Ben Sanchez

God. Family. Tennis. Friends.

[Ben Sanchez @ben_sanchez16]

Sometimes it's not the people who change, it's the mask that falls off.

[Ben Sanchez @ben_sanchez16]

@lilyganados Naging asset pa nga ang slow fookelya serve, Madam. Hahaha

[SK @Djoko_UTD]

Doping Rules in Tennis :

Refused Test once Tested Positive
4 years 3 months 🤣

[HSBC Championships @QueensTennis]

She's here and she's perfect...😍👑

@serenawilliams touches down at the #HSBCChampionships

[Victor Okafor @TheVictorOkafor]

I watched a detailed documentary on Serena last year and I can tell you that although she’s the undisputed GOAT of female tennis, we don’t really talk about the other side of her story; what it really cost

We talk about 23 Grand Slams. We talk about the woman who dominated a sport for two decades and made it look inevitable. That's the version of Serena Williams the world put on the poster.
But I've been sitting with the other version.

The one who walked onto professional tennis courts as a teenager and watched the crowd go quiet in the wrong way.

The quiet of discomfort. She was too muscular, they said. Too loud. Too much.

The tennis establishment had a very clear picture of what a champion was supposed to look like, and Serena didn't fit it.

They didn't just say it quietly either. Journalists wrote it. Commentators said it on air. Opponents implied it. The sport looked at her unique body and called it a problem.

She was a fourteen year old girl!

Her father Richard coached both sisters from a Compton court with cracked concrete and a shopping cart full of used tennis balls. No pathway that the sport had designed for people like them. The whole system was built for someone else. Serena walked into it anyway, like she hadn't been told the rules and owned it.

And then 1999 happened. US Open. 17 years old. First Grand Slam. Nobody expected it.

For me, here’s the part that actually matters:

She never stopped fighting the narrative while simultaneously fighting the opponent. Two battles, every single match. One against the woman on the other side of the net. One against a world that spent twenty years finding new reasons she didn't belong.

Doping accusations with no evidence. Dress codes targeting her specifically. A US Open final where she was penalised for showing too much emotion.

She had a pulmonary embolism. Nearly died after giving birth. Came back and reached a Grand Slam final.

The most decorated tennis player of her generation. Spent her entire career being told she was too much.
She was exactly enough.

Has she been perfect? No…just like every other human being.

The flaw the world projected onto her became the fire she never let go out. Every slight, every column, every raised eyebrow at her body - she remembered all of it.

Took it into every training session. Every final.

Result = 🐐 status.

Still my favorite page rn @StudyTheGreatz

[AltIndayBadiday @AltIndayBadiday]

The Final Word

ctto

[Sesame Street @sesamestreet]

Be you and be kind! ❤️

[Estrella Carmina de las Rojas @afterelections]

yes, he revealed this in an interview years ago. and then on live tv hosted by k brosas.

while personally, i felt that the song was made for the gays, i felt great when he finally confirmed it.

[Camille 🇪🇸🇫🇷 @tenniscamfr]

The whole story is so funny 😭

[LaWanda @lawanda50]

What a scene when Alex Eala came by so couldn’t get the perfect selfie but she was so nice and has a beautiful smile! 🥰 @BNPPARIBASOPEN

[Aspireachieve @Aspireachievee]

6 things you should never tell people ( even close friends )

[Growth Labs @growthhub_]

She literally explained Why You Should Never Take Things Personally:

[blue @bluewmist]

one of my favourite quotes i discovered this week:
"if the rain that touches your skin travelled miles to find you, then so will everything that is meant for you"

[All On The Board @allontheboard]

"When you lose someone you love, they never really leave you. They just move into a special place in your heart"

- Catherine O'Hara (1954-2026)
#CatherineOhara

[Wize Estabillo @wize_estabillo]

Nasa punto ako ngayon ng buhay ko na nagiging emosyonal ako kapag nakakakita ako ng mga taong nagtatagumpay sa buhay nila kahit na di ko naman sila kilala. May we all achieve all the things we desire and pray for.

[Nyaburi 🐝 @Nyaburinyauma]

After losing a sibling or your parents or anyone close to you, nobody tells you that on a bright sunny day just driving down the road for no reason at all tears will start to fill up in your eyes out of nowhere. Nobody tells you that for minutes on end, your mind puts you back in that time and place of trauma and you feel it all over again. So much so that you have to literally snap yourself out of it, and shake it off and say to yourself "I'm ok"... there is no time limit on grief. Check on your people.