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Serena Williams says: ‘I’m Not Sorry For Anything’

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In an exclusive interview, Serena Williams tells Hannah Flint about her showstealing cameo in Beyoncé’s Sorry, and why she’s different to other tennis players…

 

There has perhaps never been a sportswoman with as many faces as Serena Williams. The world’s top earning female athlete and winner of 23 Grand Slam singles titles – is also a fashion designer, philanthropist and, now, muse for Beyoncé.

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Last week, as the tennis player stepped on to Centre Court, Queen Bey released the video for her latest single, Sorry.

It features Serena in what is arguably her most surprising reinvention yet – slut-dropping in a body and heels while Beyoncé defiantly sings about Jay Z’s ‘sidechick’ – the now infamous ‘Becky with the good hair’.

Serena Williams flaunts her booty

Serena Williams flaunts her booty

‘It happened very organically,’ says Serena. ‘I didn’t know a lot about Lemonade but I’ve known Beyoncé and the director for years. I thought I would be a great part of the project.’

Lemonade has been interpreted as an album about Jay Z’s infidelities.

Was Serena aware that this was a theme of the record? ‘I had no idea. I only heard my song for the first time on the morning of shooting the video. All I knew was that I was doing something about being a strong woman.’

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We meet at the Kensington Roof Gardens, where the annual Women’s Tennis Association pre-Wimbledon party takes place. As news spreads that Serena has arrived, a sense of panic spreads through the building.

It’s a mix of admiration and intimidation: undoubtedly part of what makes heralmost impossible to beat on court.

That unbreakable force also makes Serena the perfect poster girl for Sorry, in which Beyoncé refuses to apologise to her cheating husband for having fun without him.

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It’s a defiance that Serena admits she can relate to following years of criticism of her body – which has been variously accused of being either too masculine or too feminine. ‘I am not sorry for who I am,’ she says. ‘I’m not sorry about anything. I really connected to those lyrics and felt good about that.’

Besides, she adds, ‘Beyoncé is a powerful individual. She motivates me. And obviously it was super-fun.’ Much has been made of the political turning point in Beyoncé’s career that Lemonade marks.

The album addresses the depiction of African-American women and comes after the launch of the Black Lives Matter campaign and the #blackgirlmagic hashtag, a celebration of the achievements of black women.

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‘Lemonade and Formation have come at a critical time in America,’ says Serena. ‘Beyoncé wanted to push that message [of Black Lives Matter] because it’s so important to spread it.’

And now that Serena has shown a different side of herself, she promises that there’s more to come. She recently released a documentary, Serena, which follows her as she attempted to win all four grand slams last year. She managed three.

‘It’s me telling people the hard work I put into my career, but it’s also me being myself,’ she says. ‘People don’t get to see that. But I am different to other tennis players. I deal with pressure, but I also have fun. I just want people to see the real me.’

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‘Luck has nothing to do with it, because I have spent many, many hours, countless hours, on the court working for my one moment in time, not knowing when it would come.’

 

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