WIMBLEDON 2016 champion Serena Williams has had her say on the recent violence and racial tensions in the USA.
The World No.1 stormed her way to a seventh SW19 title with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Angelique Kerber on Centre Court this afternoon.
Williams now has 22 Grand Slam titles to her name and needs just one more to beat Steffi Graf’s Open era record.
But speaking after her impressive win in south-west London, the 34-year-old revealed she has been left deeply saddened by escalating troubles in her home country.
A march in Dallas protesting the killing of black men by police ended with five white police officers shot dead, and there are fears problems will only rise from here on out.
President Barack Obama insists that the US is ‘not as divided as some have suggested’, but Williams believes people of all creeds and colours must unite to ease the tensions.
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She said: “I feel anyone of my colour in particular is of concern. I do have nephews that I’m thinking, do I have to call them and tell them ‘Don’t go outside. If you get in your car, it might be the last time I see you’.
“That is something that I think is of great concern, because it will be devastating. They’re very good kids. I don’t think that the answer is to continue to shoot our young black men in the United States. It’s just unfortunate. Or just black people in general.
“Also, obviously, violence is not the answer of solving it. The shooting in Dallas was very sad. No one deserves to lose their life, doesn’t matter what colour they are, where they’re from.
“We’re all human. We have to learn that we have to love one another. It’s going to take a lot of education and a lot of work, I think, to get to that point.
“But I think in general, the entire situation is extremely sad, especially for someone like me. It’s something that is very painful to see happening.”
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