{"id":5048,"date":"2015-09-01T18:46:49","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T18:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.playyourcourt.com\/?p=5048"},"modified":"2015-09-30T13:10:35","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T13:10:35","slug":"serenas-us-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/serenas-us-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Serena&#8217;s US Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Watching Serena Williams since this year\u2019s Australian Open, you\u2019d think she\u2019s never lost a Grand Slam match.<\/p>\n<p>She has 21 Grand Slams titles (6 Australian Opens, 3 French Opens, 6 Wimbledon Championships, and 6 US Opens). She\u2019s the oldest woman to ever win a Grand Slam at 33. And she\u2019s unbeaten at the US Open in 21 matches, dating back to September 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Cheered on by a patriotic crowd, <strong>she aims to become the first woman since Steffi Graff in 1988 to win all 4 Grand Slams in a single season.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But what do we like most about Serena?<\/p>\n<p><strong>She\u2019s a strong, female role model that inspires girls to play tennis&#8211;and sports in general. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We get calls everyday from parents who say, \u201cmy daughter just said she wants to be the next Serena Williams\u201d or \u201cmy daughter is obsessed with tennis after watching Serena on TV\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In a world where subpar female role models are prevalent, we\u2019re proud to have Serena as the face of tennis \u2013 the sport we\u2019ve built PlayYourCourt around.<\/p>\n<p>Even though Serena has warned the media not to jinx her &#8220;Serena Slam&#8221;, we want to honor ALL her achievements (and hopefully her 2016 US Open Championship).<\/p>\n<p>Maybe you want your child to be \u201cthe next Serena\u201d? Or maybe you want to add some MPH to your serve, or improve your backhand to hit it \u201clike Serena\u201d?<\/p>\n<p><em>Whatever it is that inspires you to get out on the tennis court, we want to give you $50 off your lesson package to start TODAY.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Use the code SERENA at checkout to get $50 off your next lesson package. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/?utm_source=pyc-blog&amp;utm_medium=post&amp;utm_campaign=pyc-blog-serena-us-open\">CLICK HERE to find a pro near you for tennis lessons.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>This deal will expire when she\u2019s out of the US Open draw (which could be Wednesday or Next Saturday \ud83d\ude42 So don\u2019t wait!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/?utm_source=pyc-blog&amp;utm_medium=post&amp;utm_campaign=pyc-blog-serena-us-open\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-5049\" src=\"http:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Noodle-Markets.png\" alt=\"Serena-US-Open\" width=\"870\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Noodle-Markets.png 851w, https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Noodle-Markets-300x111.png 300w, https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Noodle-Markets-610x226.png 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watching Serena Williams since this year\u2019s Australian Open, you\u2019d think she\u2019s never lost a Grand Slam match. She has 21 Grand Slams titles (6 Australian Opens, 3 French Opens, 6 Wimbledon Championships, and 6 US Opens). She\u2019s the oldest woman to ever win a Grand Slam at 33. And she\u2019s unbeaten at the US Open [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5050,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[173,162,110,195],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-posts","category-home-page-feature","category-tennis","category-tennis-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Serena&#039;s US Open<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/serenas-us-open\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Serena&#039;s US Open\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Watching Serena Williams since this year\u2019s Australian Open, you\u2019d think she\u2019s never lost a Grand Slam match. She has 21 Grand Slams titles (6 Australian Opens, 3 French Opens, 6 Wimbledon Championships, and 6 US Opens). She\u2019s the oldest woman to ever win a Grand Slam at 33. And she\u2019s unbeaten at the US Open [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/serenas-us-open\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Play Your Court Tennis Tips and Information\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PlayYourCourt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"PlayYourCourt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-09-01T18:46:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-09-30T13:10:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/williams_0.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2714\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2158\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"PlayYourCourt.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@playyourcourt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@playyourcourt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"PlayYourCourt.com\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.playyourcourt.com\\\/news\\\/serenas-us-open\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.playyourcourt.com\\\/news\\\/serenas-us-open\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"PlayYourCourt.com\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.playyourcourt.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/67183674e1fbb438b04f37bd58a0532a\"},\"headline\":\"Serena&#8217;s US Open\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-09-01T18:46:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-09-30T13:10:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.playyourcourt.com\\\/news\\\/serenas-us-open\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":303,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.playyourcourt.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.playyourcourt.com\\\/news\\\/serenas-us-open\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.playyourcourt.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/williams_0.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Featured Posts\",\"Home Page Feature\",\"Tennis\",\"Tennis News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.playyourcourt.com\\\/news\\\/serenas-us-open\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.playyourcourt.com\\\/news\\\/serenas-us-open\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.playyourcourt.com\\\/news\\\/serenas-us-open\\\/\",\"name\":\"Serena's US Open\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.playyourcourt.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.playyourcourt.com\\\/news\\\/serenas-us-open\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.playyourcourt.com\\\/news\\\/serenas-us-open\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.playyourcourt.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/williams_0.