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Serena Williams Stated having a baby hindered her chances of matching Grand Slam records

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Serena Williams reached her last Wimbledon final in 2019. Seeded 11th in the tournament, the American reached the title clash following wins over Giulia Gatto-Monticone, Kaja Juvan, Julia Gorges, Carla Suarez Navarro, Alison Riske, and Barbora Strycova.   Here, she faced Simona Halep and lost 6-2, 6-2. Williams, who won 23 Majors, lost another opportunity to equal Margaret Court's all-time record of 24 Grand Slam singles titles.   The American was asked if she felt she could equal the record in 2019. She responded by claiming that getting pregnant and having her daughter played a little bit of a role in not matching Court's tally. Williams stated that she was focused on just doing her best.   "I had no chance at the French this year, for sure. Someone told me I shouldn't look at the records any more. I should just focus on my game. That's kind of what I've been doing since I got to 18," Serena Williams said.  "In the meantime, I got pregnant, had a ba

Riley Gaines grand slams queer activist's Senate testimony that men can't beat Serena Williams

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Former NCAA swim star Riley Gaines slammed the president of far-left Human Rights Campaign for denying the biological advantages of male athletes in a Wednesday Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.  Kelley Robinson, who describes herself as the first queer, Black president of the Human Rights Campaign, claimed that tennis legend Serena Williams could beat men at the sport at the hearing on "Protecting Pride: Defending the Civil Rights of LGBTQ+ Americans."  There's been this news article about men that think they can beat Serena Williams in tennis," Robinson said. "And it's just not the case. She is stronger than them." Gaines, a University of Kentucky 12-time All-American swimmer who tied with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, immediately shut down Robinson's claim:  "Both Serena and Venus lost to the 203rd ranked male tennis player." Fifty-year-old Karsten Braasch challenged and beat Serena Williams and Venus Williams back-to-back at the