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One of the stories ingrained in my mind is that often black women, even women of education and affluence like Serena Williams, come close to dying when she gives birth because people are not paying attention to her. – Bill Clinton	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
We’ve seen members of the tennis community being supportive of Peng Shuai — Naomi Osaka, namely, and lots of others, including Serena Williams, it’s a good opportunity to go to the largest tennis event in a while and force (attention). – Max Mok	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It's almost comical how blatant it is, when Serena, Naomi or another athlete who happens to be a Black woman, does anything that veers away from what's 'expected' in the top sports, they're punished. – Gwen Berry	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It was such a nice atmosphere here, my first time on Centre Court, thank you everyone, but I am so sad for Serena Williams. She's a great champion, but this happens sometimes in tennis. I wish all the best for her, and a good recovery. – Belarussian Sasnovich on court	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I have a sneaky suspicion that the players that have been around for a long time, especially Serena (Williams), Roger, Rafa, I think they're going to dive right into it, they're appreciating that they can be with their family. They're appreciating that they can rest their bodies. But they also know that time is not on their side. – Grand Slam champion Chris Evert	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
We know how successful the Hopman Cup was last year with Serena playing for the United States and Roger Federer representing Switzerland, when they played the mixed doubles it filled the stadium with over 15,000 fans. Any tournament would love to have that even for their singles final. – David Haggerty	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I think time is working for Serena Williams, i think Serena Williams was much better at the U.S. Open than Serena Williams was at Wimbledon, and Wimbledon( was) better than Roland Garros. – Patrick Mouratoglou	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
It's called pressure, and I think Serena Williams had to experience a bit of pressure in Serena Williams life, and you can't think that Serena Williams's not good at dealing with pressure. – Patrick Mouratoglou	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
She has nothing to lose, she knows well Serena. She knows the crowd is going to be against her. – Gael Monfils	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
For me, I think it just shows that I'm capable of playing with the best -- I got a set off Serena Williams, had Serena Williams close in the second set, too. Had some chances. For me, it just gives me a lot of confidence, shows me that I can compete out on the biggest stages. Just keep my head down, I'm ready to go back to work. – Caty McNally	Found on CNN 4 years ago
We outfit quite a few big countries, a lot of sports stars: Roger Federer, Tiger Woods, Serena Williams, Rafael Nadal ... these are all under the Nike umbrella that we produce for. – Jef Stokes	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
It's essential for Serena to play more matches. You can't fake it. You need those matches. – Martina Navratilova	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
There's so many things that may be going against Serena, and she thrives on that, and she loves that, and that's when she comes through, i would have said in January, if there was any Grand Slam she was going to win, it would probably be Wimbledon ... and if her serve is on, she's going to be tough to beat. – Chris Evert	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I dont know what went wrong, but something went wrong for this to happen, maybe they should have kept Serena still in the locker room, not waiting here in the press center. I dont know exactly what happened. I understand Dominics frustration. I dont think hes mad at Serena or anybody. – Roger Federer	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Honestly, if Serena didn't lose this one she would probably lose next round, or when the top players would have been the other side of the court, of course it' a disappointment, but in a way it had to happen. She knew she had little chance of winning this year's French Open. – Patrick Mouratoglou	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Hopefully Serena is healthy enough to play, she's such a professional that she doesn't play unless she's healthy, especially Grand Slams. – Martin Blackman	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I knew I could play a lot better than I was playing, i just said,' Ok you're better than this, Serena. – Serena Williams	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I think it's important for me to at least show representation on Tour, to show that it is possible because that's what