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Essay / Serena Willams: A Brief Biography - 533
Serena Jameka Williams is the number one tennis player in women's singles tennis, born in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida on Saturday, September 26, 1981. She is the champion of ten seven Grand Slam singles tournaments and thirteen Grand Slam doubles tournaments alongside her older sister, Venus, a professional tennis player. Together, they form an unbeatable duo. Serena also won four Olympic gold medals, including three in women's doubles and one in women's singles. This great record is shared with her big sister. They are known to have a professional sibling rivalry between them and have faced each other in Grand Slam finals several times. Like her sister Venus, Serena has been ranked the world number one tennis player, although she surpasses her older sister in terms of earnings. Her winnings total over fifty million dollars (to be exact, $54,380,151), giving her the respected title of WTA prize money leader and first place among female athletes. Quite an achievement, don’t you think? At five feet nine inches tall, her doubles forehand and backhand are considered the most powerful among women, admire...