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Venus Williams posted a video on her YouTube account in which she talks about her 2023 tennis season, especially giving a clear cut to what happened at the US Open. The legendary American tennis player talked about her injury at Wimbledon and also opened up about a topic that should no longer be a taboo for women’s tennis: the menstrual cycle.
“I didn’t want to miss US Open, but definitely not my best performance after so much time off after Wimbledon. I decided not to play anymore the rest of the year and just give my knee a chance to heal. I got Wimbledon and I sadly slipped in the third game of the match.
I really got injured. I spent the whole summer pretty injured with my knee. What was interesting is once I just sat down, I felt better. After the US Open, I would say maybe like four weeks later I got up, I remember it was a Sunday and I got up and I was like ‘Oh my god!
I’m not in pain. Like my knee hurts, my knee is swelling every day. It’s very difficult to play tennis or any sport when you have like the swelling cycle, when your body won’t stop swelling,” explained the iconic American tennis player.
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