Today we learned about the influential tennis player Evonne Goolagong. Evonne was born in Australia in the 1950s, when many Indigenous Australian people were forbidden from playing sports with white athletes. This meant that Evonne had to teach herself to play tennis by watching the tennis lessons through the fence, and by practicing on the court after everyone else had left. Despite this, Evonne became one of the most successful tennis players of all time, even competing in Wimbledon! She has also given back to the Indigenous community by creating opportunities for BIPOC children to participate in tennis lessons.
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