The tennis player Venus Williams He assured Monday, after playing his First official game in 16 months and achieve His first victory in almost two yearsfeel happy for the simple fact of “to be playing “ Something that has cost you months of training.
“It's a lot of effort. I've been training just to get to this moment,” said the tennis player 45 years, that debuted in the female double tournament of Washington This Monday matched with the American Hailey Baptiste.
Williams y Baptiste They defeated 6-3 and 6-1 to the duo formed by the Canadian Eugénie Bouchard and the American Clervie Ngounoue to qualify to the quarterfinals.
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“The truth is that it is simply beautiful to be playing. The situation in which I am this year has nothing to do with last year. It is an almost total change,” Williams said at a press conference after the game.
“Now this preparing to compete and a year ago I was preparing to operate,” The tennis player recalled, seven times winner of a 'Grand Slam'.
Williams He underwent a myomectomy -A surgery to remove uterine fibroids- in July 2024, a time when “I didn't even think about tennis”he confessed.
For the major of Williams, that intervention was “A change in total perspective” about tennis and life.
“It makes you see things differently. Tennis is a game, yes, but it is also our life, our obsession. But in the end, that does not matter if you are not well healthy,” said.
“For me it was a change of total perspective, and perhaps that is why it was easier for me to decide to return to the clues and play more freedom.”he added.
