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Venus Williams reveals she has been “mostly off my feet” since suffering a leg injury at Wimbledon but noted she is working on returning to action soon. Williams, 43, slipped on the grass and injured her early in her Wimbledon first-round match against Elina Svitolina.
This week, the Montreal organizers announced that Williams was granted a main draw wildcard into the upcoming WTA 1000 event in Canada, which starts on August 7th. During a Q&A session on Instagram, Williams was asked to share the latest regarding her injury and plans for the upcoming period.“I am walking around doing my thing but most of the time have been off my feet but I’m working on getting back on Tour,” Williams said.
Williams refused to be negative after an unfortunate end to her Wimbledon
Williams made a great start against Svitolina, taking an early 2-0 lead.
But when Williams badly slipped in the third game, everything changed in a moment and Svitolina ended up winning 6-4 6-3. After taking some time to reflect on what happened, Williams took to Instagram, where she shared an optimistic message.
“I sat in the locker room right after thinking to figure out what I could learn from this and…
