Serena Williams’ Setbacks This Year In every life’s journey, there will be a few setbacks or disappointments along the way, but that is no sign that one should quit or give up.This year has been a tough one for the 36-year-old tennis player, Serena Williams, who has won 23 Slam titles, and is currently ranked as the 22nd best player in the world by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA). During the 2018 French Open Tournament, Williams was prohibited from wearing her “Wakanda-inspired catsuit” from the iconic Marvel Comics films “Black Panther”. Apart from the suit being fashionable, the outfit was designed to protect against blood clots after several doctors in the United States found a hematoma -a swelling of clotted blood within the tissues- in her body after the birth of her daughter, Olympia.The tragedy do not just end with the ban and the champion almost losing her life after childbirth. At the US Open Women’s final, Williams was given a code violation from the Chair Umpire, Carlos Ramos, for illegal coaching during the first the set of the competition. She then told Ramos “ I don’t cheat to win, I’d rather lose. I’m just letting you know.” Minutes after receiving a game penalty for verbal abuse against the Chair Umpire, Williams lost to her opponent, Naomi Osaka. Despite all these, the tennis champion has made it clear that she has grown most not from victories, but from setbacks. However, I believe when people try to bring you down, they know how high you are willing to climb. As an individual aspiring to be someone great in life, you will encounter a lot of difficulties because we live in a world where people are ready to judge what we do, what we say, what we wear and who we represent. To attain our goals, we need to be determined and brave, which Williams has proved times without numbers that the sky is not the limit, and that the only limit is you. AuteurSylvia O.
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