Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American professional tennis player. She has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most by any player in the Open Era, and the second-most of all time behind Margaret Court (24). The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) ranked her singles world No. 1 on eight separate occasions between 2002 and 2017. On her sixth occasion, she held the ranking for 186 consecutive weeks, tying the record set by Steffi Graf. Today we will discuss about Serena Williams: Movie| Husband| What happened| Olympics.
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Williams was born on September 26, 1981, in Saginaw, Michigan to Oracene Price and Richard Williams. She is the youngest of Price’s five daughters: half-sisters Yetunde, Lyndrea, and Isha Price, and full older sister Venus. She also has at least seven paternal half-siblings. When the children were young, the family moved to Compton, California, where Williams started playing tennis at the age of four.
Full name | Serena Jameka Williams |
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Country (sports) | United States |
Residence | Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, U.S. |
Born | September 26, 1981 Saginaw, Michigan, U.S. |
Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) |
Turned pro | October 1995 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
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Prize money | US$ 94,518,971
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Movie
“King Richard” star Will Smith bears the crown of playing tennis coach Richard Williams and also wears the willful personality, Louisiana accent and ubiquitous shorts of the famed (and controversial) father of Venus and Serena Williams.
“It’s like giving Superman the cape. Putting those shorts on Will was like sinking into the role,” director Reinaldo Marcus Green says. “Once the shorts went on, it was game over.”
Set in the early 1990s, the biopic “King Richard” (in theaters and streaming on HBO Max Friday) follows the determination of Richard and his wife Oracene (Aunjanue Ellis) to make their daughters tennis champions and tracks the fledgling careers of Venus (Saniyya Sidney) and Serena (Demi Singleton) from training on dingy courts in Compton to Venus’ 1994 professional debut at age 14.
Husband
Serena Williams has opened up about the first time she met her now husband Alexis Ohanian. On Tuesday May 12, the tennis champion shared the story about how she met the technology entrepreneur several years ago.
Since their wedding in November 2017, the Reddit co-founder and tech entrepreneur has constantly reminded the world of the importance of supporting women achieve greatness, paternity leave and making romantic gestures unashamedly.
What happened
The seven-time Wimbledon champion officially confirmed her ouster from the ongoing tournament and said that it is indeed ‘heartbreaking’ for her to exit the tournament in this manner after having injured her right leg. “I was heartbroken to have to withdraw today after injuring my right leg.
Olympics
Serena Williams confirmed that she won’t be participating in the 2020 Summer Olympics, which will kick off in Tokyo on July 23, 2021 following a year’s delay. The four-time Olympic gold medalist announced the news during a pre-Wimbledon press conference. “I’m actually not on the Olympic list—not that I’m aware of.