Serena Williams Retires: ‘I’m Evolving Away From Tennis’
variety.comJordan Moreau Serena Williams, the 23-time Grand Slam tennis champion and one of the most iconic figures in modern sports, is planning her retirement.In her Vogue cover story Tuesday, Williams announced that she is planning to step away from tennis after participating in the U.S.
Open in New York later this summer. Though she doesn’t call it a “retirement” from tennis, she is moving on to focus on her family and other business ventures.“I have never liked the word retirement,” she wrote for Vogue. “It doesn’t feel like a modern word to me.
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.
Maybe the best word to describe what I’m up to is evolution. I’m here to tell you that I’m evolving away from tennis, toward other things that are important to me.
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