The life arc of Venus and Serena Williams, born 15 months apart and raised in one of the worst ghettoes in the country, is so much an urban legend by now that its familiarity can sometimes undercut its power.

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The two best female players in the world really did learn to play tennis – a quintessential country-club sport – amid the crime and grime of Compton, Calif. They really were taught by an eccentric father who fed them well-worn balls from a beaten-up shopping cart on cracked public courts, and predicted they would become the greatest players on earth.

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