Serena Williams Debunks Every Tennis Myth | Glamour

Glamour's cover star and 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams responds to popular misconceptions and assumptions about tennis and the athletes who participate in the sport. Can you play tennis while pregnant? Should you not wear makeup while playing sports? Is singles harder than doubles? Is it better to play in skirts rather than shorts? Do professional tennis players hate Wii Tennis? Find out what myths are false and which ones ring true as Serena sets out to clear the air.

Director: Ali Farooqui
Director of Photography: Kevin Layne
Editor: Jess Lane
Talent: Serena Williams
Creative Producer: Tyrice Hester
Coordinating Producer: Anastasia Sanger
Production Manager: Andressa Pelachi
Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark
Talent Booker: Caitlin Brody
Camera Operator: Christian Lindbury
Audio Engineer: Justin Hall
Production Assistant: Debby Sanchez
Stylist: Christine Nicholson
Groomer: Tawnee David
Hair & Make-Up: Angela Meadows; Sheika Daley
Post Production Supervisor: Andrea Farr
Post Production Coordinator: Scout Alter
Supervising Editor: Eduardo Araujo
Assistant Editor: Billy Ward
Special Thanks: Accord Productions
Filmed on Location at: Lady Jean Ranch

[Empy]

"You give me a ball, I'm serving an ace". GOAT stuff.

[victorlin]

lol, I think Serena is actually known to be one of those rare pro tennis players who actually doesn't give a sh*t what condition the balls are in for first serves and second serves. She doesn't examine the fluff or anything - she just smashes whatever.

[amb]

Seeing her interview really makes me miss having her on the tour. She was such an icon and staple in women’s tennis for 25 years. What a champion

[McKelT]

She won a grand slam while pregnant. This woman is incredible!!!

[chasee]

"you give me a ball im serving an ace" winner mentality!

[edt]

"You give me a ball and I'm going to serve an ace, at least I'm going to try" CLASSIC Serena..I could see Venus having the same answer...

[_livoutloud]

“My lashes did fall off. They’re in the Seine.” 😂

[mwelb]

I had no idea Serena and Venus won gold at the Olympics THREE TIMES!!! That is insane. Some of the top players haven't even got through to the first round of the Olympics yet alone won it three times!!

[coreyburney]

Her last comment about the ball is the best.

[ralph]

Outside is tennis, inside is golfer’s elbow.

[alexandrefreitag]

Wow! Serena looks Amazing! She is a nice story teller, I liked everything about this video.

[kambanks]

SERENA!!!! I miss you on the court so much!!! I grew up watching you and Venus!!! I watched your whole career start to finish!! You all changed the whole dynamic of women’s tennis! 🎾

[dragunovx]

2:00 I think Doubles is much more complex than Singles!! The return game for doubles is insane. If your return is floating mid-level cross court, that's a poach. Point is over. I'm much more comfortable in singles as I feel so squished in a doubles game.

[NoFate]

I’m part of some team sports fandoms with historic rivalries, but even the best known football siblings didn’t directly play each other on the field. I maintain that Venus v Serena is the greatest sports rivalry ever. You can’t write that kind of stakes, drama, history. To sometimes be the thing standing in the way of the other’s goal being achieved? Your sister, your partner, the one person whose game you know as well as your own? Man. I’m not the most serious tennis fan but those matches always had me so invested. There was nothing like it and I don’t know when or if we’ll see anything like it again.

[keertanadarsh]

Im a doctor and just want to do a small correction, tennis elbow occurs on the lateral aspect(outside thing) and obvio it so occurs for everyone who do anything, i have seen more cases of non tennis playing ppl get tennis elbow than tennis ppl itself😂😂anyways ❤ Serena Williams!!!GOAT

[charomiami]

Her reaction to sock shoe sock shoe HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[dblog]

Her look is coming together ! She’s looking better with time.

[LiamApilado]

She’s talking about Wii fit and gameboys as if they are current technology lol

[matttennis]

Serena looks AMAZING. Retirement is awfully becoming on her, though we miss her so much on tour!

[valsainking]

Serena is so comfortable in her own skin as a celebrity and sports icon, that it is totally refreshing to hear her pondering all of these trivial comments with such great humor, wit and honesty. She has such a calming presence about her. I think I could listen to her talk for hours. She would be an awesome life coach/guru.