Serena Williams ends Tennis career to expand on family

One of the most dominating forces in women’s tennis in recent history, Serena Williams, will move on from the Professional tour. The 40-year-old confirmed this news in a Vogue magazine cover story.

For five long years, Williams has been searching for a 24th Grand Slam title. The tennis Superstar last went all the way in a Grand Slam tournament in Australia in 2017 and needs one more to draw the all-time win record level.

Margaret Court, an unstoppable force throughout the 60s and early 70s, might still keep her record alive. Serena has not come close to securing another title and left herself one more opportunity to get the job done.

The Serena era 👑

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— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) August 9, 2022

Growing the family

In her written piece featured in Vogue, Williams tells of how expanding her family is her new goal. That means that she will have to end her career as a tennis pro.

As a woman, she has to do “the physical labour of expanding” their family and said that it’s not “fair”.

“If I were a guy, I wouldn’t be writing this because I’d be out there playing and winning,” she writes in the September issue of the lifestyle magazine.

“Don’t get me wrong: I love being a woman and loved every second of being pregnant with Olympia. But I’m turning 41 this month, and something’s got to give.”

A must read. https://t.co/NSWDGHzsXK

— Serena Williams (@serenawilliams) August 9, 2022

The ending of an era

Though never officially using the word “retirement”, Serena Williams refers to this as an old-school term. Rather she calls it an “evolution”.

Her immaculate career will come to an end with the fourth and final Grand Slam of the year. The one in her own backyard – the US Open.

En route to the major, the current world number 407 is getting into the swing of things at the Canadian Open. Early on Monday morning (SA time), Williams powered to a straight set, 6-3 and 6-4 victory over Spaniard Nuria Parrizas-Diaz. She will next face World number 17, Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic.

The US Open will start on 29 August.