US superstar Serena Williams says she’s ready to play “real tennis” after the enforced rest of coronavirus quarantine.
She looks forward to getting back on the court, the 23-time Grand Slam champion said in a chat with elder sister Venus during an Instagram live workout on Tuesday.
Tennis is on hiatus until at least mid-July because of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the French Open postponed until autumn and Wimbledon cancelled for the first time since World War II.
Serena said she’d come to see the break as “a necessary evil”.
However, the 38-year-old, who last won a Grand Slam title at the 2017 Australian Open said that she felt like her body needed it, even though she didn’t want it. And now she’s feeling better than ever. She’s feeling more relaxed and more fit.
Elder sister Venus, a seven-time Grand Slam winner, began posting workouts on Instagram eight weeks ago and this week she invited Serena, “the greatest tennis player to ever exist — her little sister” to share a yoga-inspired stretching session.
Serena said the exercises, which took about half an hour, served as a warm-up for her, even though they were “a little intense.”
