The foundation of the Serena Williams fandom is love for her as an athlete, for her dominance and style of play, for the classic story of an athlete coming from nowhere to win everything, against the odds with determination and outstanding talent. But there’s another element at play in the Serena fandom too. Her fans are fiercely protective of the GOAT as her career has come to be defined as much by terrible (read: sexist and racist) commentary as by her phenomenal, once-in-a-lifetime tennis.
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