In the Arena: Serena Williams isn’t really about tennis – it’s about the solitude suffered by the elite athlete

In the Arena: Serena Williams isn’t really about tennis – it’s about the solitude suffered by the elite athlete

This article first appeared in Radio Times magazine.As we’ve come to expect from the best sporting documentaries, they’re never really about sport. Thus, Serena Williams: in the Arena isn’t really about tennis. It’s actually about the strains of solitude suffered by the long-career elite athlete, especially one who plays alone in a gladiatorial game designed, as Annabel Croft told RT, “to expose your psyche”. And it’s about the loneliness at the…