Showing posts with label Serena Williams. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Serena Williams. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Serena-the body of a woman in the tennis world


Serena Williams can not help that she is well-endowed with assets in front and in back.

Williams suggest because, she is well-endowed does not means she is unfit. Critics should not compare her size to lessor endowed peers in tennis when determining fitness. And she proved that in winning her third Australian Open Championship going from 81th place to 14th place.

At the age of 25, Williams body screams I am not a teenager, but an eye-popping WOMAN. So those who can't deal with seeing men watching those assets on television, they are probably pushing for these less-breasted women. Williams is not apologizing for what nature has given her. This is totally difference from Janice Jackson's breast exposure malfunction that caused such an uproar during the super bowl halftime that the Federal Communications Commission demanded an apology.


Prime time is just not ready for a real woman physical presence.

Saturday, January 27, 2007

2007 Australian Open Winner- no gagarooney for Serena

David Gray/Reuters

She did it!!! Serena Williams is the she. The it is winning the 2007 Australian Open. Williams is the United States winner in the 2003, 2005 and now the 2007 Australian Open. Williams beats Maria Sharapova again. And silenced critics who decides she didn't have a bat out of hell chance to even compete, won her eighth grand slam.

Williams believed that she was getting better at her game as the tournament advanced. Williams proved that when she took the championship from the top seeded Sharapova in two sets only.

Thursday, January 25, 2007

Tennis Star Serena Williams Surge into the finals

David Gray/Reuters

Serena Williams unseeded came to Australia to plant her feet in on the tennis court for cultivating an eighth Grand Slam win. Williams is clearly in a position after reaching the finals by plowing down the young Nicole Vaidisova . The win places her against the top-seeded Maria Sharapova.


Williams ranked 81th at the beginning of the tournament has battled to reached this chance to compete against Sharapova. The media has focused on Williams inability to win because of her physical appearance. How fitting for the unseeded Williams to stand with the top-seeded Sharapova in the final. In spite of the press predictions of Williams improbabilities in reaching the finals,

Williams has swapped away at their predictions by qualifying for the finals during a time when she is not at her physical best. But it is obvious that Williams is mentally in the heads of her younger physical fit contenders.

The fact that the media is more focus on Williams' physical conditioning rather than on what she is actually able to do in spite of her physical appearance is not surprising.

The media focus on Williams' appearance is an attempt at negating her self worth as the seven time grand slam winner. This attack on Williams is what some young girls experience almost every day based on some perceived flaw in their appearances. Williams being an athlete and competing in top competition highlights the intolerance for young women who are not viewed as media beauties. The media has decided that Williams appearance deems her as unworthy to represent the ideal of a female athlete or the image of America's desirable female.

The media commentators speaks about the flowing white mini peek a boo skirts, the silky, long plaited hair, and the slim agile leggy form of the graceful female tennis players. This exclude Williams who represents the commitment, the hard work, the sheer determination to participate in something that you love. Attributes in which almost all young girls can aspire toward instead of fitting into the image of a "media glam athlete".

It is not surprising that both Williams sister became designers. Designing themselves out of the white uniforms of traditional tennis into the self-defining tennis gear expressing their style of play. Designing outfits that demand attentions from the media while at the same time demand attention to their accomplishment on tennis courts were media just wish they would go away. The Williams's sister broke the media mold.

Serena is still sending a message of confidence to young girls about their self-worth based on how they define themselves instead of allowing the media to create unattainable images for them to emulate. A media that encourages young girls to seek a mature looks while young and innocent. A mixed messages to young girls to pretend to be an adult because when you become an adult you will be too old and unfit to be deemed a beauty.

While the media rips away at a seven time grand slam winner as physical unfit and too old to partake in the game of tennis, she sends a message to the media that young girls do not have to settle for ending up in movie as a sexually exploited character to command attention.

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Serena Williams Muscling her way to another win

David Gray/Reuters

Serena Williams volleys to the semifinals of the Australian Open, after battling with Shahar Peer of Israel 3-6, 6-2, 8-6. Muscling her way to the young set, her opponent Nicole Vaidisova of Czecho Republic is all of 17 years old.

Sunday, January 21, 2007

Serena Williams-Physical Presence

Serena Williams, the seven times grand slam champion is some kind of warrior. Williams is on her way to winning her eighth grand slam in Australia. Williams with her sense of urban chic, once wearing a catsuit, is not to be messed with. One interviewer asked Williams if the green outfit she was wearing after beaing her third round opponent, Nadia Petrova was a strategic move to throw off her opponent.

As if the powerhouse talents' alone was not enough to throw off those who under estimates Williams' determination to win. Williams representing the United States of America will battle Jelena Jankovic in a fourth round match. David Gray/Reuters

A hard fought victory Williams beats the more favored Jankovic handedly 6-3, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals.