Another magical black woman covering a September magazine issue! This time, it's Serena Williams covering Time magazine.

Williams has already opened up quite bravely about her traumatizing birthing experience and her reality as a black mother. Now, she's opening up a little bit more about a tragic part of her life involving the murder of her sister.

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Williams discussed how she recently suffered a loss during the first round of San Jose, California's Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic and revealed the heartbreaking backstory to that defeat.

Just 10 minutes before she was set to enter the court to play against Johanna Konta, she found out the man who was convicted of fatally shooting her sister, Yetunde Price, in 2003 had been released from prison. She said she stumbled across the news on Instagram.

“I couldn’t shake it out of my mind,” Williams recounted. She laughed, which she sometimes does during uncomfortable moments. Price had three children, who were 11, nine and five at the time of their mother’s death. “It was hard because all I think about is her kids,” she said, “and what they meant to me. And how much I love them.”

Price was a 31-year-old nurse and the owner of a hair salon, according to People. She was a half-sibling from a previous relationship between Williams' mother, Oracene Price, and Yusef Rasheed. She was murdered by Robert Edward Maxfield on September 14, 2003. Maxfield, 38, had been charged with murder; he pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter but accepted a lesser count. He was released from prison earlier this year after more than 10 years behind bars but was rearrested shortly after for violating his parole.

Serena just revealed why she lost in the first round of her latest tournament – 10 minutes before she went out on court, she found out on IG that the man convicted of shooting her sister in 2003 had been released from prison.

“I couldn’t shake it out of my mind.” (Time, 2018) pic.twitter.com/C3NJ8K3tqh

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“No matter what, my sister is not coming back for good behavior,” she continued. “It’s unfair that she’ll never have an opportunity to hug me. But also…the Bible talks about forgiveness."

"I’m not there yet,” she added. “I would like to practice what I preach, and teach Olympia that, as well. I want to forgive. I have to get there. I’ll be there.”

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