Serena Williams on how she learned to cope after her sister's murder

Tennis legend Serena Williams has opened up about her sister's murder, revealing how she's managed to cope with the tragedy.

Yetunde Price, the half-sister of Serena and Venus Williams, was shot dead in 2003 after she was hit by a stray bullet in a gangland shooting in Los Angeles.

Price worked part-time as an assistant to her famous sisters.

Serena spoke with Naomi Wadler, 12, who found fame in 2018 after speaking at the March for our Lives rally in Washington DC about the importance of remembering the lives of black women and girls lost to gun violence.

"I was affected personally by gun violence," Williams told Wadler.

"My sister, unfortunately, passed from that.

"People are talking about it now because it’s happening more widespread, but it’s been affecting our community for years."

Williams also revealed how she had come to deal with her sister's murder.

"I think we need to get comfortable with having uncomfortable conversations,” the athlete continued.

"Situations are never really gonna get better if you always avoid it, you have to take it head-on."

It's an issue Walder knows well.

The high school student was invited to speak at the Washington rally after she organised a walk-out at her school just weeks before, in solidarity with other student-led protests across the US.

While many protests were set for 17 minutes, to honour the 17 victims from Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in Parkland, she and her friends added an additional minute to honour Courtlin Arrington, an African American teenager shot dead at her high school in Alabama in March, 2018.

"African American women, when they are shot and killed ... their names aren’t remembered, so I thought it was important to add," Wadler said on the day of the walkout.

She's since come to the attention of Ellen DeGeneres and now hosts her own YouTube series, DiversiTea.