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Serena Williams Retires From Tennis After Winning 23 Grand Slam Titles

Serena Williams has announced plans to retire from tennis, but she admitted the decision was difficult.

Williams, who has won 23 Grand Slam singles crowns, disclosed this to Vogue.

The legendary tennis player had brushed off talks of retirement after the opening-round Wimbledon loss to Harmony Tan in June.

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She said, “I’ve been reluctant to admit that I have to move on from playing tennis. It’s like a taboo topic. It comes up, and I start to cry. I think the only person I’ve really gone there with is my therapist. It’s the hardest thing that I could ever imagine.

“I’m here to tell you that I’m evolving away from tennis, toward other things that are important to me.”

Williams had her first victory in 430 days after defeating Nuria Parrizas-Diaz 6-3, 6-4 at the women’s National Bank Open in Canada.

The 40-year-old had last won when she beat Danielle Rose Collins in the 2021 French Open.

She added, “Believe me, I never wanted to have to choose between tennis and a family. I don’t think it’s fair. If I were a guy, I wouldn’t be writing this because I’d be out there playing and winning while my wife was doing the physical labor of expanding our family.

“Don’t get me wrong: I love being a woman, and I loved every second of being pregnant with Olympia. I was one of those annoying women who adored being pregnant and was working until the day I had to report to the hospital—although things got super complicated on the other side. And I almost did the impossible. A lot of people don’t realize that I was two months pregnant when I won the Australian Open.”

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  • mickykarim

    WRONG. SHE ALREADY INDICTED SHE WAS GOING TO RETIRE AFTER THE 2022 US OPEN WHICH SHE EVENTUALLT LOST TO ANOTHER YOUNGER UPSTART.

    It was a DISGRACEFUL exit after several years of success and victories on the lawn tennis courts. A career run that came to crashing end.

    BOWING OUT GRACEFULLY WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE HONOURABLE.

    Serena made her mark in the women’s tennis world and should have avoided all the unnecessary avoidable defeats before retirement.

    OF NOTE WAS THE HUMILATION SHE SUFFERED AT THE 2019 US OPEN WHERE SHE HAD MADE A COSTUME OF A QUEEN TO CELEBRATE THE VICTORY THAT SLIPPED OUT OF HER GRIP DUE TO OVER CONFIDENCE.

    She lost in her bid to make up with the outstanding UNREACHABLE 24 GRANDSLAM. A RECORD FOERVER HELD BY Margaret Court AND WHICH MAY NOT BE MET IN OUR LIFETIME IN WOMEN LAWN TENNIS SPORT.

    We got a glimpse of her plan to gloat over to meet and surpass the mark at 23 towards the 24th title. When during the break whilst the match was still on with Naomi Osaka a teenager old enough to be daughter to Serena. We saw the intermedial musical show with Serana all dressed up as a QUEEN in a dance with Nikki Minaj. A rehearsal for the crowning that never was never going to happen at the end of the tournament.

    THE TREATMENT ACCORDED Naomi BY Serena’s FANS AT THE STAND WAS ABYSMAL DEGRADING AND HUMILATING SO MUCH THAT Naomi WEPT PROFUSELY AT THE END OF THE MATCH AFTER BEATING AND BRINGING THE VAIN GLORY SOUGHT BY Serena TO A RECORD END.

    Her loss may have been divine reward for the treatment of an upcoming star, an upstart.

    IT IS MOST GLORIOUS AND NOBLE TO BOW OUT OF ANY BEFITTING GLORY WHEN THE OVATION IS LOUDEST, NOT WHEN DISGRACED OUT.

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