Serena Williams: Rio favorite, Facebook grief counselor, unrepentant twerker

And even though she has her own style, she’d still be thrilled to raid Mariah Carey’s closet, mostly because “She has unbelievable shoes!” What do the Olympics mean? She’s going because she loves her country and loves the Olympics and loves to compete.

“Of course”, she answers.

Australia’s rising tennis star Daria Gavrilova is excited at the prospect of facing defending Olympic champion and world number one Serena Williams in the opening round of the women’s singles competition.

Everyone knows about the Rio troubles. “I am not asking you to like my body”.

“And then there’s the Olympics”. If in Rio, Venus and Serena win the top prize in women’s doubles, they will be a class apart with five medals each. “This is my heart”, she said. He’s not asking you to like his body, because it is slight and modest and not capable of destroying everyone in an entire sport.

What more could the Olympics possibly mean?

That’s not her game now.

Anyway, for whatever it’s worth, according to Forbes, Serena was busy earning $29 million previous year for her play and endorsements. And obviously she looks incredible.

He has been a big help in her getting over her depressed state to come back to snag her 22nd win.

She has not taken to a court yet since the grass but the prospect of being active in all three events could spur her on in her Olympic debut.

This is surprising in a way. “Twerking is not one of those things”.

Check out Serena trying to name 10 tennis tournaments under 10 seconds for Vogue. Yeah, it’s going to be different for her. She’s not going to play 20, 22 tournaments a year and chase rankings points and worry about that. “She had a wonderful career as a singles player too”, Serena said when asked to describe Sania’s prospects in Rio. He probably dreamed of winning Wimbledon seven times, like he has. But they haven’t: Williams’ power still overwhelms everybody and her finesse is still finer than the field’s. Is there anything specific you’ve seen working for her during this brief time with him?

When you’re Serena Williams, you just can’t miss.

She added, “I have this platform that other people do not have”. She takes the losses very hard.

Do you think her boyfriend, Alexis Ohanian, will fly to Rio to be with Serena? “That’s just what I bring to the court every day”.

“I don’t involve myself in politics”.

“I don’t reflect so much”, she says.

The fifth seed will be full of confidence as she reached the semifinals of Wimbledon, her first appearance in a Grand Slam semifinal since 2009, and won the doubles title with her sister Serena. She could have skipped this and no one would have thought anything of it. We have heard them all. In 2015, she almost won all four Grand Slam titles, falling short in the U.S. Open. Why does she need to say anything?