Serena Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam tennis champion, is alleging discrimination after being singled out for drug testing.
Williams, who reached the finals of Wimbledon this month, took to Twitter Tuesday, saying she’s the tennis player “getting tested the most.”
“And it’s that time of the day to get ‘randomly’ drug tested and only test Serena,” she wrote. “Out of all the players it’s been proven I’m the one getting tested the most. Discrimination? I think so. At least I’ll be keeping the sport clean.”
Williams, 36, said in another tweet that she will “do whatever it takes” to keep the sport of tennis clean.
Williams has been at odds with tennis’ regulatory body over the last few months. She spoke out at Wimbledon about the number of times she was asked to give a drug test sample.
Williams responded to questions at Wimbledon about a Deadspin article that claimed she has been tested in 2018 more than twice as often as other top American female players on tour, despite never having tested positive for a banned substance.
“I do know that I’m always tested. I’m always getting tested, all the time,” she said at Wimbledon. “I didn’t realize it was such a discrepancy with me, as well as against the other players that they listed. It will be impossible for me not to feel some kind of way about that.”
Williams claimed a doping control officer showed up to her Florida home 12 hours before a scheduled appointment in June. When she wasn’t there, it was designated a missed test, according to Williams.
Source: ABC
