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Tennis super star, Serena Williams, has announced she will 'evolve away from tennis' after upcoming US Open. The 23-time grand slam winner said that ...

I’ve been thinking of this as a transition, but I want to be sensitive about how I use that word, which means something very specific and important to a community of people. However, in the article, Williams said: “I have never liked the word retirement. I have to focus on being a mom, my spiritual goals and finally discovering a different, but just exciting Serena.

23-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams, has announced her readiness to retire from professional tennis in Vogues newest issue. | Pulse Nigeria.

And I’m going to miss you." I’m going to miss that version of me, that girl who played tennis. I need to be two feet into tennis or two feet out," Williams wrote. I'm here to tell you that I'm evolving away from tennis, toward other things that are important to me." I’m terrible at goodbyes, the world’s worst," she wrote. I definitely don’t want to be pregnant again as an athlete.

American tennis star, Serena Williams, has confirmed she will be retiring after the US Open. Williams revealed this in an emotional statement on Tuesday.

“I can’t even have this conversation with my mom and dad. Alexis, my husband, and I have hardly talked about it; it’s like a taboo topic. It comes up, I get an uncomfortable lump in my throat, and I start to cry.

The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion revealed her retirement plan in a chat with Vogue on Tuesday. The 40-year-old said she is “evolving away from tennis, ...

“I know there’s a fan fantasy that I might have tied Margaret that day in London, then maybe beat her record in New York, and then at the trophy ceremony say, ‘See ya!’, I get that. “I’ve been reluctant to admit that I have to move on from playing tennis. “Unfortunately I wasn’t ready to win Wimbledon this year. “Maybe the best word to describe what I’m up to is evolution. It comes up, and I start to cry. “I have never liked the word retirement.

The 23-time Grand Slam winner made only her second appearance of the year this week at the National Bank Open In Toronto.

We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages. “I’ve been reluctant to admit that I have to move on from playing tennis. If I’m in a Slam final, then yes, I’m thinking about that record. “Maybe the best word to describe what I’m up to is evolution. It comes up, and I start to cry. “It doesn’t feel like a modern word to me.

American professional tennis player Serena Williams has announced her retirement from tennis. Although she has not given a precise date for her exit, ...

And I’m going to miss you,” she said. I need to be two feet into tennis or two feet out.” I’m going to miss that version of me, that girl who played tennis.

Serena Williams is stepping away from tennis, although she doesn't have a firm date in mind and she's not using the word 'retirement.'

‘I have never liked the word,’ Williams wrote in the latest issue of Vogue. ‘It doesn’t feel like a modern word to me. She’s also committed to playing at next week’s Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati. ‘Maybe the best word to describe what I’m up to is evolution,’ she continued.

United States tennis champion, Serena Williams, announced on Tuesday that 'the countdown has begun' to her retirement from the sport.

She wrote, “There comes a time in life when we have to decide to move in a different direction. I want to grow that family.” “Maybe the best word to describe what I’m up to is evolution.

Serena Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam champion and iconic tennis superstar for a generation, said Tuesday that “the countdown has begun” to her retirement ...

“I definitely don’t want to be pregnant again as an athlete. “Unfortunately I wasn’t ready to win Wimbledon this year. “A few years ago I quietly started Serena Ventures, a venture capital firm. “Maybe the best word to describe what I’m up to is evolution. “I have never liked the word retirement. “But now, the countdown has begun.

Arguably the best female tennis player in history, Serena Williams, is set to finish her career following the next grand slam in the United States. During a press conference on her home turf, the tennis steamroller stated her intent to move away from ...

I need to be two feet into tennis or two feet out,” she confessed to Vogue. “I’ve been reluctant to admit that I have to move on from playing tennis. However, each day new stars are born, such as WTA’s number one Polish Iga Świątek. It is but a matter of time before new bold players get discovered. I definitely don’t want to be pregnant again as an athlete. It comes up, and I start to cry. Maybe the best word to describe what I’m up to is evolution.

A look at the unrivalled tennis career of Serena Williams after the news that she will now be evolving away from the sport.

