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hughee99

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3. No offense to the people who love tennis, and I'm one of them, but the reason

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Wed Sep 10, 2014, 11:41 PM

Sep 2014

she's not the MOST famous athlete is because she plays tennis, and tennis, while popular, is far from a top sport in the US. She may very well be America's greatest current athlete, but tennis stars are still never going to get the kind of love in the US that those from bigger sports do.

Just a thought, you could make an argument for Kelly Slater who has been the most dominant at his sport over 20 years, but still, it's surfing which ranks lower than tennis in the US.

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Serena Williams Is America�s Greatest Athlete [View all] TBF Sep 2014 OP

Also, don't forget that she played in her sister's shadow at first KamaAina Sep 2014 #1

Serena is amazing. bigwillq Sep 2014 #2

No offense to the people who love tennis, and I'm one of them, but the reason hughee99 Sep 2014 #3