Serena Williams Announces Retirement

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Published on August 10 2022 5:59 am
Last Updated on August 10 2022 5:59 am

Tennis great Serena Williams announced Tuesday that she will be retiring, saying “the countdown has begun,” suggesting it will be after the U.S. Open, which begins at the end of August.

The 23-time Grand Slam champ shared the news in a essay out Tuesday from ‘Vogue’ magazine and on Instagram.

Williams, who turns 41 next month, wrote on Instagram, “There comes a time in life when we have to decide to move in a different direction.” Williams has won more Grand Slam singles titles in the professional era than anyone, male or female.