USerena Williams Ubizwe Umgijimi Wesifazane Eminyakeni Eyishumi

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Njengoba iminyaka eyishumi isondela ekupheleni, i-I-Associated Press (I-AP) iqambe i-Female Athlete of the Decade, futhi ukukhetha kuzomangaza abalandeli bezemidlalo abambalwa. USerena Williams wakhethwa ngamalungu e- I-AP, kufaka phakathi abahleli bezemidlalo nababhali beshaya, abaphawule indlela uWilliams "abusa ngayo iminyaka eyishumi, enkundleni nasengxoxweni."

UWilliams waqala umsebenzi wakhe wethenisi emuva ngo-1995, kepha eminyakeni eyishumi eyedlule bekunokuningi kakhulu akwenzile ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwenkantolo.

Okokuqala, kukhona izimpumelelo ezichaza umsebenzi wakhe: UWilliams uthole izicoco ze-Grand Slam ezingu-12 kule minyaka eyishumi kuphela edlule (ngokwereferensi, umdlali wethenisi waseJalimane u-Angelique Kerber uza ngemuva kwakhe ngqo nabathathu), enezihloko ezingama-23 ze-Grand Slam sezizonke. Eminyakeni engama-38 ubudala, ubuye abe ngowesifazane omdala kunabo bonke ukuwina indondo eyodwa yeGrand Slam, ngokusho kukaCBS Izindaba. (Uyakhumbula lapho uWilliams ebiza umzimba wakhe "njengesikhali nomshini"?)

UWilliams ubuye abe nerekhodi eliphelele lama-377-45, okusho ukuthi uwine cishe amaphesenti angama-90 emidlalweni ayengenele kusukela ngo-2010 kuya ku-2019. ngokusho kwe-I-AP.

"Uma kubhalwa izincwadi zomlando, kungenzeka ukuthi uSerena Williams omkhulu ungumsubathi omkhulu kunabo bonke," kusho uStacey Allaster, isikhulu esiphezulu sethenisi ekhokhelwayo e-U.S. Tennis Association, ephethe i-U.S.I-AP. "Ngithanda ukuyibiza ngokuthi yi-'Serena Superpowers' - lokho kungumqondo wompetha. Noma ngabe ubhekene nobunzima obungakanani nobunzima abhekene naye, uhlala ezikholelwa yena."

Ukukhuluma ngempilo yalo msubathi nefa lakheicishiwe enkundleni yethenisi, u-Allaster wanezela ukuthi uWilliams "ubekezelele konke" kule minyaka eyishumi edlule: "Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kwakuyizinkinga zempilo; ukubuya; ukuba nengane; cishe uyafa ngalokho-usesefomini yobuqhawe. Amarekhodi akhe ayazikhulumela ." (Okuhlobene: USerena Williams 'Ulwela Amalungelo Abantu Besifazane' Njengoba Izinkanyezi Zibonisa Ukusekelwa Ngemva Kokulahleka Kwe-U.S. Open)

Kepha uWilliams akazange abekezelele izinselele kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe; wazisebenzisa ukuze adonsele ukunakekela ezindabeni ezimbalwa ezibalulekile ezithinta abantu emhlabeni wonke.

Isibonelo, ngemuva kokubeletha ingane yakhe yokuqala, indodakazi u-Alexis Olympia, uWilliams wavula isifubaI-Vogue mayelana nezinkinga ezisongela impilo ngemuva kokubeletha abhekana nazo. Uveze ukuthi ubene-C-section ephuthumayo, kanye namahlule egazi emaphashini akhe ngenxa ye-pulmonary embolism, okubangele ukukhwehlela okukhulu nokugqabuka kwesilonda sakhe. Odokotela bakhe babe sebethola i-hematoma enkulu (ukuvuvukala kwegazi elijiyile) esiswini okwakudalwe ukopha endaweni yenxeba lakhe lesigaba C, okwakudinga ukuhlinzwa kaningi. (Okuhlobene: USerena Williams Uvula Imizwa Yakhe Yomama Omusha Nokungabaza Okuzenzakalelayo)

UWilliams wabe esebhala i-op-ed forI-CNN ukuqwashisa ngokungafani ngokobuhlanga okukhona ekufeni okuhlobene nokukhulelwa. “Ngokusho kweCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), abesifazane abamnyama e-United States basemathubeni aphindwe kathathu okubulala ngenxa yokukhulelwa noma okuhlobene nokubeletha,” kubhala lo msubathi, wengeza ngokuthi lolu daba luthinta abesifazane emhlabeni jikelele. (Kuhlobene: USerena Williams Ukholelwa Ukuthi Izinkinga Zezempilo Zakhe Zangemva Kokubeletha Zamenza Waqina)

Kule minyaka eyishumi edlule, uWilliams naye akazange anqikaze ukubiza ngokungabi nabulungisa ngaphakathi kwezemidlalo yakhe (kufaka phakathi ukuphawula ngokobuhlanga nangokobulili). Ngemuva kokuthatha isikhathi esingaphezu konyaka ethenisi ukuze ayochitha isikhathi nomndeni wakhe, uWilliams ushaye i-2018 French Open ngekatiyiti elinamandla laseWakanda. Le ngubo ayigcinanga nje ngokuba yimfashini enkulu, kodwa yasiza namahlule egazi aqhubeka ebhekana nawo ngemuva kwezinkinga zokubeletha. (Okuhlobene: USerena Williams Ukhiphe I-Topless Music Video Yenyanga Yokuqwashisa Ngomdlavuza Webele)

Yize bekunezinhloso zokusebenza kwezimpahla, umongameli weFrench Tennis Federation, uBernard Giudicelli uthe isudi "ngeke isamukelwa" ngaphansi kwemithetho emisha yekhodi yokugqoka. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kamuva, uWilliams wafika e-U.S. Open egqoke i-tulle tutu ngaphezulu komzimba, isenzo abaningi ababenomuzwa wokuthi kwakuwukushaya ihlombe buthule ekuvinjelweni kwekati. (Ungakhohlwa ngesitatimende semfashini esinikeza amandla uWilliams asenza ku-2019 French Open, futhi.)

UWilliams angase abe I-APi-Female Athlete of the Decade, kodwa umpetha wethenisi wakusho kahle lokhu ngo-2016 ngesikhathi etshela intatheli ukuthi: "Ngikhetha igama elithi" omunye wabasubathi abaphambili kunabo bonke. "

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