Serena Williams

Williams, 40, beat world No. 57 Nuria Parrizas Diaz in the first round of the National Bank Open in Canada.

She was recovering from an injury suffered at the grand slam tournament in 2021. Serena is not the only Williams at the National Bank Open. Venus Williams, 42, is also scheduled to play at the event. She returned to action at Wimbledon after a year away from the tour.

Here's everything you need to know about Serena Williams' appearance at the National Bank Open, including TV schedule, scores and results from Williams' ...

Williams sits just below Margaret Court for most Grand Slam majors won during a career, man or woman. Williams picked up her first title in 1999 and most recently won in 2014. But before she takes part in next month's US Open, Williams is getting in some tune-up matches.

Serena Williams won her first singles match since Roland Garros in 2021 as she tries to gear up for a potential run at the U.S. Open starting later this ...

“If she can get two or three matches a couple weeks in a row going into the U.S. Open, then she’s got a shot to actually win some matches. Next week she is also scheduled to play the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, an event she won in 2014 and ‘15. I was just out here doing my best today.” “I just wanted to be out here today,” Williams said on court. After a year off the singles court, Williams, the 23-time major champion, returned at Wimbledon last month but lost in the first round to Harmony Tan, 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (7). Serena Williams won her first singles match since Roland Garros in 2021 as she tries to gear up for a potential run at the U.S. Open starting later this month.

Serena Williams earned her first win in more than a year by beating Nuria Parrizas-Diaz 6-3, 6-4 at the women's National Bank Open.

Williams won the final three games to take the first set, then surged ahead in the second after the 57th-ranked Parrizas-Diaz took a 4-3 lead. Parrizas-Diaz tied it 2-2, but despite Williams’ struggles at certain points, the 31-year-old Spaniard couldn’t find enough of a consistent flow to get ahead. It’s just the second tournament of the season for the 40-year-old Williams, who returned to competition at Wimbledon just over a month ago.

Serena Williams secured her first win of 2022 with a hard-fought victory over Nuria Parrizas-Diaz at the Canadian Open in Toronto.

"I was really happy to be able to come out here again. “I don’t know, I’m getting closer to the light, so .... "But, you know, I can’t do this forever. "Lately that's been it for me. It appeared that Parrizas Diaz might force a decider at several points in the second set, but a vital hold in what proved to be the penultimate game of the match ensured Williams' place in the second round. Serena Williams suggested that she may be moving closer to retirement, teasing that there is "light at the end of the tunnel" after winning her first match in 430 days.

Serena Williams got fresh braids for summer 2022. Sharing a picture on Instagram of her new hairstyle, she's sporting a half-up hairdo with a bun.

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She's won 23 Grand Slams and is one of the greatest players of all time, but Serena Williams passed another important milestone recently winning her first ...

The win marks another significant milestone - her first win since her split with coach Patrick Mouratoglou. The Frenchman parted ways with Williams following her decision not to compete in this year's French Open and he now trains former world No.1 Simona Halep. She's won 23 Grand Slams and is one of the greatest players of all time, but Serena Williams passed another important milestone recently winning her first game in over a year.

Their polar-opposite personalities and playing styles show that there's no single way to succeed in this solo game.

But those of us who play also know that beneath the surface politeness, tennis is a war, one in which your job isn’t to play elegantly, but to vanquish your opponent. Watching Federer in full flight, seeing him rise up on his right toe like a ballet dancer and sweep through the long arc of his one-handed backhand, is to see that freedom in action. “It is as if he plans for being in the moment, which is something I think all of us can learn from him. He really overcame something that was in him, and he got rid of it and he got the steel focus. If Serena brought a new audience to U.S. tennis, Federer brought in new and old fans wherever he went. According to Christopher Clarey, author of The Master: the Brilliant Career of Roger Federer, Federer’s longevity can be attributed to his knowledge of himself. Federer was so blazingly dominant in the mid-2000s—he won 11 of the 16 majors held between 2004 and 2007—that many fans still consider his two younger rivals, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, to be usurpers of his rightful throne. He played the game the way so many thought it should be played.” For a time, Federer had all the makings of an underachiever. Federer didn’t hit the hardest serve, but few have bailed themselves out with that shot as reliably as he has. “With her standing, and her empire, she’s created a counter-voice and a new perspective,” Bryant says. That diversity has extended to those who watch the game.

