‘King’ Richard Once Revealed How a Simple Father-Daughter Activity Saved a ‘Dying’ Serena Williams: ‘She Helped Me..’

Richard Williams is one of the main reasons Venus and Serena Williams are two of the best tennis players of all time. However, the Williams family also faced some major setbacks in the course of their success.

Richard Williams once revealed a painful incident that almost killed the American tennis legend. He further stated that it was an unorthodox suggestion that saved his daughter.

Serena Williams’ father Richard Williams once revealed a frightening incident

Serena once suffered several blood clots in her lungs while recovering from a major foot injury. Richard Williams recalled that frightening incident and stated how he feared for Serena’s life. He also revealed that Serena required immediate surgery as she had a number of blood clots in her lungs.

Richard Williams stated, “I just thought she was going to die,” and described it as “just too much.” 

Williams added, “Tennis wasn’t on my mind, but hoping that my daughter would live was on my mind and getting her to do something.”

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She underwent surgery, but Richard said one of his unorthodox suggestions helped her in the recovery. He spoke about how Serena chimed in to paint a fence and started feeling better, “My wife and Serena painted the fence. And Serena felt better, I believe, from that day on.”

It was the unusual idea of painting the fence that helped the tennis player in her recuperation.

Moreover, ‘King’ Richard has always been a strong supporter of her daughters, Venus, and Serena Williams. He has guided his daughters to become the best tennis players of all time.

Richard Williams is also a supporter of his granddaughter Olympia Ohanian

‘King’ Richard was once seen motivating his little granddaughter Olympia while she was riding a bicycle. Known for his unwavering support and encouragement of his exceptional daughters, he is also a great supporter of his 5-year-old granddaughter Olympia Ohanian.

Serena once shared an adorable video of her little daughter. In that video clip, Olympia was spotted riding a cute little bicycle while her grandfather, Richard, was motivating her by calling her “the best.” Serena was delighted by this sight. The 23-time grand slam champ has also called her dad “G.O.A.T.” aka Greatest of All Time, for motivating Olympia.

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