Serena is one of those rare athletes who, unfortunately, will be appreciated more once she is finished playing. Most of our great black athletes excelled at sports where blacks tend to dominate anyway(boxing,basketball,football,and years ago, baseball). She is the only one, aside from Tiger, to dominate a white dominated sport. I don't mean winning a championship here and there. She is on the precipice of becoming the greatest champion ever. Forget the ad hominem bs. Serena is one of the greatest athletes regardless of gender. She plays an individual sport so to me there is always a little more credit given. She is on the short list for greatest competitors ever also. Richard Williams is a fukking prophet because it played out pretty much like he said. With Serena we are seeing something we may never see again. At least not for a very long time. Let's enjoy it while we still can.