Serena Williams returned to her winning ways at the National Bank Open, defeating Nuria Parrizas Diaz in the first round. There was a lot to like about the ...

Williams saved seven of the eight break points she faced in the match. Williams broke on just her second break point of the set and then closed out the win. The most critical game of the match came with Williams serving at 3-4 in the second set. But she refused to let Parrizas Diaz entertain any notions of a comeback by snuffing out six break points across three service games in the second set. Williams opened the match with a quick 2-0 lead before Parrizas Diaz broke back and leveled at 2-2. TORONTO -- Serena Williams made a winning return to the National Bank Open on Monday, defeating Nuria Parrizas Diaz 6-3, 6-4 in the first round.

Williams didn't play a match between her injury retirement in the first round at Wimbledon in 2021 and her return to the same tournament this summer, which ...

However, she hasn't officially indicated whether she will take the court for the 2022 US Open just yet. Maybe that's just what Williams needs to propel herself ahead of the storied competition, one she has claimed six times. Her path back to Flushing Meadows begins in Toronto at the National Bank Open, where she is in the singles draw this week.

In her first singles win this season, Serena Williams showed the match toughness that was missing at Wimbledon a month ago. She fought for every point in ...

Williams was broken just once in the Monday match, saved seven of eight break points on the day, and notched seven aces -- proving her legendary serve remains a valuable weapon. While it may feel like an eternity ago, Williams reached the semifinals at the Australian Open, her last hardcourt major, in 2021 and remains hungry to make one final push for Grand Slam title No. 24. Williams went on to reach the final that year in Canada, as well as at the US Open weeks later. "I guess there's just a light at the end of the tunnel, I'm getting closer to the light, so lately that's been it for me, can't wait to get to that light," Williams told reporters after the match with a laugh, but insisting she wasn't joking. It's of course impossible to predict how she'll fare the rest of this week and during the hardcourt season, but a victory over a tough opponent is a promising start and should give her a much-needed confidence boost. Parrizas-Diaz found her form and at times it looked all but certain the match would be going the distance. Currently unranked and needing a wild card for entry, Williams proved she still belonged on the sport's biggest stages. Williams, a three-time Canadian Open champion, will next play the winner of Tuesday's Belinda Bencic- Tereza Martincova match and could potentially face Naomi Osaka in the third round. But, you know, you got to think if I were playing matches I wouldn't miss some of those points or this match." During most of Williams' career, a first-round win over a lucky loser ranked No. 57 in the world wouldn't have elicited such emotion from the 23-time major champion. "This being one of my favorite stops on tour, I was really happy to be here again." It had been 14 months since Serena Williams had recorded a singles win.

Williams' first victory since the 2021 French Open sent her to face the either Belinda Bencic or Tereza Martincova. Serena Williams reacts after defeating Nuria ...

Williams won the final three games to take the first set, then surged ahead in the second after the 57th-ranked Parrizas-Diaz took a 4-3 lead. Parrizas-Diaz tied it 2-2, but despite Williams’ struggles at certain points, the 31-year-old Spaniard couldn’t find enough of a consistent flow to get ahead. It’s just the second tournament of the season for the 40-year-old Williams, who returned to competition at Wimbledon just over a month ago.

TORONTO (AP) — Serena Williams earned her first win in more than a year Monday, beating Nuria Parrizas-Diaz 6-3, 6-4 at the women's National Bank Open.

“I’m getting closer to the light. Williams won the final three games to take the first set, then surged ahead in the second after the 57th-ranked Parrizas-Diaz took a 4-3 lead. “I love playing though, it’s amazing,” she added. It’s just the second tournament of the season for the 40-year-old Williams, who returned to competition at Wimbledon just over a month ago. Parrizas-Diaz tied it 2-2, but despite Williams’ struggles at certain points, the 31-year-old Spaniard couldn’t find enough of a consistent flow to get ahead. I think that’s what I needed to do, is just compete,” she said.

Her path back to Flushing Meadows begins in Toronto at the National Bank Open, where she is in the singles draw this week. It's the perfect setting for a US Open tune-up. Maybe that's just what Williams needs to propel herself ahead of the storied ...

