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Tennis Icon Serena Williams To Pen An 'Intimate' Memoir As Part Of A 2-book Deal

The tennis great has a two-book deal with the Random House Publishing Group, starting with an 바카라œintimate바카라 memoir in which she will open up about everything from her childhood and early tennis training

Serena Williams won 23 Grand Slam titles, another 50 singles titles elsewhere. 14 majors in doubles
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Now that she바카라™s stepped back from the sport she dominated like few others, is ready to reflect.

The tennis great has a two-book deal with the Random House Publishing Group, starting with an 바카라œintimate바카라 memoir in which she will open up about everything from her childhood and early tennis training, dramatized in the 2021 film 바카라œKing Richard,바카라 to her extraordinary career and the obstacles and setbacks she endured along the way. The book is not yet titled and does not have a release date.

바카라œFor so long, all I was focused on was winning, and I never sat down to look back and reflect on my life and career,바카라 Williams, who in August gave birth to her second child, said in a statement Wednesday. 바카라œOver the last year I바카라™ve really enjoyed taking the time with my growing family to celebrate my accomplishments and explore my other passions. I couldn바카라™t be at a more perfect place to be able to take-on such a personal intimate project, and there바카라™s no one I would rather do it with than the team at Random House.바카라

The second book, also untitled, will be an 바카라œinspirational바카라 work, according to Random House, which announced that 바카라œWilliams will offer rules for living that draw on her experiences as a philanthropist and advocate, her career as an investment unicorn with Serena Ventures, and someone who has long sought to lift a diverse and emergent generation of young women whose aspirations are not confined to the court.바카라

Williams, 42, announced her retirement 바카라” famously eschewing that term and saying instead she was 바카라œevolving바카라 away from professional tennis 바카라” shortly before the 2022 U.S. Open. She has not played since that tournament, which included a second-round victory over No. 2-ranked Anett Kontaveit before a third-round loss to Ajla Tomljanovic.

Williams left the sport with 23 Grand Slam titles in singles, another 14 in doubles with her sister Venus, more than 300 weeks at No. 1 in the rankings and four Olympic gold medals. She also has been widely cited for breaking down racial barriers in tennis and racial and gender barriers in sports and beyond.

In an essay published in Vogue last year, she wrote that she hoped that because of her success 바카라œwomen athletes feel that they can be themselves on the court. They can play with aggression and pump their fists. They can be strong yet beautiful. They can wear what they want and say what they want and kick butt and be proud of it all.바카라

Her previous books include a memoir from 2009, 바카라œOn the Line,바카라 and a picture story, 바카라œThe Adventures of Qai Qai,바카라 released last year. In its press release on Wednesday, Random House announced that her new memoir would be an 바카라œopen-hearted exploration of the experiences that have shaped her life.바카라 Williams will share her thoughts on 바카라œovercoming scrutiny and attacks in a predominantly white and male-dominated sport, navigating devastating losses on and off the court, falling in love with tech entrepreneur Alexis Ohanian, celebrating body diversity and expanding the confines of style in sports and pop culture, bringing awareness to maternal health disparities, and being a devoted mother to her daughters, Olympia and Adira.바카라

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