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-09-01T18:46:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-09-30T13:10:35+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.playyourcourt.com\\\/news\\\/serenas-us-open\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.playyourcourt.com\\\/news\\\/serenas-us-open\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.playyourcourt.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/williams_0.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.playyourcourt.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/williams_0.jpg\",\"width\":2714,\"height\":2158,\"caption\":\"Serena Williams of the U.S. celebrates after defeating Russia's Vera Zvonareva in their women's singles tennis match at the All England Lawn Tennis Club during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 1, 2012. REUTERS\\\/Sergio Moraes (BRITAIN - Tags: OLYMPICS SPORT TENNIS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.playyourcourt.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.playyourcourt.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Play Your Court Tennis Tips and Information\",\"description\":\"Take Tennis Lessons, Meet People and Learn. For kids, adults, experts and beginners\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.playyourcourt.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.playyourcourt.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.playyourcourt.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"PlayYourCourt\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.playyourcourt.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.playyourcourt.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.playyourcourt.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/12\\\/PYC-Social-Logo-Black-copy.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.playyourcourt.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/12\\\/PYC-Social-Logo-Black-copy.png\",\"width\":2263,\"height\":2263,\"caption\":\"PlayYourCourt\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.playyourcourt.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/PlayYourCourt\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/playyourcourt\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/playyourcourt\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/playyourcourt\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.playyourcourt.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/67183674e1fbb438b04f37bd58a0532a\",\"name\":\"PlayYourCourt.com\",\"description\":\"We built PlayYourCourt with the mission to make tennis more accessible. We offer convenient and affordable tennis instruction in your neighborhood making it easy for you and your family to learn the sport of tennis. Best of all you can schedule your lessons here at PlayYourCourt.com. Book a lesson in your neighborhood today!\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.playyourcourt.com\",\"PlayYourCourt\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.playyourcourt.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Serena's US Open","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/serenas-us-open\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Serena's US Open","og_description":"Watching Serena Williams since this year\u2019s Australian Open, you\u2019d think she\u2019s never lost a Grand Slam match. She has 21 Grand Slams titles (6 Australian Opens, 3 French Opens, 6 Wimbledon Championships, and 6 US Opens). She\u2019s the oldest woman to ever win a Grand Slam at 33. And she\u2019s unbeaten at the US Open [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/serenas-us-open\/","og_site_name":"Play Your Court Tennis Tips and Information","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PlayYourCourt","article_author":"PlayYourCourt","article_published_time":"2015-09-01T18:46:49+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-09-30T13:10:35+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2714,"height":2158,"url":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/williams_0.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"PlayYourCourt.com","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@playyourcourt","twitter_site":"@playyourcourt","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"PlayYourCourt.com","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/serenas-us-open\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/serenas-us-open\/"},"author":{"name":"PlayYourCourt.com","@id":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/67183674e1fbb438b04f37bd58a0532a"},"headline":"Serena&#8217;s US Open","datePublished":"2015-09-01T18:46:49+00:00","dateModified":"2015-09-30T13:10:35+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/serenas-us-open\/"},"wordCount":303,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/serenas-us-open\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/williams_0.jpg","articleSection":["Featured Posts","Home Page Feature","Tennis","Tennis News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/serenas-us-open\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/serenas-us-open\/","url":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/serenas-us-open\/","name":"Serena's US Open","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/serenas-us-open\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/serenas-us-open\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/williams_0.jpg","datePublished":"2015-09-01T18:46:49+00:00","dateModified":"2015-09-30T13:10:35+00:00","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/serenas-us-open\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/serenas-us-open\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/williams_0.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/williams_0.jpg","width":2714,"height":2158,"caption":"Serena Williams of the U.S. celebrates after defeating Russia's Vera Zvonareva in their women's singles tennis match at the All England Lawn Tennis Club during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 1, 2012. REUTERS\/Sergio Moraes (BRITAIN - Tags: OLYMPICS SPORT TENNIS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/","name":"Play Your Court Tennis Tips and Information","description":"Take Tennis Lessons, Meet People and Learn. For kids, adults, experts and beginners","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/#organization","name":"PlayYourCourt","url":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PYC-Social-Logo-Black-copy.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PYC-Social-Logo-Black-copy.png","width":2263,"height":2263,"caption":"PlayYourCourt"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PlayYourCourt","https:\/\/x.com\/playyourcourt","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/playyourcourt\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playyourcourt"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/67183674e1fbb438b04f37bd58a0532a","name":"PlayYourCourt.com","description":"We built PlayYourCourt with the mission to make tennis more accessible. We offer convenient and affordable tennis instruction in your neighborhood making it easy for you and your family to learn the sport of tennis. Best of all you can schedule your lessons here at PlayYourCourt.com. Book a lesson in your neighborhood today!","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com","PlayYourCourt"],"url":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}