Serena Williams mentioned on Tuesday that she is "evolving away from tennis" as she hinted at retiring from the game she dominated for a lot of her profession with 23 singles Grand Slam titles.
On Monday, Williams performed solely her second singles match since she returned to motion at Wimbledon in June after a year-long absence from competitors, beating Spain's Nuria Parrizas Diaz to achieve the second spherical of the Toronto Open.
The 41-year-old gained her final Grand Slam crown in 2017 and has been chasing an elusive twenty fourth crown that may draw her stage with Margaret Court docket who holds the document for many majors.
“I've by no means favored the phrase retirement,” Williams wrote in a Vogue article. “It doesn’t really feel like a contemporary phrase to me. I’ve been pondering of this as a transition however I wish to be delicate about how I take advantage of that phrase, which suggests one thing very particular and vital to a neighborhood of individuals.”
“Perhaps the very best phrase to explain what I’m as much as is evolution. I’m right here to let you know that I’m evolving away from tennis, towards different issues which can be vital to me,” the 23-time grand slam winner wrote.
"A couple of years in the past I quietly began Serena Ventures, a enterprise capital agency. Quickly after that, I began a household. I wish to develop that household."
Williams later talked in an Instagram publish in regards to the time to maneuver in a "completely different route."
"That point is at all times onerous if you love one thing a lot," she added. "My goodness do I take pleasure in tennis.
"However now, the countdown has begun. I've to concentrate on being a mother, my non secular objectives and eventually discovering a special, however simply thrilling Serena. I am gonna relish these subsequent few weeks."
