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After three failed marriages, it’s a huge no for Venus and Serena Williams‘ dad, Richard Williams. And why not? The third marriage has taken a good toll on the 80-year-old tennis coach’s personal life. Now he is done with dating and wants to live a quieter life, just himself and no more women.

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The American tennis coach is desperately waiting to finalize his divorce after struggling with problems for more than 6 years with his ex from the third marriage, Lakeisha Graham, which began in 2017. 

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Did Richard Williams’ third wife stress him out? 

Now, the former tennis coach is eagerly waiting for his divorce after such a long journey filled with problems. ‘King’ Richard during an exclusive interview with The U.S. Sun talked about how he is ready to give up everything just for the sake of his divorce because he is so done with being stressed out by the split and the problems that his ex-wife is giving him. And now he is looking into the positive side of everything, whether he gets a house or not.

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When asked about how he felt about the divorce getting dragged for almost 6 years, he said, “I just want a divorce. It’s been six years, man. Just a bunch of junk, junk, junk. [I’m] so tired of that junk now.” And additionally, he talked about this opinion about dating other women after getting the divorce finalized. He jokingly said, “Dating? Too many women like me, but I don’t want to do it anymore.

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Notably, he also talked about how he doesn’t trust women anymore after what he suffered with his third wife. Now he just wants to be himself and live a calm life all by himself. Not only did the divorce tire him mentally, but also took a toll on his health.

Divorce chaos might have affected Richard’s health 

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This all started when, in 2017, his wife Lakeisha Juanita Graham filed for a divorce, and things kind of went off the hook. After that, the divorce might have also had a considerable impact on his current health situation. After a year of filing the divorce in 2018, King Richard had two strokes, which gravely injured his brain. 

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And in February 2020, some reports showed that he also suffered from dementia as well as brain damage, which eventually led to his speaking troubles. 

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