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Serena Williams ‘a little bit neurotic’ over coronavirus fears
Aug 8, 2020
Serena Williams admitted she had become a ‘little bit of a recluse’ and ‘a little bit neurotic’ over health concerns amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Williams, the 23-time Grand Slam champion from the USA, will make a return to professional tennis this week in Kentucky, at the Top Seed Open in Lexington.
Her last outing came in February, when she represented her country in a Fed Cup tie against Latvia, and the world has changed significantly since during the Covid-19 crisis.
Williams has not taken the situation lightly and is at particular risk after suffering with blood clots during her career. A life-threatening pulmonary embolism forced her to miss months of tennis the best part of a decade ago, while there were complications when she gave birth to her daughter in 2017.
Her health has, understandably, been her number one priority. And she is refusing to take too many chances as she enforces a strict ‘Serena bubble’.
‘I have been a little bit of a recluse,’ Williams said in a virtual press conference in Lexington on Saturday. ‘I started social distancing in early March.
‘I don’t have full lung capacity so I’m not sure what would happen to me. I am sure I would be okay but I don’t want to find out. I have like 50 masks that I travel with, I don’t ever want to be without one.
‘With health concerns I am super careful with what I have been doing and everyone in the Serena bubble is really protected.
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