She's a great tennis player and legend in the game.
Broke down barriers for Black girls to persevere and win.
That's all I got.
With all due respect, those barriers were already broken before she and Venus hit the courts due to the achievements of Althea Gibson. They benefitted from her being a pioneer.
Althea Gibson: The 'she-ro' who inspired tennis to change
By Eoghan Macguire, for CNN
updated 9:21 AM EDT, Tue September 2, 2014
Althea Gibson was an 11-time grand slam champion and the first prominent black competitor in women's tennis. Althea Gibson was an 11-time grand slam champion and the first prominent black competitor in women's tennis.
Althea Gibson was the first black woman to win a major tennis championship
Gibson won five singles, five doubles and one mixed doubles titles at majors
Upon retiring from tennis, Gibson became a professional golfer
She also became a recording artist and starred in a movie with John Wayne
(CNN) -- Over the course of her remarkable life, Althea Gibson was many things to many people -- an accomplished jazz singer, a saxophone player, an actress and the first black woman to play on the professional golf circuit.
For Billie Jean King and tennis fans around the globe, however, Gibson will always be best remembered as a towering figure of their sport. And not just because of her imposing stature.
"I saw Althea Gibson play (tennis) for the first time when I was 13. Because she was already one of my 'she-roes' I was very excited" says King, who herself won 12 grand slam singles titles as well as founding the Women's Tennis Association.
"Her story is quite unexpected and quite wonderful at the same time," she told CNN's Open Court show.
Gibson won an impressive 11 grand slam crowns (five singles, five doubles and one mixed doubles) between 1956 and 1958.
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