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WATCH: Serena Williams hails Manila as IPTL host

Philstar.com
December 29, 2015 | 1:35am
MANILA, Philippines – We're giving the queen the honor she is due.
 
In celebration of Serena Williams' notching of the Associated Press' Female Athlete of 2015, we look back at a candid time when the World No. 1 was all praises for the Philippine Mavericks' homebase.
 
Watch the interview in full and discover why the Manila leg of the International Premier Tennis League was an "unbelievable time in 2015."
 

ASSOCIATED PRESS

DIV

FEMALE ATHLETE

IFRAME

INTERNATIONAL PREMIER TENNIS LEAGUE

MANILA

NBSP

PHILIPPINE MAVERICKS

QUOT

SERENA WILLIAMS

WORLD NO
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