*Many years ago, the tennis world was rocked by two young, bead-rockin, bionic backhanding, young girls from Compton, California, by the name of Serena and Venus Williams.
Venus has always been slender, but Serena was a bit thicker and her muscular body has gotten even bigger. But, she is the poster child of fitness and she knows all about being scrutinized and discriminated against on the court.
Now a new tennis powerhouse has hit the scene with the same body image issues Serena experienced.
Taylor Townsend is 16 years old and is the number one junior women’s tennis player in the world. She rocked the 2012 Australian Open and three junior grand slam doubles titles, but then the United States Tennis Association refused to allow her to participate in the U.S. Open citing (more…)
I seen htis story on Today show last weekend, I do not see a problem she looks fine. Hmmm!! the USTA or whatever are so afraid she will become another tennis phenom like Serena/Venus and put the white girls to shame. Go Taylor keep your head up!!
The obvious racism aside, couldn’t they come up with a better excuse for trying to shut down the next black tennis phenom. How the hell can her “fitness” be an issue when she is winning all the matches in her age group? We talking about tennis, the ultimate fitness sports. You have to have strength and endurance to win a three set match lasting hours.
These crackas are unbelievable.
“How the hell can her “fitness” be an issue when she is winning all the matches in her age group?”
@Reds…there it is. This is unreal.
sound: sucking my teeth