'Incomparable' Serena Williams has an incomparable schedule

Serena Williams is a complicated person, and her day planner isn't simple, either. Lately she has promoted her “Serena” documentary, set to premiere on Epix on Wednesday night; jetted to the UK to prepare for Wimbledon; relayed to her social-media audiences how she forgot her grass-court shoes stateside (and, hilariously, saluted her eyebrows); and dazzled on the cover of WSJ. Magazine.

What's more, Beyoncé's "Sorry" video, which prominently showcases Serena, just became available as a stand-alone item. It’s the first clip from Bey's “Lemonade” to be released that way.

As filmmaker Ryan White found out when shooting and editing the eponymous documentary, "Serena is always surrounded by people—she is never alone. That can be a nightmare for a documentary filmmaker because all you want is these quiet moments. Some of the only quiet moments you get with her is when she is getting treatment with the physio."

There's certainly nothing quiet about the photos in her *WSJ.* spread. Brooklyn-based Maciek Kobielski photographed Serena for that cover story, and the shots are striking for how color-neutral they are, with monochromatic black-or-white attire adorning the subject. Kobielski's camera truly let Serena's personality and presence do the communicating.

Soon she'll defend her 2015 Wimbledon singles title, with the likes of Garbine Muguruza—last year's finalist and the reigning French Open champ, who usurped Serena in Paris earlier this month—waiting in the wings to catch her.

But the thing is, Serena Williams isn't a butterfly. She's the net. She's the one giving chase, and to history. She is the pursuer.

Heads up, Wimbledon. Incoming.

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