In an interview for the British version of the magazine Vogue, Serena Williams denounced that as a black woman she has been “underpaid and undervalued” and applauded Black Lives Matter for giving visibility to racism. “Now we black people have a voice, and technology has been a big part of that,” declared the 23 Grand Slams winner.
Serena Williams has always been very active in social struggle, with words and actions. In fact, Serena has invested in more than 50 startups, companies that are at an early age or new creation and have great possibilities for rapid growth, in the last 6 years through Serena Ventures, a firm that is focused on companies founded by women and people who are part of minorities. 60% of the investments are for these companies.
On this occasion, some topics that the American tennis player touched in her interview with the British version of the magazine were leaked Vogue, which will be published in November. ”We see things that have been hidden for years; the things that we, as people, have to go through. This has been going on for years. People just couldn’t get their phones out and record it sooner, ”said the youngest of the Williams sisters.
“I think for a minute they (the whites) started, not to understand, because I don’t think it can be understood, but they started to see,” added Serena, who said she felt surprised because before the great advances in technology she had talked about these issues throughout her career. It should be remembered that, for example, the player received several racist insults from the public in the 2001 edition of Indian Wells.
His abandonment at Roland Garros
Serena Williams had a sore left Achilles heel since the semifinals of the last US Open, when she fell 6-1 3-6 3-6 to Belarusian Victoria Azarenka. The winner of 23 Grand Slams had declared that she was doing a laser and ice treatment in the affected area, but finally the pain did not allow her to continue, and after speaking with her coach Patrick Moratouglou in her daytime training, she decided to retire prior to her duel second round against Tsevetana Pirinkova.
Roland Garros 2018
It is the second time that Serena leaves in the Cup of the Musketeers. In 2018, prior to her fourth round match against the Russian Maria Sharapova, she withdrew from the tournament due to a discomfort in her pectorals, which made it impossible for her to perform her service normally. The injury had occurred in her previous match against Germany’s Julia Georges.
His last big goal on the slopes
The last great goal of Serena Williams is to reach the Australian Margaret Court, who holds the title of being the top winner of Majors in history, with 24 trophies in their showcases. Serena has only one left to match, but has not added any since January 2017 when she won the Australian Open. At the time it seemed obvious that she would succeed, but different injuries have prevented her, and time is running out. Also, in the middle she lost 4 finals: Wimbledon and US Open in 2018 and 2019.