'I have never liked the word,' Williams wrote in the latest issue of Vogue. 'It doesn't feel like a modern word to me. I've been thinking of this as a ...

‘I have never liked the word,’ Williams wrote in the latest issue of Vogue. ‘It doesn’t feel like a modern word to me. ‘I definitely don’t want to be pregnant again as an athlete. ‘Maybe the best word to describe what I’m up to is evolution,’ she continued.

The tennis superstar, Serena Williams, has hinted that the 2022 US Open could be her last active tournament. The 23-time Grand Slam winner revealed this ...

I know that a lot of people are excited about and look forward to retiring, and I really wish “I definitely don’t want to be pregnant again as an athlete. Caroline Wozniacki, who is one of my best friends, felt a sense of relief when she retired in 2020.” Alexis, my husband, and I have hardly talked about it; it’s like a taboo topic. Soon after that, I started a family. “I have never liked the word retirement.

Serena Williams has confirmed that she is retiring from tennis after a career that has seen her win 23 grand slam titles, the most by any player, ...

“Unfortunately, I wasn’t ready to win Wimbledon this year,” she said, “and I don’t know if I will be ready to win New York, but I’m going to try. I know there’s a fan fantasy that I might have tied Margaret (Court’s grand slam record) that day in London, then maybe beat her record in New York, and then at the trophy ceremony say, ‘See ya!’ I get that. Williams said her decision had been influenced by the desire to expand her family. If I were a guy, I wouldn’t be writing this because I’d be out there playing and winning, while my wife does the physical labour of expanding our family.” The highly decorated star also has four Olympic gold medals, five tour finals wins, 73 titles in all and has been ranked world number one for 319 weeks. I’m here to tell you that I’m evolving away from tennis, toward other things that are important to me.”

Serial Grand Slam winner, Serena Jameka Williams announced that she is now on her way to retirement after an illustrious career that...

Serena defeated Amélie Mauresmo in the final of the Open Gaz de France in Paris to win her first singles title in 1999. It was also the first time the sisters were meeting in a professional tennis game. At 15, Williams got her first career wins in 1995.

Women's tennis legend Serena Williams said she plans to retire from the sport she dominated with 23 Grand Slam titles following the US Open tournament, ...

“Unfortunately I wasn’t ready to win Wimbledon this year. “I’d be lying if I said I didn’t want that record. I want to grow that family.” “I have never liked the word retirement,”Williams said. Williams has had eight separate spells at the top of the WTA rankings, totalling 319 weeks as world number one. “A few years ago I quietly started Serena Ventures, a venture capital firm.

Serena Williams announced her imminent retirement from tennis. The 23-time grand-slam champion won her first singles match in more than a year at the ...

I need to be two feet into tennis or two feet out." Tennis being a predominantly white sport, it definitely helped a lot because I saw somebody look like me dominating the game and it made me believe that I could dominate, too [..] The Williams sisters story, not just Serena, with Mr. Williams and all that he's done for both of them, inspired my dad to continue to coach me and help me. The 40-year-old has become a force in the business world with her venture firm and other business activities including fashion lines. I didn't know it was going to be this U.S. Open or the next one. I definitely don't want to be pregnant again as an athlete. Williams revealed she was trying for another baby during her absence from tennis for a year until Wimbledon this summer.

Williams was bedridden for six weeks after childbirth because of life-threatening blood clots. She was playing in a Wimbledon final less than a year later.

At the Top Seed Open, she was spotted in the stands, a bit distracted by an iPhone (happens to the best of us). And she had a front-row seat to the U.S. Open bubble of 2020, pointing and saying “mama” in a nearly empty stadium. 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,” she said. I’d like to thank you for reading The Times and encourage you to support journalism like this by becoming a subscriber. Her evolution (retirement, she said, is not a word she likes to use) is not an easy decision; it’s not one she’s been able to talk about with anyone other than her therapist. This is not a simple ride into the sunset. Doing so will give you access to the work of over 1,700 journalists whose mission is to cover the world and make sure you have accurate and impartial information on the most important topics of the day. Williams knows exactly how becoming a mother changed her professional life. And the Olympic swimmer Dara Torres returned to competition just a few weeks after giving birth in 2006, won a national title in the 100-meter freestyle in 2007 and took home three silver medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. A few weeks ago, Felix ran her last world-championship event in a full stadium of fans who gave her a standing ovation. Tennis is a uniquely grueling sport for new parents. She had been about eight weeks pregnant when she won the Australian Open earlier that year. I need to be two feet into tennis or two feet out.”

