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Serena Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam winner, is widely regarded as the greatest female tennis player of all time.
She made her professional debut in 1995 at the age of 14, when she lost in straight sets to Annie Miller.
She defeated world number four Monica Seles and world number seven Mary Pierce in 1997 while she was ranked 304th overall. Two years later, she captured her first Grand Slam victory.
In her last match, she was defeated by Ajla Tomljanovic in the third round after a three-hour match. Williams expressed her appreciation for her accomplishments thus far at the conclusion of the game.
Tennis coach Patrick Mouratoglou has praised Serena Williams for her unwavering dedication to the game. He is the current coach of Denmark's Rune and has worked with Williams for over eight years.
He recently shared a video on social media and laid emphasis on the need for passion in tennis. He said, "I think that without passion, there is no way anyone can do anything great. Passion is obsession."
"Of course, Serena, who I know the most, every night after competition, was watching YouTube videos, something that Holger Rune also does. Whenever he leaves a tennis court, the first thing he does is watch tennis videos," Mouratoglou added.
Serena is truly all about passion and hard work. There are numerous incidents in her career where she pulled herself out of a rut. Besides that, she won her last Grand Slam while she was pregnant.
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