“I’ve never tested positive”: When Serena Williams shut down a reporter who asked her about consuming banned ‘drugs’

Serena Williams is regarded as one the greatest athlete of all time. After winning 23 Grand Slam titles, her hunger to achieve more hasn’t reduced one bit. There aren’t many records the superstar American has not broken. However, she has been chasing her 24th Grand Slam title for a while now.

The superstar won her last Grand Slam title back in 2017 when she went past her sister Venus in the finals of the Australian Open. After that win, the champion player hasn’t been able to deliver her best on the court, largely due to recurring injuries. Serena is known for wearing her heart on her sleeve. She doesn’t hold back when it comes to letting the world know what exactly she wants to communicate.

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Sometimes it works in her favor, sometimes she goes a little overboard. Today, we are going to talk about the time when Serena was appreciated for being direct and calm while responding to a journalist. Serena played her first match after maternity leave at the Indian Wells in 2018.

During the post-match conference, a reporter asked Serena, “there was a leak of some of your WADA documents showing that you got a backdated T.U.E for Prednisolone at the 2015 French Open, if you could address that please.” Serena, with grace and facts, shut down the reporter in no time.

She said, “why didn’t I get a… excuse me? Can you talk louder so everyone can hear you asking about my drugs.” “I’ve never tested positive for an illegal substance,” Williams claimed. “I’ve always gotten a TUE, so you should fact check that. I wasn’t going to play unless I had a TUE because if you remember that year I was incredibly sick,” she added.

Williams was calm and collected in her response and she was appreciated by netizens for dealing with a difficult question in a classy manner. The star player is shaping up nicely and we all want, and expect her to rule the court again in the upcoming season.

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