During her recent appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show, Williams revealed that Olympia gave her some encouragement after her first-round defeat to Emma Raducanu in Cincinnati.
“I just was worried I’d get distracted” - Serena Williams on not wanting her daughter in the stands
Serena Williams revealed that she never wanted to have her daughter watch her matches from the stands in the stadium as she would get distracted while playing the match and worry about her wellbeing.
She mentioned that being a doting mother, she would be worried about her daughter not focusing on the match.
Williams also spoke about how she would forget to serve and would get stressed out thinking about her daughter during the match.
Serena Williams played her last professional match at the 2022 US Open on September 2nd at the Arthur Ashe Stadium. She lost in the third round to Australian player Ajla Tomljanovic in three tight sets after upsetting the second seed in the second round.
Williams had earlier stated that she was eagerly looking forward to life post-retirement as she will, for the first time, have the freedom to pick and choose what she can pursue.
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