Williams's career is coming to an end before it would if she were a male player, simply because she must choose between tennis and having more children.

For the men in her line of work, parenthood is usually framed as an opportunity for some kind of spiritual change. Djokovic, 35, won five of his grand slam titles after his son was born in 2014, and three of them after his daughter in 2017. Williams, on the other hand, won the Australian Open in 2017 while she was two months pregnant, which, as she writes, seems “almost impossible”. The biggest impact having four children had on his body is that he needed surgery in 2016 because he twisted his knee while he was running a bath for them. But she can’t because she has to choose between having more children and having a playing career. She’s won more singles titles than any of them, more Olympic medals too, and did it all, as they used to say about Ginger Rogers, “backwards and in high heels”.

Williams's second-round match on Wednesday at the National Bank Open could be her last in Canada, and everyone wants in on it, even the prime minister and ...

She added that she felt “grateful to have gotten the chance to play her and connect with her in some way. “That’s, I think, the place to do it,” she said. “In Toronto, we had a nice conversation going, and at the U.S. Open she said some very kind things to me in the locker room,” Andreescu said. It was the first time Olympia had sat through a full match, and she low-fived her mother — a go-to move when you’re 4 — after her win. Her opponent, Andreescu, approached the sideline and asked the 23-time Grand Slam singles champion if she could give her a hug. She is plainly having fun in Toronto. Over the weekend before the tournament began, she and her husband, Alexis Ohanian, and their daughter, Olympia, went to Medieval Times, the theater show with crowns and swords. “All of the signs were definitely pointing to a U.S. Open retirement. (Canada was founded in 1867, and the women’s tournament started in 1892.) We’d like to thank you for reading The Times and encourage you to support journalism like this by becoming a subscriber. Doing so will give you access to the work of over 1,700 journalists whose mission is to cover the world and make sure you have accurate and impartial information on the most important topics of the day. Ahead of Serena Williams’s taking the court — which she did with a bowed head and a serious expression — a video with greetings from the retired champion Billie Jean King and some rising stars on the tour, Coco Gauff, Leylah Fernandez and Bianca Andreescu, played for the crowd. “In the players’ lounge, you heard the chatter.

The first stop on Serena Williams' farewell tour comes to a quick end as she falls 6-2 6-4 to Belinda Bencic at the Canadian Open.

I wish I could’ve played better but Belinda played so well today.” In the second set, Bencic got the one break she needed to go ahead 4-3 when Williams struck a double-fault and the Swiss never looked back as she sealed the match on her serve when Williams sent a return long. The highly-anticipated match was played a day after 23-time Grand Slam champion Williams revealed in a Vogue article that she was “evolving away from tennis” and planned to retire from the sport she has dominated for over two decades.

The first stop on Serena Williams's farewell tour came to a quick end as she fell 6-2, 6-4 to Belinda Bencic in the second round of the Canadian Open.

I wish I could’ve played better but Belinda played so well today.” I’ll be coming back just as a visitor to the city but otherwise it’s been remarkable.” “It’s been a pretty interesting 24 hours ... I’m terrible at goodbyes.

For someone who doesn't pride herself on goodbyes, Serena Williams exceeded expectations on Wednesday in Toronto. The American tennis icon proved herself a ...

It could be a different story in Cincinnati or later this summer at the US Open, where she will likely play her final Grand Slam match with an adoring public ready to fill Arthur Ashe stadium with resounding echoes of her sonorous name. I never imagined to play Serena so many times and it’s always an honor to be on the court with her, and that’s why I think tonight is about her, especially here in Toronto.” She seemed to teeter on the precipice of an all-out cry, but didn’t allow herself the luxury of doing so.