MY SISTER, MY MIRROR (3/6) – The Americans have won everything on the tennis courts. In Grand Slams and at the Olympics. After two decades at the top, they are still not satisfied. The story of an extraordinary family rise that will soon be adapted to cinema.
July 3, 1990. The New York Times devotes an article to the “Cinderella from the ghetto”, under the title “Status: undefeated. Future: pink. Age: 10 years old. “ Venus Williams enters the scene. Less than a year later, the prestigious daily once again invites the young American, this time accompanied by her younger sister, Serena (9), with this title:“The prodigy players whet the appetite of the agents”. History is on the move. She will experience jolts. But in 2021, it continues. At the top, or very near.
In 1999, before the first final between his daughters, in Miami, Richard Williams, their father, coach and manager of this incredible sports duo which was the subject of reports, books, a documentary and will soon be the object of a film (with Will Smith) describes how he detected the predispositions of the players :“The first time I took my daughter to a tennis court, I left my broken Volkswagen and drove three kilometers home to tell my
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