Serena Williams Writes Thank You Letter to Her Mom, Dismisses Haters

On Tuesday afternoon, Serena Williams posted an open letter that she wrote to her mother.

September 20, 2017

Serena Williams. — Image via USA Today Sports/Robert Deutsch

On Tuesday, Serena Williams took to Reddit (and Twitter) to post an open letter that she wrote to her mother praising her for her patience and thanking her for being her role model. Like all open letters, it's intended for everybody and also, pretty obviously, contains at least one shot at Maria Sharapova.

The letter reads:

Win what you can while she's still out, tennis world.

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