Serena Williams’ Wimbledon loss to Germany’s Sabine Lisicki was a shock for fans, but a lot of talk has seemed aimed around her father because he was missing from the stands. Rumor has it that he was missing because he does not approve of her relationship with her coach/boyfriend. I’m not sure what to believe, but you never know. Details after the jump…
Via GossipExtra:
The British press is going heavy on the absence from the stands of Serena Williams’ 70-year-old dad and ex-coach Richard Williams, who stayed home in Hobe Sound with his much younger wife and their infant son instead of the traveling to London.
The buzz is that Richard, whose most recent cell phone is disconnected and couldn’t be reached for comment, doesn’t approve of Serena’s new coach, Patrick Dempsey lookalike Patrick Mouratoglou. Mouratoglou, btw, is also alleged to be Serena’s lover — despite the fact he’s still married to his wife.
But a close friend of Richard’s tells Gossip Extra that the reason for his absence is closer to home.
“He loves (tennis champ and Serena’s sister) Venus more than Serena,” said the source, who asked not to be named publicly. “Venus can do no wrong in Richard’s eyes. When Venus declared forfeit (because of an injury) for Wimbledon and didn’t go, there was no way Richard would go.”
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