‘I Ripped My Skirt’ – 43YO Venus Williams’ Attempts to Persist With Tennis Go Haywire

Former world’s number-one tennis star Venus Williams shared a disappointing fact about her recent practice session. Williams is attending the ongoing Indian Wells tournament. She recently shared one of her unique experiences from the practice session. Given the inspiration, Venus Williams brings into every scene, she surely inspired her fans with her recent experience.

Practice sessions can be hard at times for players. Venus Williams encountered something similar this time. However, this Grand Slam winner worked it out in her favor and showed the world a great sight of self-realization.

Venus Williams shares her “upset” moment from her recent practice session

This WTA legend recently shared a photo on her official Instagram profile’s story. In this story, fans spotted Williams keeping her hands at her head while wearing a pink tennis skirt, which is torn. Sharing the image, Williams dropped a caption for her fans.

She wrote- “I ripped my skirt at practice today bc I got incredible upset, but I came out stronger. Sometimes you have to do it the hard way. Sometimes I forget how much resilience sports gives you. The practice courts are a intense place! It’s funny now but I was not laughing at the time. I keep learning so much from this sport, about life and about myself. SPort is the greatest teacher!”

Not only did she post the caption, but she also added a She-Hulk emoji to the photo. It showed Venus Williams’s unbreakable mental strength and indomitable spirit to the fans. It is inspirational for anyone out there. Venus previously spoke about how tennis helped her to cope with body issues.

Venus Williams opened up about Tennis being a help in her body consciousness

This former world’s number-one tennis star spoke about how this sport never made her conscious about her body issues. Williams commented in a recent interview- “I was so focused on my game that I didn’t even know to feel conscious. I was so focused on what my body can do for me, and not what it looked like. And if you could keep your focus away from that, you focus more on how you’re performing, how you’re getting better the next day.” 

After this, Venus Williams delved deeper into how sports helped her focus on important things. She said- “When you’re an athlete, all you think about and all you’re obsessed with is that incremental moment of improving. And your mindset shifts. I didn’t even know to think about those things because my focus was elsewhere, so it’s so powerful to have your focus somewhere else.”

Venus Williams’s powerful revelation about her recent practice presented her as a strong and inspirational athlete. The way Venus Williams showcased her strength, many women out there will be truly motivated by her.

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