{"id":1347344,"date":"2021-04-07T10:51:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T14:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1347344"},"modified":"2021-04-07T10:52:02","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T14:52:02","slug":"young-serena-williams-pepsi-snickers-spider-man-tennis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/young-serena-williams-pepsi-snickers-spider-man-tennis\/","title":{"rendered":"For a Young Serena Williams, a Pepsi and Snickers Turned Her Into ‘Spider-Man' on the Tennis Court"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Serena Williams<\/a> has always had that competitive spirit. One of the best female tennis players<\/a> of all time, Williams sometimes needed that extra push or extra boost as a child to get her going on the tennis court. A former coach said sometimes all it took was a Pepsi and a Snickers to help her turn into “Spider-Man” on the tennis court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is Serena Williams the GOAT of women's tennis?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 15 : Serena Williams of United States returns the ball during day 2 of the Australian Open on January 15 2019, at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia.(Photo by Jason Heidrich\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Serena Williams<\/a> has all the numbers to show she's the best women's tennis player of all time. She's mentioned in the same breath at Steffi Graf and Martina Navratilova<\/a>, and a 2018 panel on Tennis.com voted Williams as the top female tennis player of all time. That one is hard to argue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nobody in the Open Era has won more Grand Slam singles titles (23) than Williams. She boasts a career singles record of 851-148 and owns 73 career titles. On July 8, 2008, Williams reached the top of the Women's Tennis Association's ranking list for the first time. She would go on to live there quite often.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From 2002-2017, Williams was ranked No. 1 on eight different occasions. On one occasion, Williams held that top spot for 186 consecutive weeks. She has won Wimbledon and the Australian Open seven times each. Williams also boasts 14 Grand Slam doubles titles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Serena Williams began working with her father at a young age<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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