Tiger showed me and people like Serena Williams and even WNBA( Women's National Basketball Association) players showed me. . cnnix-golf __ pullquote { position : relative ; color : # 0D6843 ; margin : 25px auto ; padding : 10px 0 14px 0 ; width : 100 % ; max-width : 660px ; border-left : 0 ; }. cnnix-golf __ pullquote : before,. cnnix-golf __ pullquote : after { position : absolute ; content :'' ; width : 50px ; height : 2px ; left : 50 % ; transform : translateX( -50 %) ; - webkit-transform : translateX( -50 %) ; background-color : # 0D6843 ; }. cnnix-golf __ pullquote : before { top : 0 ; }. cnnix-golf __ pullquote : after { bottom : -2 px ; }. cnnix-golf __ pullquote-quote { margin : 0 ; text-align : center ; font-size : 30px ; line-height : 1.15 ; padding : 0 10px ; } @media only screen and( min-width : 768px) {. cnnix-golf __ pullquote { margin : 50px auto ; }. cnnix-golf __ pullquote-quote { font-size : 50px ; } } The climate of men's and women's sports... there's a lot of improvement to be had. {. – Tiger Woods	Found on CNN 5 years ago
She's going to be a superstar and she already is, but now it's just the beginning, there should be no asterisk, she won fair and square. She was definitely playing better than Serena Williams from the get-go, so this is hers and hers 100 % no matter what was happening with the chaos. – Billie Jean	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Kerber maybe edges it on movement, but Serena wins everything else : serve, return of serve, pace, variety, experience, you name it, serena loves to turn it up a notch at every level and very few players can hold their nerve. – Martina Navratilova	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
It's unfortunate and I think Serena must get a lot of credit( for trying) to come and do that, it's not a criticism but it's a shame. It's not like it's( fast court specialist) Pete Sampras. Roger knows how to play on this surface. He wouldn't have got hurt. – Mats Wilander	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Pregnancy and birth is physically very demanding and American Serena Williams ' deal with new injuries that American Serena Williams ' are not used to, in the first part of my career I'd have recurring injuries and then after I had( daughter) Jada I had new injuries. – Kim Clijsters	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I'm young, so I might as well stay on court and practise a little bit, it's the best, a five-set match. It is the first time Alexander Zverev has reached the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam and Alexander Zverev will face Austrian seventh seed Dominic Thiem, who beat Japan's Kei Nishikori 6-2 6-0 5-7 6-4. Nishikori took his only break point opportunity to claim the third set but Thiem, twice Roland Garros semi-finalist, regained control in the fourth. Former champion Novak Djokovic never looked in trouble as he booked a 12th quarter-final appearance in Paris with a 6-3 6-4 6-2 win over Spanish veteran Fernando Verdasco. French Open runner-up Madison Keys advanced to the last eight without dropping a set, defeating Romania's Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-1 6-4. Up next for Keys is Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, who upset 26th seed Czech Barbora Strycova 6-4 6-3. American Stephens sprinted past Estonian Anett Kontaveit 6-2 6-0 to set up a potential semi-final meeting with Keys, whom Anett Kontaveit beat in last year's U.S. Open final. Highlights from day eight( all times GMT :. Play was suspended due to fading light, with Russian Daria Kasatkina leading 7-6( 5) 3-3 against second-seeded Caroline Wozniacki. Zverev's days of living dangerously go on. Roland Garros ready for' legendary' match against Zverev in Paris. Djokovic tames Verdasco to reach last eight. Italian Cecchinato upsets Goffin to reach last eight. American Stephens and Keys on collision course after overcoming French Open hump. Alexander Zverev rocks on by living on the edge. Keys enjoys Sunday stroll into French quarters. Djokovic douses Verdasco fire, unhappy with courts. Impressive Thiem downs Nishikori to set up Alexander Zverev clash. Serena and Sharapova ready to sharpen the edge. Impressive Putintseva stuns Czech Barbora Strycova 6-4 6-3 to reach Paris quarters. Italian Marco Cecchinato, who had never won a Grand Slam match before this week, beat eighth-seeded Belgian David Goffin 7-5 4-6 6-0 6-3 to reach Grand Slam first major quarter-final. At world number 72, Marco Cecchinato becomes the lowest-ranked man to reach the last eight in Paris since Latvian Ernests Gulbis( ranked 80) in 2008. He will next face 2016 champion Novak Djokovic for a place in the final four. – Alexander Zverev	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Serena Williams will play French Open to win French Open, can Serena Williams do French Open ? Serena Williams can achieve anything — after being Serena Williams coach for six years, I'm even more sure of that statement. – Patrick Mouratoglou	Found on Reuters 5 years ago

