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		</div><p>Venus Williams broke down in tears at Wimbledon and needed to leave a press conference when asked about the fatal car crash she is being sued over in the United States.</p>
<p>The five-time Wimbledon singles champion was a 7-6 (9/7) 6-4 winner against Belgium&#8217;s Elise Mertens on Court One, and afterwards met with the media as normal.</p>
<p>Williams had previously written on Facebook that she was &#8220;heartbroken&#8221; over the crash which occurred in her Florida home town on June 9.</p>
<p>According to police, the 37-year-old was crossing a junction when her vehicle collided with a car being driven by Linda Barson, whose husband Jerome was in the passenger seat. Mr Barson died 13 days later.</p>
<p>Civil court documents filed last Friday by the couple&#8217;s daughter Audrey Gassner-Dunayer in Palm Beach County, Florida, claim Williams was &#8220;driving carelessly and recklessly&#8221; which &#8220;led to the catastrophic injuries and death of Jerome Barson&#8221;.</p>
<p>When asked about the crash in her first press conference since arriving in London, Williams said: <i>&#8220;There are really no words to describe, like, how devastating and &#8211; yeah. I&#8217;m completely speechless.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>At that point she began to cry and after an awkward silence left the room, before returning shortly afterwards, with the moderator suggesting subsequent questions focused on tennis.</p>
<p>When a reporter then asked Williams if being back in the tennis fold helped to <i>&#8220;heal those wounds you feel at the moment&#8221;,</i> she declined to answer the question.</p>
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