Althea Gibson

[gzhpcu]

A forgotten great player: Althea Gibson, who won 11 Grand Slam titles in singles and doubles. The first black player to win Wimbledon.

Looks like she is set up for a great cartwheel motion on the serve. In the following video you can see what a great serve she had:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZOVJUpCjJA

[stotty]

A forgotten great player: Althea Gibson, who won 11 Grand Slam titles in singles and doubles. The first black player to win Wimbledon.

Looks like she is set up for a great cartwheel motion on the serve. In the following video you can see what a great serve she had:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZOVJUpCjJA

Graceful player. And, yes, her service motion is fluid and quite beautiful. Nice find.