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From playing Serena Williams on screen to following in her footsteps

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After I was done with with the movie, I actually got into the habit of using, or playing with her strokes, and I couldn’t switch back to mine because I was so used to hers,” Frodin said. Frodin found it fairly easy to replicate Serena Williams' swings because of how familiar she already was with them from watching the 23-time Grand Slam singles champion's career.

“I was on set for six months and I got to be alongside some really cool actors and obviously Will Smith , and just the whole experience was super cool for me,” Frodin said. “I’ve worked so hard to try and get to this level, and to have an opportunity like this is just really special for me,” Frodin said Monday in a phone interview.

"To be standing here right now and actually getting a chance to play in the main draw, it means everything," said Frodin. I feel like it would be really cool if I could somehow balance both,” Frodin said.

The problem, she found, was that it started to affect her in her day job. "I'm trying to stay in the moment as much as possible," said Frodin.

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