Serena Williams unretouched: Tennis star, 37, goes semi-naked as she reveals she

Tennis star Serena Williams posed for an unretouched shoot for Harper’s Bazaar, appearing on the cover in nothing but a gold cape, while opening up about her now-infamous US Open outburst in a personal essay in the magazine’s pages.

The mother-of-one, 37, flashes some serious flesh as she shares a peek of her bottom in the daring shoot; other images show her wearing a variety of stunning gold ensembles incredible a very sexy mini dress.

But while the shoot itself was daring and powerful, the words Serena wrote alongside it were much more vulnerable, with the tennis pro revealing that she apologized to her US Open opponent Naomi Osaka via text, while once again hitting out at the sexist bias that she believes cause the entire ‘debacle’.

Serena made headlines in September 2018 when competing for her 24th Grand Slam singles title against Naomi, who was 20 at the time, after she received three violations from the umpire while attempting to defend herself when he penalized her for signaling to her coach — something the tennis player said she wasn’t doing.

In a personal essay, Serena wrote about her perspective from that day and why she prioritized apologizing to Naomi after the backlash that followed the match.

‘I could not have been happier for her,’ Serena, who has one a total of 39 Grand Slams, wrote.