Serena Williams Multiple Personalities: Serena Uses Personas to Cope

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By: Amanda Anderson-Niles

Serena Williams has multiple personalities? Professional Tennis stars Serena and Venus Williams are legends when it comes to the tennis court, but both know full well being a champion doesn’t make you immune to controversy and hardships. Although the sisters have managed to work hard and dominate the sport, oftentimes they find themselves the targets of controversies outside the tennis court. Serena seems to be a magnet for controversy more than her sister these days as she just came under fire for comments she made regarding a high-profile rape case and then one of her own peers slammed her for allegedly dating her married tennis coach.  Regardless, Serena still manages to overcome all of the adversity she’s faced with and she continues to win plenty of important matches, and continues to hold on to the champion spot.

Interestingly enough, both of the tennis stars agreed to partake in a documentary surrounding their personal lives and dominance in tennis. In the documentary which is entitled “Venus and Serena,” Serena reveals she’s able to cope with everything life throws her way by having multiple personalities. In fact, she blames that infamous tongue lashing she gave a line judge in 2009 during the US Open that resulted in her telling her she would shove a tennis ball down her throat on a personality she calls Tequanda. Serena says in the documentary:

“I definitely have different personas. There’s Summer. She helps me out a lot. Like, if I have to write long letters. [Then] there’s Tequanda. Tequanda is rough. She is not Christian. She’s from the ’hood. She was at the US Open in 2009.I wasn’t there, but I heard about it . . . “

The documentary “Venus and Serena” premieres August 23.