‘This Crazy Insane Athlete’ – Serena Williams Reveals When She Was Finally Comfortable With Her Body

Over the years, Serena Williams has overcome all odds to achieve success on the tennis court. Coming from a humble background, she has fought her way to the top of the tennis world. Further, the hard work done during her childhood days has borne fruit as she has gone on to become one of the most decorated players in the sport’s history.

Serena is currently making headlines with her shock retirement news. The 23-time Grand Slam champion has decided to hang up her racquets after the US Open this month. As she nears retirement, Vogue released a video of some of the glorious moments in Serena’s life.

Serena Williams on how a Vogue photoshoot induced confidence in her

In the April 2003 issue of Vogue magazine, Serena posed in a white bikini. Talking about that experience, the American legend said, “This is a ‘Vogue’ shoot. So, you can see that I came out of the tennis gear for a quick break to have a shoot. This is when I started discovering myself more, just being more confident, because, I mean as you can see here, I’m in a bikini, and ba-bow, you know? But no athlete at that time really had ba-bow, and so it was just like starting to try to be comfortable with my body, because it was like, I was not that average athlete.”

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Further, she went on to add, “I was this crazy, insane athlete who had crazy curves and still was moving just as fast as anyone else. It was just definitely different. This was shot by Annie Leibovitz, and it was a really exciting time for me because Annie also shot the other photo when my sister and I were in the black and white dresses, in the Carolina Herrera.”

Serena gets emotional in her last match in Canada

Earlier this week, the former World Number 1 played her last match in Canada as she lost against Belinda Bencic in the second round of the National Bank Open in Toronto. After the match, she delivered an emotional speech as she received a standing ovation from the crowd.

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Additionally, her daughter Olympia also applauded her mother from the stands. Serena will be in action again next week as she will participate in the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati before the US Open.