Professional American Tennis player Serena Williams says she’s ready to go back to the court.
“I really look forward to getting back on the court,” the 23-time Grand Slam champion said in a chat with elder sister Venus during an Instagram Live workout on Tuesday.
“It’s what I do best. I absolutely love playing.”
Tennis is on hiatus until at least mid-July thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, with the French Open postponed until autumn and Wimbledon cancelled for the first time since World War II.
Serena said she’d come to see the break as “a necessary evil.
“I felt like my body needed it, even though I didn’t want it. And now I’m feeling better than ever. I’m feeling more relaxed, more fit. Now I can go out and play real tennis.” Serena Williams says.
Elder sister Venus, a seven-time Grand Slam winner, began posting workouts on Instagram eight weeks ago and this week she invited Serena, “the greatest tennis player to ever exist — my little sister” to share a yoga-inspired stretching session.
Serena said the exercises, which took about half an hour, served as a warm-up for her, even though they were “a little intense.”
