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Serena Williams Announces Retirement From Tennis: ‘I Have to Move On’

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Hanging it up. Serena Williams announced that she is retiring from tennis after a storied career that includes 23 Grand Slam titles and four Olympic gold medals.The sports icon, 40, announced the news in a cover story for the September issue of Vogue, published on Tuesday, August 9.“I’m here to tell you that I’m evolving away from tennis, toward other things that are important to me,” the Being Serena star wrote in an essay explaining her decision. “But I’ve been reluctant to admit to myself or anyone else that I have to move on from playing tennis.

Alexis, my husband, and I have hardly talked about it; it’s like a taboo topic. I can’t even have this conversation with my mom and dad.

It’s like it’s not real until you say it out loud.”The athlete noted that she wants to spend more time with her husband, Alexis Ohanian, and their 4-year-old daughter, Olympia, who has been telling her parents that she wants to be a big sister.“Believe me, I never wanted to have to choose between tennis and a family,” Williams continued. “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.

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