in a disturbing Wimbledon exit, said her weariness was caused by a
virus that had her bed-ridden for three days,AFPreports.
Williams, who will make her return on Wednesday in a WTA event at
Stanford University, said she is fine now and ready to begin working
toward a third consecutive US Open crown and 18th Grand Slam singles
title.
"I feel very good," she said. "I feel very happy to be here, so it's good."
But Williams admitted she was fearful herself after a bizarre end to
her women's doubles match with sister Venus at Wimbledon, which began
with trainers examining Serena before the match.
She struggled to bounce or toss the ball on serves, double faulting
four times in a row in the third game before the match was stopped.
"They just said I was really ill and really under the weather and I
just wasn't doing very well," Williams said.
"I was really scared after because I didn't realize how I felt until
later and it's just, you know, 'Serena, keep your time, you will have
the rest of your life to keep playing tennis hopefully."
Williams said she had no idea her struggles had people worried, in
part because by the time she learned of it she had put the event
behind her.
"I heard a lot of the response weeks and weeks later because I didn't
leave my house or my bed for a few days," Williams said. "But by the
time that happened when I read or heard about it from other people I
was just like, 'Oh really, I already moved on.' I was working out and
starting to try to play again."
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