One of the stories ingrained in my mind is that often black women, even women of education and affluence like Serena Williams, come close to dying when she gives birth because people are not paying attention to her.

– Bill Clinton

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We’ve seen members of the tennis community being supportive of Peng Shuai — Naomi Osaka, namely, and lots of others, including Serena Williams, it’s a good opportunity to go to the largest tennis event in a while and force (attention).

– Max Mok

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It's almost comical how blatant it is, when Serena, Naomi or another athlete who happens to be a Black woman, does anything that veers away from what's 'expected' in the top sports, they're punished.

– Gwen Berry

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It was such a nice atmosphere here, my first time on Centre Court, thank you everyone, but I am so sad for Serena Williams. She's a great champion, but this happens sometimes in tennis. I wish all the best for her, and a good recovery.

– Belarussian Sasnovich on court

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I have a sneaky suspicion that the players that have been around for a long time, especially Serena (Williams), Roger, Rafa, I think they're going to dive right into it, they're appreciating that they can be with their family. They're appreciating that they can rest their bodies. But they also know that time is not on their side.

– Grand Slam champion Chris Evert

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

We know how successful the Hopman Cup was last year with Serena playing for the United States and Roger Federer representing Switzerland, when they played the mixed doubles it filled the stadium with over 15,000 fans. Any tournament would love to have that even for their singles final.

– David Haggerty

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I think time is working for Serena Williams, i think Serena Williams was much better at the U.S. Open than Serena Williams was at Wimbledon, and Wimbledon( was) better than Roland Garros.

– Patrick Mouratoglou

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

It's called pressure, and I think Serena Williams had to experience a bit of pressure in Serena Williams life, and you can't think that Serena Williams's not good at dealing with pressure.

– Patrick Mouratoglou

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

She has nothing to lose, she knows well Serena. She knows the crowd is going to be against her.

– Gael Monfils

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

For me, I think it just shows that I'm capable of playing with the best -- I got a set off Serena Williams, had Serena Williams close in the second set, too. Had some chances. For me, it just gives me a lot of confidence, shows me that I can compete out on the biggest stages. Just keep my head down, I'm ready to go back to work.

– Caty McNally

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We outfit quite a few big countries, a lot of sports stars: Roger Federer, Tiger Woods, Serena Williams, Rafael Nadal ... these are all under the Nike umbrella that we produce for.

– Jef Stokes

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

It's essential for Serena to play more matches. You can't fake it. You need those matches.

– Martina Navratilova

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

There's so many things that may be going against Serena, and she thrives on that, and she loves that, and that's when she comes through, i would have said in January, if there was any Grand Slam she was going to win, it would probably be Wimbledon ... and if her serve is on, she's going to be tough to beat.

– Chris Evert

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I dont know what went wrong, but something went wrong for this to happen, maybe they should have kept Serena still in the locker room, not waiting here in the press center. I dont know exactly what happened. I understand Dominics frustration. I dont think hes mad at Serena or anybody.

– Roger Federer

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Honestly, if Serena didn't lose this one she would probably lose next round, or when the top players would have been the other side of the court, of course it' a disappointment, but in a way it had to happen. She knew she had little chance of winning this year's French Open.

– Patrick Mouratoglou

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Hopefully Serena is healthy enough to play, she's such a professional that she doesn't play unless she's healthy, especially Grand Slams.

– Martin Blackman

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I knew I could play a lot better than I was playing, i just said,' Ok you're better than this, Serena.

– Serena Williams

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I think it's important for me to at least show representation on Tour, to show that it is possible because that's what Tiger showed me and people like Serena Williams and even WNBA( Women's National Basketball Association) players showed me. . cnnix-golf __ pullquote { position : relative ; color : # 0D6843 ; margin : 25px auto ; padding : 10px 0 14px 0 ; width : 100 % ; max-width : 660px ; border-left : 0 ; }. cnnix-golf __ pullquote : before,. cnnix-golf __ pullquote : after { position : absolute ; content :'' ; width : 50px ; height : 2px ; left : 50 % ; transform : translateX( -50 %) ; - webkit-transform : translateX( -50 %) ; background-color : # 0D6843 ; }. cnnix-golf __ pullquote : before { top : 0 ; }. cnnix-golf __ pullquote : after { bottom : -2 px ; }. cnnix-golf __ pullquote-quote { margin : 0 ; text-align : center ; font-size : 30px ; line-height : 1.15 ; padding : 0 10px ; } @media only screen and( min-width : 768px) {. cnnix-golf __ pullquote { margin : 50px auto ; }. cnnix-golf __ pullquote-quote { font-size : 50px ; } } The climate of men's and women's sports... there's a lot of improvement to be had. {.

