“Days passed, and I still couldn’t find peace. I started seeing a therapist. I was searching for answers, and although I felt like I was making progress, I still wasn’t ready to pick up a racket”
Serena Williams. Photo: Thomas Samson/AFP/Getty Images In an essay published in Harper’s Bazaar on Tuesday, tennis superstar Serena Williams wrote about her struggles in the wake of last year’s controversial U.S. Open final — which she lost to Naomi Osaka after umpire Carlos Ramos penalized her three times in a move that many saw as sexist and unfair — saying that the turmoil she felt in the days following the decision eventually led her to seek therapy.
“After the Open, I returned home to Florida,” Williams wrote in the piece, which is accompanied by a series of unretouched photos of the star. “Every night, as I would try to go to sleep, unresolved questions ran through my mind in a never-ending loop: How can you take a game away from me in the final of a Grand Slam? Really, how can you take a game away from anyone at any stage of any tournament? I turn over, exhausted from lack of sleep, thoughts still spinning in my head.
“Days passed, and I still couldn’t find peace. I started seeing a therapist. I was searching for answers, and although I felt like I was making progress, I still wasn’t ready to pick up a racket.”
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