In the press room at Wimbledon a few years back, one of the first questions for Serena Williams after a tough victory was about the volume of her grunting. She said men often say much worse to umpires than she did — she called Ramos a “thief” right before he dinged her the game penalty — without such dire consequences. But considering anything Serena Williams does has to be taken in the context of being Serena Williams. Even when the tennis world is largely celebrating another Serena feat, someone makes a point of trying to assess where she would rank among men. From the moment she arrived to dominate tennis like no other, there has been a bit of Serena Versus the World about Williams.

Source: National Post September 10, 2018 00:00 UTC