Serena Williams felt 'lost' until Tiger Woods pep talks inspired tennis comeback – US Open diary

Getting by with a little help from her friends In her essay for Vogue magazine in which she announced she was “evolving” away from tennis, Serena Williams revealed how some valuable advice from Tiger Woods helped her get back on court. Ad “I said, ‘I don’t know what to do: I think I’m over it, but maybe I’m not over it’. He’s Tiger, and he was adamant that I be a beast the same way he is!” she wrote.

US Open'I can't think that far' – Serena not dreaming about title despite beating second seed2 HOURS AGO “He said, ‘Serena, what if you just gave it two weeks? You don’t have to commit to anything. You just go out on the court every day for two weeks and give it your all and see what happens’. I said, ‘All right, I think I can do that’.

And I didn’t do it. But a month later, I gave it a try. And it felt magical to pick up a racquet again.” It was only fitting that Woods was a guest in Serena’s player box and got to witness her incredible 7-6(4) 2-6 6-2 victory over world No.2 Anett Kontaveit in the second round on Wednesday.

After the match, Serena opened up about feeling “lost” and how Woods helped motivate her to come back to tennis. “He's one of the reasons I'm here, one of the main reasons I'm still playing. So we talked a lot.

He was really trying to get me motivated,” said the 40-year-old Serena. “There's a few people, but we were like, ‘Okay, we can do this together, you know?’ “It was good, because I didn't know what I wanted to do. I was just lost, so many questions.