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Serena williams sofascore9/14/2023 ![]() ![]() Gerald Marzorati, a veteran tennis writer and former editor of The New York Times Magazine, has given us his version with “Seeing Serena,” a thoughtful journey through her 2019 season with stops at all of the major tournaments. ![]() Serena has evoked so many emotions and symbolized so many ideas that she, more than any other modern professional athlete, deserves a book-length meditation. Meanwhile, throughout the match, every Black friend I had who held even a passing interest in tennis was calling with glee to say, “She is amazing!” Open crowd loves Americans, aggressive players, new stars and winners, on that day the overwhelmingly white audience was clearly rooting for Hingis and merely tolerating Williams. I watched her dismantle tiny Martina Hingis, and even though the U.S. And she was already a complex, polarizing figure. This was about 20 years ago but she was, then as now, one of the very best players in the world. She was muscular and radiating power like a warrior queen. ![]() It was the first time I was near her and the sight of her up close was breathtaking. Open, surrounded by a chatty horde of media from around the globe, when Serena Williams strode in wearing a form-fitting top and a tennis skirt. I was sitting in the pressroom backstage at the U.S. ![]()
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