American tennis legend Serena Williams recently hung her racket. The 40-year-old had a long and impactful career. Apart from the records she made and the accolades she achieved, her story of perseverance and hard work is an inspiration for many budding athletes. Coming from a background with financial issues, and a lack of proper training facilities, she still made it big at the highest stage.

Now that she ended the journey, tennis legend Billie Jean King gave her insight into how Serena changed the game.

Billie Jean King on Serena’s impact

King has known the Williams sisters since they were young and is aware of the challenges they had to face. While lauding her for an amazing career, the 78-year-old said Serena has lived the dream of many tennis players like her. Here’s what she said.

“Great thing about Serena. She is living our dreams. There were nine of us that were willing to give up our careers for the future generation and we got lucky and everything fell in the place but Serena’s living the dream,” she said.

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King further added, “She has already made 100million on the court. And she has made many many millions, hundreds of millions of the court. But it’s the tennis that gave her the platform to talk about social justice but it also has given her money for her ventures, so she is living our dream.” She also praised Serena for inspiring the future generation. “Serena definitely helps the people that watch her today to dream big and particularly the kids,” King concluded.

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Serena Williams thanks sister Venus for her successful career

After showing great fight in her first two matches, the legendary tennis star ended her journey in the third round match. Even after giving her all, Serena could not go past Ajla Tomljanović. After the match, the former world number 1 signed off with an emotional speech.

Speaking about her career, the 40-year-old gave all the credit to her elder sister Venus Williams. Notably, Venus made it to the top of the WTA tour before Serena. Both the sisters trained together in their younger days and share a deep bond.

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As Serena moves forward in her life, we wish her success in whatever she does next. Farewell legend!