Serena Williams' anxiety heightened amidst coronavirus

[March 23, 2020]    Serena Williams' anxiety has heightened in the wake of coronavirus.

The tennis star is currently in isolation with her husband Alexis Ohanian and their daughter Alexis Olympia Jr., two, and she admits she panics every time her daughter coughs.

Serena Williams

Speaking in a string of videos posted to her TikTok account, she shared: "By anxiety, I mean, like, I'm just on edge any time anyone sneezes around me or coughs I get crazy. And I don't hang out with anyone. So when I say anyone I mean my daughter ... Olympia coughed, and I got angry. I gave her a side-eye. ...

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