Serena Williams’ retirement is a crushing loss for tennis
nypost.comannounced she’s “evolving away” from the sport on Tuesday in an essay for Vogue. Williams added that this year’s US Open, beginning Aug.
29, will be her final tournament. Fittingly, she’ll bow out on the very same stage where she won her first Grand Slam in 1999 at just 17 years old.It’s the biggest departure from US tennis since Andy Roddick hung up his racket in 2012 — but much more massive than that.Roddick only won one slam, after all.
Williams has won an otherworldly 23. That’s more than fellow greats Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, who’s holding steady at 22.Williams, without a doubt, is a once-in-generation athlete on the same godlike level as Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, LeBron James or Tom Brady.
The sports world will be a lot less ferocious or fascinating without her.No more brutal beatdowns of inferior opponents; no more headline-grabbing tutus and catsuits; no more controversies obsessed over by the entire planet.
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