After a remarkable year, the world’s most indomitable athlete has a few things she’d like to share about that wild evening at the US Open, sure, but also about how she managed to triumph in the end by raising her voice
SHE HAS APPEARED, QUIETLY AND WITHOUT FANFARE, ON THE BACKYARD PATIO OF HER PALM BEACH GARDENS, Florida, home, where I have been waiting with Chip, her tiny 5-year-old Yorkie. She slides her fantastic, superhuman body onto the white couch without so much as a sigh. ‘I’m struggling a little bit,’ she says, apologising for being late. ‘It’s a baby. You’re never on time with a baby.’ She’s in a pink top from her new independent clothing line, Serena, and she’s wearing grey sweats, no shoes. Really, the only remarkable thing is her makeup, fresh and glistening, full-on contoured cheeks, shiny lips, woolly lashes. It strikes me as the kind of effort you’d put into a photo shoot, or a press conference. She said she would do this thing, so she’s going to do it. It’s part of the job. A professional athlete today is supposed to provide thoughts after the big game, help make sense of the whole thing, put it all in cultural context – and let’s face it, that last one was loaded.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة February 2019 من GQ South Africa.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة February 2019 من GQ South Africa.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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