In the last hours the nominations for the 2022 Oscar awards were announced and for the Williams sisters it was a great surprise to know how the film will be released King Richard starring Will Smith, which tells the story of the father and coach of the two champions received six nominations for the coveted film award.
The award ceremony will take place at the The Theatre from Hollywood, California, the night of March 27-28. The categories in which Reinaldo Marcus Green’s film will compete are: Best Film, Best Leading Actor (Will Smith), Best Supporting Actress (Aunjanue Ellis), Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing and Best Original Song (“Be Alive” – Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and Darius Scott).
Serena Williams reacted with extreme joy to the news of the six nominations, posting a message on social networks in which she thanked all those who participated in the project and in the making of the film.
Serena Williams ‘ message on social media
The 23-time Slam champion wanted to express her disbelief with these words in an Instagram post: “I woke up with this. Our film is really nominated for an Oscar!
This is Crazy !!!!!!! From Compton to Wimbledon to the Academy Awards. Everyone can dream. And your dream can come true. Okay, I’m definitely crying this morning. Congratulations to the whole movie and the team.
Congratulations to all who have not [etiquetado en la publicación] because I’m so excited!”. Several prominent sports and entertainment celebrities congratulated the former world No. 1 for the achievement.
Patrick Mouratoglou, the coach of the 23-time Grand Slam champion, said the nomination was “fully deserved” The recently retired NFL superstar Tom Brady also congratulated him, as did Hollywood actor Michael B.
Jordan. The numbers and statistics of the two American sisters are incredible, especially those obtained on the turf of Wimbledon: of the 30 slam titles won in the race by Williams, 12 came in the English Slam (7 Serena, 5 Venus) while they won in doubles the tournament 6 times.
Also the 6 times they took the trophy home as a couple, one of them also won the single and 3 of those times they met in the final.
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