?We Will Keep Your Legacy Alive? – Serena Williams Details One Big Regret While Paying Tribute to Virgil Abloh

Serena Williams, the American tennis legend, receives a lot of love from around the world. In fact, from non-tennis fans as well. One may ask why. Well, because she is a person who makes people around her feel comfortable and her interests range in a variety of sectors. Therefore, Williams always has something or the other to offer in a conversation.

Speaking of her interest, Williams treats fashion as one of her biggest relishes. She is friends with many famous designers and one of them is the very talented Virgil Abloh.

Serena Williams about partnering with Virgil Abloh

Williams collaborated with Virgil in 2018 and recently shared a clip appreciating the man he is and his work on social media. She said, “It’s so inspiring to see what he was able to do and the doors he was able to open. You know having diversity on his group and making sure people of color are part of the biggest decisions. It’s so important to have that.”

Further, she captioned the clip, “Virgil was so much more than a collaborator. He was a friend, an innovator. I really wish I wore the magnificent skirt he made for me in 2018. You saw it before me Virgil. We will keep your legacy alive.”

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Virgil from 2013 to 2017, acted as the CEO of his own Milan-based label Off White. Following that, at the beginning of 2018, he was appointed as artistic director of Louis Vuitton’s menswear collection. And in that position, he partnered with the tennis ace.

How was Williams’ comeback?

The 23-time?Grand Slam champion made a comeback after a year in the grass swing. She took part in Eastbourne International alongside the current World No.2 Ons Jabeur to test her skills before the major event. There she made up to the semi-finals, but because of the 2022 Madrid Open champion’s knee injury, Serena’s run was brought to an abrupt end.

Although the former World No.1 seemed to have achieved her sharpness before her singles return. Williams failed to sustain herself till the second round of the Wimbledon Championships. Williams has seven Wimbledon titles under her name. Even so, the gap of a year has visibly affected her game.

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However, fans are still expecting her to regain her form and perform well in the last Grand Slam of the year. The American has won six US Open titles till now, however, the last being in the year 2014. While the chances of her winning a seventh US Open title look a bit far-fetched, she is Serena Williams after all, and anything is possible in tennis.