– Tiger Woods

Found on CNN
5 years ago

She's going to be a superstar and she already is, but now it's just the beginning, there should be no asterisk, she won fair and square. She was definitely playing better than Serena Williams from the get-go, so this is hers and hers 100 % no matter what was happening with the chaos.

– Billie Jean

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Kerber maybe edges it on movement, but Serena wins everything else : serve, return of serve, pace, variety, experience, you name it, serena loves to turn it up a notch at every level and very few players can hold their nerve.

– Martina Navratilova

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

It's unfortunate and I think Serena must get a lot of credit( for trying) to come and do that, it's not a criticism but it's a shame. It's not like it's( fast court specialist) Pete Sampras. Roger knows how to play on this surface. He wouldn't have got hurt.

– Mats Wilander

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Pregnancy and birth is physically very demanding and American Serena Williams ' deal with new injuries that American Serena Williams ' are not used to, in the first part of my career I'd have recurring injuries and then after I had( daughter) Jada I had new injuries.

– Kim Clijsters

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I'm young, so I might as well stay on court and practise a little bit, it's the best, a five-set match. It is the first time Alexander Zverev has reached the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam and Alexander Zverev will face Austrian seventh seed Dominic Thiem, who beat Japan's Kei Nishikori 6-2 6-0 5-7 6-4. Nishikori took his only break point opportunity to claim the third set but Thiem, twice Roland Garros semi-finalist, regained control in the fourth. Former champion Novak Djokovic never looked in trouble as he booked a 12th quarter-final appearance in Paris with a 6-3 6-4 6-2 win over Spanish veteran Fernando Verdasco. French Open runner-up Madison Keys advanced to the last eight without dropping a set, defeating Romania's Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-1 6-4. Up next for Keys is Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, who upset 26th seed Czech Barbora Strycova 6-4 6-3. American Stephens sprinted past Estonian Anett Kontaveit 6-2 6-0 to set up a potential semi-final meeting with Keys, whom Anett Kontaveit beat in last year's U.S. Open final. Highlights from day eight( all times GMT :. Play was suspended due to fading light, with Russian Daria Kasatkina leading 7-6( 5) 3-3 against second-seeded Caroline Wozniacki. Zverev's days of living dangerously go on. Roland Garros ready for' legendary' match against Zverev in Paris. Djokovic tames Verdasco to reach last eight. Italian Cecchinato upsets Goffin to reach last eight. American Stephens and Keys on collision course after overcoming French Open hump. Alexander Zverev rocks on by living on the edge. Keys enjoys Sunday stroll into French quarters. Djokovic douses Verdasco fire, unhappy with courts. Impressive Thiem downs Nishikori to set up Alexander Zverev clash. Serena and Sharapova ready to sharpen the edge. Impressive Putintseva stuns Czech Barbora Strycova 6-4 6-3 to reach Paris quarters. Italian Marco Cecchinato, who had never won a Grand Slam match before this week, beat eighth-seeded Belgian David Goffin 7-5 4-6 6-0 6-3 to reach Grand Slam first major quarter-final. At world number 72, Marco Cecchinato becomes the lowest-ranked man to reach the last eight in Paris since Latvian Ernests Gulbis( ranked 80) in 2008. He will next face 2016 champion Novak Djokovic for a place in the final four.

– Alexander Zverev

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Serena Williams will play French Open to win French Open, can Serena Williams do French Open ? Serena Williams can achieve anything — after being Serena Williams coach for six years, I'm even more sure of that statement.

– Patrick Mouratoglou

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

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