However, she hasn't officially indicated whether she will take the court for the 2022 US Open just yet. Maybe that's just what Williams needs to propel herself ahead of the storied competition, one she has claimed six times. Her path back to Flushing Meadows begins in Toronto at the National Bank Open, where she is in the singles draw this week.

In just her second tournament of the season, the 23-time Grand Slam champion found a bit of early success at the U.S. Open tune-up.

Williams won the final three games to take the first set, then surged ahead in the second after the 57th-ranked Parrizas-Diaz took a 4–3 lead. Parrizas-Diaz tied it 2–2, but despite Williams’ struggles at certain points, the 31-year-old Spaniard couldn’t find enough of a consistent flow to get ahead. It’s just the second tournament of the season for the 40-year-old Williams, who returned to competition at Wimbledon just over a month ago.

TORONTO — Serena Williams earned her first victory of the season Monday at the women's National Bank Open, defeating Nuria Parrizas-Diaz 6-3, 6-4.

"I'm getting closer to the light. After going up 5-3, Williams jumped out to a 40-15 lead to set up match point. I can't do this forever, so sometimes you just want to try your best to enjoy the moments and do the best that you can." "I've had a fabulous time on court and probably a better time off the court here. It's just the second tournament of the season for Williams, who made her return to competition at Wimbledon just over a month ago. Literally, I'm the kind of person (where) it takes one or two things and then it clicks."

Serena Williams stepped onto a hardcourt for the first time in a year and a half on Monday and fought through for a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Spain's Nuria ...

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The question of how much longer is not new to Serena Williams. After an opening-round win Monday in Toronto, though, she shed a little light.

“When you’re at that stage of the game -- not that I played into my 40s, but rather my mid-30s -- that it’s a tightrope with your body, right? “It was fall of ’93 and I said, `OK, next year is my last year,’ ” Navratilova said. “Nobody can tell you how you should mourn, just like nobody should tell you how to retire,” she said from her Miami home. Venus’ last match before that was a year ago in Chicago, a straight-sets loss to Hsieh Su-Wei. Her record is 3-10 in the past 19 months. “As an athlete, you cannot accept that as the last match. “They’re trying to stay healthy, play enough matches,” tennis analyst Pam Shriver said. I love the game,” Navratilova said. Particularly, Venus and Serena. I remember them saying they weren’t going to play past 25 or something -- and here they are.” “How did I stay there? “I don’t know, I’m getting closer to the light, so .... Lately that's been it for me. “Freedom,” she said. “I guess there’s just a light at the end of the tunnel,” she said, laughing.

The 40-year-old defeated world number 57 Nuria Parrizas Diaz 6-3 6-4 at the National Bank Open in Toronto for her first taste of success in singles since the ...

Serena Williams said she is reluctant to admit she has to "move on from playing tennis," but the 23-time Grand Slam champion said "now the countdown has ...

Williams began her professional career in 1995 as a 14-year-old and has since become one of the greatest to ever play the sport, with 73 career singles titles, four Olympic gold medals and 319 weeks at No. 1. "I know there's a fan fantasy that I might have tied Margaret that day in London, then maybe beat her record in New York, and then at the trophy ceremony say, 'See ya!' I get that. She officially made her comeback in doubles at Eastbourne in June before returning in singles at Wimbledon the following week. "Unfortunately I wasn't ready to win Wimbledon this year," Williams said in the essay. Williams, 40, is currently playing at the Canadian Open, and won her first match in 14 months on Monday to advance to the second round. I know that a lot of people are excited about and look forward to retiring, and I really wish I felt that way."

Williams' 23 Grand Slam singles titles is an Open Era record for women or men. The only tennis athlete with more major singles titles is Australia's Margaret ...

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At the time of writing, Serena has won 73 career singles titles, 23 doubles titles and two mixed doubles titles which includes 39 grand slam titles – 23 singles ...

And I almost did do the impossible: A lot of people don't realize that I was two months pregnant when I won the Australian Open in 2017. "If I were a guy, I wouldn't be writing this because I'd be out there playing and winning while my wife was doing the physical labor of expanding our family. She addressed this later in Vogue, saying: "I know there's a fan fantasy that I might have tied Margaret that day in London, then maybe beat her record in New York, and then at the trophy ceremony say, 'See ya!' I get that. She continued: "Unfortunately I wasn't ready to win Wimbledon this year. But I'm not giving up, to answer your question." Maybe the best word to describe what I'm up to is evolution.

