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Fresh from her win over sister Venus in Madison Square Garden Monday night, Serena Williams is teaming with rapper Ludacris to launch a worldwide competition designed to land her a theme song.
The contest, titled Serena's Song, seeks songwriters, rappers and singers the world over to create original material that will help motivate the reigning Australian Open champ. The winner will be selected by the fan communities on Ludacris' and Williams' official websites.
"Pop music knows no boundaries," says Ludacris in a statement. "We're hoping to prove that yet again with the Serena's Song contest."
Williams adds, "Sports and music have such a powerful connection. I always see athletes including myself listening to music, while they're getting ready for or decompressing after a match, or a race, or a game, whichever the sport."
On Monday, Serena took home $400,000 for winning the inaugural Billie Jean King Cup, a one-day, four-woman event that took place at Madison Square Garden. Just after 11 p.m., Serena defeated her elder sister Venus 6-4, 6-3 in the final, which was aired live on HBO.
Venus Williams, coming off WTA titles in Dubai and Acapulco in the past two weeks, opened the tournament by defeating 2008 year-end number one Jelena Jankovic 6-4 in one no-ad scoring semi-final. Serena beat 2008 French Open winner Ana Ivanovic 6-3 in the other. That set the stage for a sister act showdown in the best-of-three set final.
Each of the Serbian stars received 250,000 dollars while Venus pocketed a runner-up prize of $300,000 in the 1.2 million-dollar event.
