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Venus Williams was preparing to prove that 43 can be the new 25. But to the disappointment of thousands of her fans, she was knocked out in her first match at her 24th Wimbledon competition. However, it wasn’t her only stumble in the first-round match against Elina Svitolina. Yes, you read that correctly. During the grueling match, the 43-year-old had a nasty fall after slipping on the green grass.

After making a painful confession about how a tumble against the Ukrainian tennis player destroyed her momentum, It’s time for her to put that fall behind her. Just two days after the unpleasant fall, Williams is making fun of herself by posting a joke on social media.

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Venus Williams pokes fun at her nasty Wimbledon fall 

The seven-time Grand Slam champion is done explaining how she slipped on the tennis court during her first-round defeat at Wimbledon. Even though she was somewhere playing with an injured knee, the fall was something that nobody anticipated. But now she is making fun of the same nasty fall on her Instagram account.

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She shared an Instagram story where she posted a meme of an average schoolboy getting ready for a fight. However, there is a twist: while he was warming up for the fight, enjoying the main character’s vibes, he somewhere faced a similar fall on the ground, just like the former world number one tennis player did nearly two days ago.

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Along with that, she wrote, “Me yesterday eating it on the court.” And also added a GIF of a man falling to the ground. Well, no doubt, the 43-year-old American tennis star definitely knows how to lighten a mood. Nevertheless, just a day ago, she also confessed what the reason behind her fall on the center court.

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During the post-match interview, the seven-time Grand Slam champion used her sense of humor while talking about the unfortunate circumstance that unknowingly resulted in her defeat.

When Williams cleared the air about her nasty fall, 

The seven-time Grand Slam champion started the old Williams was back trying to take on and tackle her opponent like always. But suddenly, in between the matches, she suffered a fall, after which she also didn’t give up. She stood up and completed her match.

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And after the defeat, when asked about the slip on the court. She stated that everyone is going to fall at some point; it was just her bad luck that she started the match perfectly. While she was doing great in the beginning, she made fun of how somewhere she got killed by the grass.

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