Williams said in a Vogue cover story that she planned to move on from her sport, despite reluctance, to focus on other things, including growing her family.

Williams again took time to focus on her mental health in 2015 after a semifinal loss in that year’s U.S. Open thwarted her attempt at a calendar-year sweep of the Grand Slam events. She had that live powerful arm, and I will say the first time I saw it, it was the smoothest most efficient powerful service motion that has produced one of the greatest weapons in the history of tennis.” At the Top Seed Open, she was spotted in the stands, a bit distracted by an iPhone (happens to the best of us). And she had a front-row seat to the U.S. Open bubble of 2020, pointing and saying “mama” in a nearly empty stadium. In that time, she pursued acting (she was a patient on “E.R.” in 2005), showed up on red carpets, and sought out therapy for depression, which she described in her 2009 memoir. The argument ensued over two changeovers and resulted in her losing a game, and her focus, allowing Osaka to take her first major title amid a cascade of boos and jeers. Williams was 16, beads in her hair, when she played her first U.S. Open singles match, beating Nicole Pratt and making it to the third round. On the tennis court, for the moment, Williams remains second to Margaret Court of Australia in Grand Slam singles championships, a record she had many chances to tie and then surpass in 2018 and 2019 when she lost four Grand Slam finals without winning a set. Williams came to the U.S. Open in 2015 having won the year’s first three Grand Slam singles titles but lost to the unseeded Roberta Vinci of Italy in the semifinals. Williams wrote in a cover story for Vogue magazine, published online Tuesday, that she was transitioning away from tennis to focus on other pursuits, including growing her family. Williams has won the singles title there six times, beginning in 1999, when she leapfrogged her older sister Venus to claim the family’s first Grand Slam championship 23 years ago, a number that matches her career Grand Slam tally. In a first-person article in the famed September issue of Vogue, published online on Tuesday, Williams said that she planned to retire from the sport after playing in the U.S. Open, which begins later this month, for the 21st time. Williams was not explicit about when she might stop playing, but she hinted on Instagram that the U.S. Open could be her last tournament while leaving the door ever-so-slightly open to continue, or to come back, as players who retire often do.

Williams, whose pro career began when she was 14, has won 23 Grand Slam titles.

And I'm going to miss you." I didn't show up the way I should have or could have. I need to be two feet into tennis or two feet out." I went from a C-section to a second pulmonary embolism to a grand slam final. I'd be lying if I said I didn't want that record. And the lead-up tournaments will be fun."

Serena Williams, whose 23 Grand Slam singles tennis titles cement her status as one of the greatest to play any professional sport, hinted in an interview ...

The light, for her, represents “freedom” from one of the great sports careers, one that began when she and her sister Venus were coached by their father, Richard, on the courts of Compton, Calif. “I love playing, though, so it’s amazing, but I can’t do this forever,” she added. I can’t wait to get to that light.” And I’m going to miss you.” Williams was a bit more open about her plans Monday after beating Nuria Parrizas-Diaz, 6-3, 6-4, at the National Bank Open, her first win since the 2021 French Open. “I guess there’s just a light at the end of the tunnel,” she told reporters in Toronto. “I don’t know; I’m getting closer to the light. “It’s the hardest thing that I could ever imagine,” she says. And I almost did do the impossible: A lot of people don’t realize that I was two months pregnant when I won the Australian Open in 2017.

Why it matters: Williams is a 23-time Grand Slam champion and has been a pillar of the sport of tennis since she first won the U.S. Open in 1999. What she said: ...

- She lost in the first round at Wimbledon this year. And I don't know if I will be ready to win New York. But I'm going to try." - "Maybe the best word to describe what I'm up to is evolution. Before then, shelast played at Wimbledon in 2021. " What's next: Williams said she plans to play in the U.S. Open, writing in Vogue that she "wasn't ready to win Wimbledon this year.

La tenista estadounidense Serena Williams anunció que su retiro está cerca una publicación de Instagram. Aquí, todos sus datos.

