Richard Williams, the father of tennis stars Venus and Serena,
suffered a stroke just days before Serena and Venus Williams' victory at
Wimbledon, his third wife Lakeisha Williams has revealed.
Serena
won the women's singles title at Wimbledon, while she and Venus won the
women's doubles but during the competition they both had to keep the
news to themselves and try to focus on the tournament.
Mr
Williams, 74, was released from hospital last week following the stroke
but has been left with memory issues and according to Lakeisha, 37, he
is unaware that he had a stroke and is more concerned with not returning
to hospital, which he calls 'prison'.
'His
mind is telling him that since he was once in charge of his life, after
what's happened he's not accepting it,' his wife said to Mail Online. 'To him he's a normal person – nothing happened to him.
'His condition is fair – he's up and walking around but he's not at 100 per cent,' Lakeisha said to MailOnline.
'He needs speech therapy, psychological therapy and physical therapy but for now he refused.
'His mind is thinking that they're going to put him back in "prison", which is what he calls the hospital.'
Mr
Williams coached Serena and Venus through their childhood - starting
when they were just four years old and was their coach until his health
began to deteriorate.
Eyaaa wish him quick recovery
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Wishing him speed recovering. Linda BIKO...
ReplyDeleteWishing Mr williams a speedy recovery
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