Serena Williams reveals social distancing is causing her anxiety
Serena Williams has opened up about how difficult she is finding social distancing.
The 23-time tennis grand slam singles champion revealed on Instagram more than a week ago that she planned to spend six weeks at home because of the coronavirus crisis.
And, in a post on TikTok, Williams explained she is struggling to deal with the anxiety that she is feeling.
The 38-year-old said: āI wanted to take a minute and talk about my experience with corona. It started out with me feeling like, āOh it canāt really affect meā.
āAnd then suddenly Indian Wells was cancelled and I was like, āOh, OK, thatās weird but I have a little time off and Iām going to enjoy that time off.
āAnd then one cancellation led to another and then led to another and led to all this anxiety that Iām feeling.
āNow Iāve been social distancing for actually a really long time, for probably two weeks now, and every little thing makes me crazy.
āAnd by anxiety I mean Iām just on edge. Any time anyone sneezes around me or coughs I get crazy. I donāt hang out with anyone, and when I say anyone I mean my daughter.
āShe coughed, I got angry and gave her a side-eye. I gave her that āangry Serenaā and then I got sad.
āI was like, āIs she ok? Is there something wrong with my daughter? Is there anything I can do?ā I just donāt know what to do, so instead of being relaxed Iām really under a ton of stress.ā
The ATP and WTA announced earlier this week that there will be no tournaments until June, with the whole of the clay-court season called off.
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