Speaking to reporters at the Tribeca Film Festival on Thursday, Serena Williams, winner of 23 Grand Slam tournaments, said she understands why WNBA rookie Caitlin Clark avoids social media, and that she hopes that the WNBA rookie tunes out negativity.
Michael Voepel covers the WNBA, women's college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women's basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996.Williams, winner of 23 Grand Slam tournaments, spoke to media at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York on Thursday at a premiere for"In The Arena: Serena Williams," an eight-episode docuseries that will air on ESPN+ beginning July 10.
"My position in growing up as a teen-ager, I kind of had to be guarded to kind of stay sane," Williams said."Just so much press and doing everything I was doing and traveling the globe every year. It was every week. It was a grind."Williams was asked about the attention that Clark, the No. 1 WNBA draft pick, is dealing with now as a first-year pro. Clark has been at the center of a lot of media and social media debate and discussion, including why she did not make the U.S.
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