Tennis ace Serena Williams is got candid about the most difficult moment in her life recently.
During an interview with 12-year-old anti-gun-violence activist Naomi Wadler, the tennis star discussed her older sister Yetunde Price, who was fatally shot in 2003, Essence reports.
Yetunde was murdered in the Californian city of Compton in the US while in the passenger seat of a car driven by her partner, Rolland Wormley.
“I was affected personally by gun violence,” Serena said in the interview.
“My sister unfortunately passed from that. People are really talking about it now, because it’s happening more widespread…It’s been affecting our community for years,” she added.
“I think we need to get comfortable with having uncomfortable conversations. Situations are never really gonna get better if you always avoid it – you have to take it head on.”
In an interview with People in 2009, the mom-of-one said her sister’s death had had a huge impact on her.