After winning her first singles match in more than a year, Serena Williams has hinted that she may retire from tennis. Serena Williams defeated Nuria Parrizas-Diaz 6-3, 6-4 in the women’s National Bank Open on Monday for her first win since the 2021 French Open.
Just over a month after making her comeback to competition at Wimbledon, Williams, 40, is playing in just her second event of the season. Serena Williams hinted at a brief comeback to the circuit following her victory.
In an interview with Vogue, Williams said, “I have never liked the term retiring.” To me, it doesn’t seem to be a term of the present era.” In my mind, this is a transition, but I want to be careful about how I use that word, which means something very specific and important to a particular community of people. ” Evolution might be the best way to describe what I’m doing. To tell you the truth, tennis is no longer the primary focus of my life. Serena Ventures, a venture capital business that I founded a few years ago, has been a modest success. The next thing I knew, I was starting a family of my own. To expand our family, I’d want to do that.”
Karl Hale, the tournament’s chief executive, threw in a further clue that both Williams sisters were likely to retire when the director indicated that this year’s Canadian Open will be their last appearance. Both of them have a very unique place in his heart, and their friendship means a lot to him.
Belinda Bencic or Tereza Martincova will be Williams’ next opponent, both of whom will turn 41 at the end of September.
