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Book Review, On The Line
The success of the Williams sisters is a fascinating and thought provoking story. There success did not come easy, it was filled with many pitfalls on their way. The tennis book that I have just read is the Serena Williams memoir,” On The Line.” The book is about Serena and the struggles and successes of her family. The Williams sisters first came onto the scene in the late 1990’s with both Venus and Serena achieving the unbelievable success of becoming the No. 1 female tennis player in the world.
The book is a very honest portrayal of the determination and fortitude that her family had in paving the way for their success. Serena gives credit to her mother and father and her faith in God for all of her success. Her success is well chronicled in the world of sports, but it is her humanitarian accomplishments that have not been publicized. Serena and her family believe in giving back to the underprivileged because they remember where they came from.
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Whenever I watch tennis today, I often wonder what was it like to be the first person of color to win a major championship.
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One book that I think should be on every tennis’ player’s reading list is Arthur Ashe’s memoir,” Days of Grace.“ It is an excellent written tennis book and it chronicles the last days of not only a great tennis player, but a great humanitarian. As I was growing up in the 50’s and early 60’s, there was no black male role models playing tennis. It was not a sport that you would talk about at the dinner table. Tennis never got the media coverage like baseball, football, basketball and hockey. I had heard about Arthur Ashe, but I really did not know too much about him.
I did not realize that Arthur Ashe was a trailblazer and what he did for tennis left an indelible mark on America’s culture. One of the highest honor that one can achieve is to have a monument or sport’s stadium named after you. Next month, thousands of people from all over the world will go to the U.S. Open and witness some great tennis at the stadium named after Arthur Ashe, who won the event in 1968. The memory of Arthur Ashe should not be forgotten.