Serena Williams jokes sister Venus is ‘rubbing it in’ after post-Wimbledon break
Serena Williams has struggled to cover her journey envy after sister Venus put her disappointing Wimbledon marketing campaign behind her by jetting off to Italy for a calming break. The 43-year-old five-time All England Club champion obtained a wildcard entry to her twenty fourth look on the grasscourt Grand Slam however, following an early fall, was comprehensively dispatched by fellow wildcard entrant Elina Svitolina, who herself went on to succeed in the semi-finals.
A downbeat Williams has since jetted off to Puglia in Southern Italy, the place she has taken to social media to share {a photograph} of herself sporting her crimped pink dyed hair on a conventional cobbled road, alongside the caption: “This is it a caption.”
But sister Serena, who retired from the game final 12 months following her exit from the US Open was not impressed and displayed a transparent second of ‘Insta-envy’ in response.
The 23-time Grand Slam champion commented on the submit: “Yea yea yea keep rubbing it in my face lol.”
The older of the Williams sisters seemed relaxed and glowing as she took trip within the intense southern European warmth. But she was much less snug together with her first-round defeat to Svitolina, which she appeared guilty squarely on her on-court slip.
Speaking to reporters after the Day 1 match, Williams mentioned: “I am not sure what happened. I will have to check. I was in pain and it was difficult to concentrate on the game. The grass is always slippery. It was just bad luck. I started perfectly, then I was killed by the grass. I felt in great shape, but that’s the sport.
“Now I’ve to determine what my subsequent plans are. I’m a bit in shock proper now. I simply cannot consider this occurred. It’s weird. I have no idea. I nonetheless must elaborate. I’ve had so many accidents, so it is not straightforward to course of what occurred. This just isn’t what I need for myself.
“I didn’t do anything wrong, I just tried to hit the ball. Emotionally it’s really hard. I never thought of retiring before the end. I tried to fight and looked for another way to win.”
Injuries have ensured that Williams has solely been in a position to contest 4 matches all 12 months, successful two of them. The former world No. 1 is now exterior the highest 500 and is left to contemplate simply how for much longer she will preserve competing on the high stage of ladies’s skilled tennis.
With 49 tour titles to her identify, together with seven Grand Slams, she has nothing left to show within the sport however not like her youthful sister Serena, she has not appeared able to name it a day.