{"id":7092,"date":"2015-07-10T03:00:10","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T03:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=7092"},"modified":"2015-07-10T09:13:10","modified_gmt":"2015-07-10T09:13:10","slug":"serena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/serena","title":{"rendered":"Serena Williams Is One Victory Away From Completing Another &#8220;Serena Slam&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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Williams could win her fourth straight Grand Slam victory &#8211; which is nicknamed the \u201cSerena Slam\u201d after the last time she achieved it in 2003.<\/p>\n<h2>An Amazing Athlete<\/h2>\n<p>Ranked at number one in women&#8217;s singles tennis, Williams is considered by many to be one of the greatest female tennis players of all time. Williams has won 20 Grand Slam titles in singles, 13 women\u2019s titles in double, and 2 titles in mixed doubles. Her record of 35 Grand Slam titles puts her seventh on the all-time Grand Slam winner&#8217;s list. She is the most recent player to have held all four Grand Slam singles titles simultaneously. Williams is also a five-time winner of the WTA Tour Championships. On top of that, she has won four Olympic gold medals.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7094\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7094\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7094\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/serena_williams.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/serena_williams.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/serena_williams-479x300.jpg 479w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/serena_williams-600x375.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7094\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iplus.gr\/data4\/images\/serena_williams.jpg\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>{adinserter CNP5}<\/p>\n<h2>Some Are Questioning the Lack of Press<\/h2>\n<p>After her victory, Williams claimed that <i>\u201cif I was British, I\u2019d be on the front page of the paper now.\u201d <\/i>It was also pointed out that Sharapova makes more money than Williams. Sharapova was listed as Forbes highest paid female athlete, earning $29.7 million while Serena earned $24.6 million but this is due to Sharapova making more money in endorsements.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7096\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7096\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7096\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/051721-fc9824fc-9497-11e4-bc6b-907820ff8cd7.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/051721-fc9824fc-9497-11e4-bc6b-907820ff8cd7.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/051721-fc9824fc-9497-11e4-bc6b-907820ff8cd7-533x300.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/051721-fc9824fc-9497-11e4-bc6b-907820ff8cd7-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7096\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/resources1.news.com.au\/images\/2015\/01\/05\/1227175\/051721-fc9824fc-9497-11e4-bc6b-907820ff8cd7.jpg\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Just Focusing on Having Fun<\/h2>\n<p><i>\u201cI\u2019ve been in this stage and I\u2019ve won so many Grand Slam titles,\u201d<\/i> Williams said. <i>\u201cYou know, I\u2019m at a position where I don\u2019t need to win another Wimbledon. I could lose in the final. Sure, I won\u2019t be happy. But I don\u2019t need another Wimbledon title. I don\u2019t need another US Open. I don\u2019t need any titles to make it. \u00a0Every time I step out on court, the practice court, the match court, I do look at it as a more fun time because it\u2019s not as much stressful as it was. Getting to 18 titles (to tie Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert on the all-time list of Slam winners) was super stressful for me. It was fun, but I was so stressed out. After that, I\u2019ve just been really enjoying myself.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7097\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7097\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7097 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/serena-wins-again.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/serena-wins-again.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/serena-wins-again-447x300.jpg 447w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/serena-wins-again-600x403.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7097\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a 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