USerena Williams ubizwa ngokuba yiMbaleki yabasetyhini kwiminyaka elishumi

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Njengoko ishumi leminyaka lifikelela esiphelweni, iImithombo yeendaba edibeneyo (I-AP) uye wabiza i-Athlete ye-Female yeminyaka elishumi, kwaye ukhetho luya kumangalisa abalandeli bezemidlalo abambalwa. USerena Williams wonyulwa ngamalungu e I-AP, kubandakanya abahleli bezemidlalo kunye nababhali ababethi, abaphawule indlela uWilliams "alawula ngayo ishumi leminyaka, enkundleni nakwincoko."

UWilliams waqala umsebenzi wakhe wobuchwephesha wentenetya ngo-1995, kodwa le minyaka ili-10 idlulileyo ibizele zizinto zakhe ezinkulu aziphumezileyo enkundleni nangaphandle.

Okokuqala, kukho impumelelo yakhe echaza impumelelo yakhe: UWilliams uzuze izihloko ezili-12 zeGrand Slam kwiminyaka elishumi edlulileyo eyedwa (ukubhekisa, umdlali wentenetya waseJamani u-Angelique Kerber uza ngqo emva kwakhe nabathathu), enezihloko ezingama-23 zeGrand Slam zizonke. Kwiminyaka engama-38 ubudala, ukwangoyena mfazi mdala ukuphumelela i-Grand Slam singles trophy, ngokweCBS Iindaba. (Khumbula xa uWilliam wabiza umzimba wakhe ngokuthi "isixhobo kunye nomatshini"?)

UWilliams uphethe irekhodi elipheleleyo lama-377-45, okuthetha ukuba uphumelele phantse iipesenti ezingama-90 zemidlalo athe wakhuphisana kuyo ukusukela ngo-2010 ukuya ku-2019. ngokutsho kweI-AP.

“Xa iincwadi zembali zibhalwa, kusenokwenzeka ukuba uSerena Williams ungoyena mbaleki ubalaseleyo kulo lonke ixesha,” utshilo uStacey Allaster, umlawuli oyintloko kwintenetya yobuchwephesha kwi-U.S. Tennis Association, eqhuba i-US Open, uxelele intatheli.I-AP. "Ndithanda ukuyibiza ngokuba yi-'Serena Superpowers'-ingqondo yentshatsheli. Kungakhathaliseki ubunzima kunye neengxaki ezijongene naye, uhlala ekholelwa kuye."

Ukuthetha ngobomi bembaleki kunye nelifaicimile inkundla yentenetya, u-Allaster wongezelela ukuba uWilliam "unyamezele konke" kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo: "Ingaba yayiyimicimbi yezempilo; ukubuya; ukuba nomntwana; phantse ukufa ngenxa yoko-usekwifom yobuntshatsheli. Iirekhodi zakhe zithetha ngokwabo. " (Eyeleleneyo: USerena Williams 'Ulwela amaLungelo abasetyhini' njengoko iinkwenkwezi zibonisa iNkxaso emva kwe-US Open Loss)

Kodwa uWilliams akazange anyamezele imiceli mngeni kulo lonke ixesha lomsebenzi wakhe; wazisebenzisa ukuze atsalele ingqalelo kwimibandela eliqela ebalulekileyo echaphazela abantu ehlabathini lonke.

Umzekelo, emva kokuzalwa komntwana wakhe wokuqala, intombi uAlexis Olympia, uWilliams wamvulelaVogue malunga neengxaki zempilo emva kokubeleka. Ukwabelane ngokuba unecandelo le-C likaxakeka, kunye namahlwili egazi emiphungeni yakhe ngenxa ye-pulmonary embolism, ebangele ukukhohlela kakhulu kunye nokuqhekeka kwenxeba lakhe leC. Oogqirha bakhe emva koko bafumana i-hematoma enkulu (ukudumba kwegazi elijiyileyo) esiswini sakhe esabangelwa kukopha kwindawo yenxeba lakhe leC, efuna utyando oluninzi. (Inxulumene: USerena Williams uvula malunga neeMvakalelo zaMama ezintsha kunye nokuZithandabuza)

UWilliams emva koko wabhala i-op-ed yeCNN ukwazisa ngeyantlukwano ngokobuhlanga ekhoyo ekuswelekeni okunxulumene nokukhulelwa. Ngokutsho kwamaZiko oLawulo lweSifo kunye noThintelo (CDC), abafazi abamnyama e-United States bangaphezulu ngokuphindwe kathathu ukuba bafe ngenxa yokukhulelwa okanye ngenxa yezizathu ezinxulumene nokubeleka, utshilo lo mdlali, esongeza ukuba lo mbandela uchaphazela abafazi kwihlabathi liphela. (Eyeleleneyo: USerena Williams Ukholelwa Ukuba Iingxaki Zezempilo Zakhe Zasemva Kokubeleka Zimenze Womelela)

Kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo, uWilliams naye akathandabuzi ukubiza okungekho sikweni kwimidlalo yakhe (kubandakanya ubuhlanga kunye nezimvo zesini). Emva kokuthatha ixesha elingaphezu konyaka kude nentenetya ukuze achithe ixesha nosapho lwakhe, uWilliams wabetha i-2018 French Open kwi-catsuit ephefumlelweyo yeWakanda. Impahla ayizange isebenze nje njengenkcazo yefashoni enkulu, kodwa incedise ngamahlwili egazi awaqhubeka ejongene nawo emva kweengxaki zakhe zokubeletha. (Idibeneyo: USerena Williams Ukhuphe iVidiyo yoMculo engafakwanga kwiNyanga yoLwazi ngomhlaza wamabele)

Ngaphandle kwenjongo yokusebenza kwengubo, nangona kunjalo, umongameli we-French Tennis Federation, u-Bernard Giudicelli uthe le suti "ayisayi kwamkeleka" phantsi kwemigaqo emitsha yokunxiba. Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa kamva, uWilliam wabonisa i-US Open enxibe i-tulle tutu ngaphezulu kwento yomzimba, intshukumo uninzi lwayo olwaluvakala ngathi kukubuyela emva ngokuthe cwaka kwisibhengezo seekati. (Ungalibali malunga nenkcazo yefashoni exhotyisiweyo kaWilliams eyenziwe kwi-2019 French Open, nayo.)

UWilliams unokuba ngu I-APUkhetho luka-Female Athlete of the Decade, kodwa i-tennis champ yathi ingcono kakhulu kwi-2016 xa yathi intatheli: "Ndikhetha igama elithi 'enye yabadlali abakhulu kunabo bonke.'

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