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    woman athlete in history! In 1991 she was on the junior United States Tennis Association tour and ranked 1st in the 10-and-under division. When she was 14 Serena turned pro and was NO.99 in the world rankings.In June 2013, Williams took her second French Open title—as well as her 16th Grand Slam singles title—in a 6-4, 6-4 victory over defending champion Sharapova. When Serena was nine so that she could attend the tennis academy of Rick Macci, who would provide additional coaching. Macci…

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    Citizen Rankine Analysis

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    Citizen: million of invisible or uncomfortably visible people Reading Rankine's Citizen made me feel uncomfortable, and triggered a sense of oppression, hostility, and anger related to the savage labeling of human beings. Our society is built around labels aimed at de-humanizing humans, erasing any trace of individuality by enhancing the apparent duality inherent in the physical. Man/Woman, White/Black, Light/Dark, Good/Bad. Man, white, light, good are all associated with power, either physical…

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    I got out of the car, the heat hit me like I was in a sauna. I fumbled through my bag looking for a hat, only looking up for a second when I heard a familiar voice. It was David, whom I’ve practically known my whole life and was a huge part of my tennis career. I saw him everyday up until a few months ago when he decided to take a year off from coaching at the club to help out at Norwalk Grassroots. He came back now and then to visit or have indoor lessons with inner city kids whenever it was…

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    here in part two, including not just the struggles she had to overcome to get to where she is today, but also the myriad accomplishments she has pulled off in the realm of tennis. Read on for more Maria Sharapova facts! Number Eight: Her Father Taught Her to Play on Public Courts He worked many jobs to support her dream of tennis, but he still couldn't make enough money to pay for lessons. His solution? Train her himself on free courts. Seems like that paid off as well as anything else would…

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    Lastly, in addition to the syntax of the poem and its use of white space, the overall form of the poem reinforces the poem’s extended metaphor. The poem is reminiscent of a tennis court; the two narrow columns, with their apparent symmetry and the white space in between, alludes to the two people in the couple situated on either side of the court, with a net in between. The picture called to mind in the imagination by the visual arrangement of the text is compounded by the auditory rhythms that…

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    Q1: The Australian Open is a tennis sporting tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. It is an iconic Australian tennis event that attracted 729,000 visitors in 2017 (Ausleisure.com.au, 2017). The Australian Open holds an international profile and is highly regarded in the sport of tennis. The tournament attracts internationally renowned tennis players such as Roger Federer and Serena Williams and consists of a men’s and women’s tournament. The Australian Open has been…

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    Proficient Tennis Player

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    Proficient tennis players merit their salaries lower,because there is no reason the reason Doctors aggravate under tennis players. Doctors would truly sparing people lives,and tennis players are not finishing nothing Anyway running crosswise over those court. The Normal tennis players that wins their competition gets payed 1. 5 million dollars similar to Novak Dgokorie Also Serena Williams. Dgokorie What's more Williams need aid those two The greater part referred to and payed tennis players in…

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    nearly tripping over my foot, and execute a nearly perfect slicing forehand swing of my racket, returning the bright green tennis ball to the far right-hand corner of the court. It happened so fast that my opponent, who was sweating just as much as myself, wasn't able to process that I earned the winning point after a long, drawn-out match. I couldn't believe I just won my first tennis match. “I knew you were gonna be good at this Brianna!” shouts Coach Womack as he gave me an exuberant…

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    How Tennis Is Hard

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    but at the time I did not have any experience in any sport. I thought to myself “ tennis does not seem so hard’’ little did I know what I was getting myself into. I went to the first practice and it was brutal I could not get any ball over the net or hit the ball right. I did not know that to play tennis there is a certain technique in hitting the ball and approaching a shot. The next day I told the coach that “tennis is not for me it is to hard”. The coach said that “you are an athlete but you…

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    8th Grade Research Paper

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    “Dang, this asian can really play.” “Even if this guy had slanted eyes he can still see though.” “Man, I shouldn’t have underestimated this kid.” It all started in Middle School, the 8th grade. Co-ed Tennis was available to try-out, so I decided to sign-up because I looked up to my older brother in which he plays Junior Varsity at the EKHS. Suddenly, first day of practice was something greatly unexpected. Eventually I sucked, it wasn’t practically easy for me to play really well because I never…

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