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Serena Williams Makes Candid Admission About Early-Career Doubts

On her Stockton Street podcast, Williams recalled early doubts: “I sucked… I only hit lobs… I wasn’t that good.” She said her father urged targets: she picked the US Open but “didn’t really think I would make it.” At 17 she beat Martina Hingis to win in 1999, launching a career that delivered six US Open crowns overall.