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Serena Williams Voices Frustration With Discriminatory Drug Testing

Serena Williams is being drug tested yet again, and this time she let the world know about her frustration. On Tuesday night, the tennis star took to Twitter to announce that it’s once again time for her to be “randomly” drug tested. While this might not seem like anything out of the ordinary for most people considering how commonplace drug testing has become in sports, Serena’s complaint is based on the fact that she gets tested more than any other athlete in her sport.

She did, however, concede that she’s not opposed to drug testing as a whole.

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It would be more than understandable for somebody to think that Serena’s complaint is a bit hyperbolic. However, as per a report by Deadspin, this test is at least the sixth administered by the United States Anti-Doping Agency for Serena in 2018 alone, more than any other tennis player in the US.

When taking everything about Serena into context, though, this is not entirely surprising, as the USADA regularly tests the best athletes in any sport more than others. Given that Serena has won 23 Grand Slams (more than any other player in the history of the Open era, regardless of gender) and is widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, she easily falls into that category.

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Nonetheless, one can understand her frustration with the process, especially since she had never tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in the past. Whether this will change or not is up to the USADA, but the meantime will see Serena rejoining the tennis ranks after coming back from maternity leave. She will set out for her 24th Grand Slam title, only building on her already storied legacy.

Mike Conn

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