William Skidelsky

Is Serena Williams’s fame as a cultural icon eclipsing her tennis?

Gerald Marzorati appears even more impressed by her celebrity friendships and image of ‘struggling working mum’ than by the power of her serve

Serena Williams at the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in 2019. [Getty Images]
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    Gerald Marzorati

    Simon & Schuster, pp. 272, £18

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