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[i @iWill2_]

Mood.

[i @iWill2_]

Love that this has become the universal symbol for an incoming ass whipping😭

[Christian's Court @christianscourt]

Fritz whenever it’s time to play Zverev:

[i @iWill2_]

Maybe not the best timing, but that girl getting thrown off a cliff with no safety attachment is exactly why I don’t get my ass involved in all that thrill seeking some people do. Literally no reason for us to be here yet…

[Zito @_Zeets]

Brunson is about to be the cause of even more racially ambiguous children named Jalen. This is like a second meteor strike after the Jalen Rose one.

[DIRECTOR OF THE DIVAS. 🫡 @ScotLouie]

Jordyn Woods really the head of the sunbeams now.

[Michelle Thomas 🤭 @TheBaddestMitch]

When your neos finally won the step show and you graduated 8 years ago

[i @iWill2_]

Throwing an egg at Wemby is absolutely too far but the energy and interest around the NBA has not been like this in decades. Teams are going to need to increase security🤷🏿‍♂️

[i @iWill2_]

On pace for 160🙂‍↔️

[Cas @AO_SW19]

Serena’s logo STAMPED onto her skirt with the Nike approval see when you bring in the COIN >>>>

[NATO Jenkins, Esq. @MilesDoesntCare]

Y’all just be saying this so y’all can say nigga

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Do better

[i @iWill2_]

@EchoDoesRadio It’s not, and y’all constantly bringing this up actually diminishes the argument when it is actually relevant. Has 0 to do with their skin tone.

[i @iWill2_]

Tiafoe gotta be SICK🙂‍↔️

[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

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Oh Euphoria is done?

[Scorpio's Groove @SirLazarus555]

This, so y'all know not to play with me 🤭

[i @iWill2_]

Yeah Frances has absolutely no excuse losing a match like this. He should actually be ashamed but I know he isn’t😩

[i @iWill2_]

@catayasbacon I know I didn’t just watch wtf I think I did

[Scorpio's Groove @SirLazarus555]

I'm too old to be doing this again Serena, but here I am...

[i @iWill2_]

Keys giving up a break chance in the third to be down 0-3…smh