watching the sport when Chris Evert and Martina were the super stars.
With time younger players took charge such as Steffi Graf and Monica Seles. Monica’s tennis life was cut short by a crazy man. Steffi continued to play and after winning twenty two grand slam championships she called it quits.
After Steffi and Monica there were a few good players, but the eyes of the world was focused on, ‘The Williams Sisters.’
How these two sisters entered the famous courts of Australia, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and the United States Open is amazing. Their father one day watched a tennis match, where the champion received thirty thousand dollars. He instantly made up his mind to teach his two daughters how to play tennis.
The girls were doing well. Dad decided to enter them in tennis tournaments, when they were old enough.
When they started their hair tied with beads got unnecessary attention. They were even fined when some of the beads broke loose from their hair and adorned the tennis court. The commentators and the crowd were not being nice.
These two sisters were winning match after match but the accolades were few and far between. Why were they treated so roughly, the only thing comes to mind was they were not like the European, or even the American players, their complexion was not light, it was dark.
Does it make a difference, it seems yes. These two sisters and their parents, helped them the best they can be; they did not disappoint their parents or everyone else who watched their skill.
There are four Grand-Slam tournaments in tennis in a year. The two sisters started winning most of them. Suddenly everyone started rooting for them.
Today it’s fair to say that these two sisters combined have won the most Grand Slam tournaments.
When I started watching them my favourite was Monica. After her I had no one who was my favourite . After years of watching these two sisters, I came to the conclusion, they are in my mind the best tennis players that ever stepped the courts of the world.
I think the credit goes to the father, who worked hard to make his daughters the best players in the world. Kudos to you Richard Williams.
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Sabethville 