'I'm here to tell you that I'm evolving away from tennis, toward other things that are important to me,' Williams said in a new Vogue essay published on Tuesday.
August 9, 2022 / 9:44 AMSerena Williams in her first round match at Wimbledon at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on June 28, 2022. Serena Williams appears to be getting ready to step off of professional tennis courts for good. The legendary athlete, who's won countless titles over a playing career that has spanned nearly three decades, suggested that she intends to retire after the upcoming U.S.
In her new essay, she said that"evolving away from tennis" would give her an opportunity to prioritize other things. 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," she wrote.