In this candid, first-person essay, serenawilliams opens up about last year's controversial match at the US Open—and why she’ll never regret using her voice to speak out against injustice.
At 17, I won my first Grand Slam, and I knew I had more in me. In fact, I was so sure that when I packed up my life and left my dad’s house to move in with my sister Venus, I told him he could keep my US Open trophy. Don’t worry, I assured him. I would get another one for my house. Now that was confidence. I went on to win the US Open not one or two but six times.
After the Open, I returned home to Florida. Every night, as I would try to go to sleep, unresolved questions ran through my mind in a never-ending loop: How can you take a game away from me in the final of a Grand Slam? Really, how can you take a game away from anyone at any stage of any tournament? I turn over, exhausted from lack of sleep, thoughts still spinning in my head.
Photo by Alexi Lubomirski; Lanvin dress; David Yurman bracelet and chain ; Audemars Piguet watch; Williams’s own rings. Photo by Alexi Lubomirski; Missoni dress; Norma Kamali bra; Solid & Striped bikini bottom; Tiffany & Co. earrings; Bulgari bracelet; Stuart Weitzman sandals; Williams’s own ring and anklet.
Photo by Alexi Lubomirski; Michael Kors Collection dress; Cartier earrings and bracelet; Audemars Piguet watch; Devious sandals.
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