Alexis Olympia se convierte en la portada más joven de la publicación. En el artículo de la revista, Williams revela que tuvo una cesárea de emergencia, coágulos de sangre y complicaciones adicionales tras el nacimiento de su hija. Con su 22ª victoria en un torneo importante, Williams empata a Steffi Graf en el mayor número de títulos individuales en la era Open. Es la sexta vez en su carrera que se sitúa en el número 1 del ranking. Su portavoz confirma más tarde a CNN que Williams y su prometido Ohanian están esperando su primera hija este otoño. El comité del Grand Slam le impone una multa récord de US$ 82.500 y la pone en libertad condicional durante los dos próximos años. 29 de junio de 2021 - Williams se ve obligada a retirarse de su partido de primera ronda de Wimbledon debido a una lesión. El abandono marca su primera derrota en primera ronda en Wimbledon. Esto incluye 39 títulos de Grand Slam: 23 en individuales, 14 en dobles y dos en dobles mixtos. 9 de septiembre de 2018 - La Asociación de Tenis de Estados Unidos dice que el Abierto de Estados Unidos multó a Williams con US$ 17.000 por tres violaciones del código durante su derrota en la final de individuales femenino el 8 de septiembre. 30 de septiembre de 2020 - Williams se retira del Abierto de Francia debido a una lesión en el tendón de Aquiles. 28 de enero de 2017 - Vence a su hermana Venus en la final del Abierto de Australia, consiguiendo su 23º título de Grand Slam y superando a Graf en el liderazgo de la era Open. 12 de septiembre de 2016 - Después de 186 semanas consecutivas como número 1 del mundo en la WTA, cae al número 2 por detrás de Angelique Kerber. Williams empata el récord de Graf de mayor número de semanas consecutivas en el número 1 del ranking. 12 de septiembre de 1999 - Gana el Abierto de Estados Unidos, convirtiéndose en la primera hermana Williams en ganar un Grand Slam.

A diferencia de un economista, abogado o médico, que pueden cumplir 50 años como profesionales, la carrera deportiva está limitada.

El 12 de enero del 2020, Serena Williams besó la gloria por última vez en Nueva Zelanda, país que nunca la había visto festejar. Creo que la única persona con la que realmente he llegado a ese punto es mi terapeuta”, reconoció. La ex Nº 1 del mundo ahondó en lo que mucho que le cuesta hablar de la palabra retiro. Incluso, en el WTA 1000 de Toronto, volvió a ganar un partido después de más de un año: Serena venció a Nuria Parrizas por 6-3 y 6-4 para meterse en la segunda rueda. Y continuó: “Estoy aquí para decirles que estoy evolucionando lejos del tenis, hacia otras cosas que son importantes para mí. Hace unos años fundé discretamente Serena Ventures, una empresa de capital riesgo. Tiene un inicio, normalmente en la adolescencia, y un final, cercano a los 40.

NUEVA YORK (AP) — Serena Williams dice que está lista para dejar el tenis, tener otro hijo y dedicarse a sus negocios.

La estadounidense ganó más torneos de Grand Slam que ningún otro jugador o jugadora de la era profesional. Margaret Court sumó 24, pero varios de ellos en la ...

Williams estuvo alejada del tenis un año luego de lesionarse en la primera ronda de Wimbledon en el 2021. “Créanme, nunca quise tener que elegir entre el tenis y una familia. Pero en el día a día, no pienso en eso realmente. Margaret Court sumó 24, pero varios de ellos en la era amateur. “Mentiría si dijese que no quería ese récord. Obviamente, lo quiero. Williams está participando en un torneo en Toronto en canchas duras, preparatorio para el US Open, la última torneo grande del año, que comienza en Nueva York el 29 de agosto.

Serena Williams dice que es reacia a admitir que tiene que "dejar de jugar tenis", pero la 23 veces campeona de Grand Slam dice que "ahora ha comenzado la ...

Williams, quien ganó su último título de Grand Slam mientras estaba embarazada en el Abierto de Australia en 2017, dijo que su hija Olympia, que cumplirá 5 años el próximo mes, ha estado pidiendo un hermano menor durante algún tiempo. Dijo que estaba ansiosa por prestar más atención a su empresa de capital de riesgo después del tenis. Después de desgarrarse el tendón de la corva en Wimbledon en 2021, Williams estuvo fuera de la competencia durante varios meses y dijo que no estaba segura de si regresaría, pero fue una llamada de Tiger Woods lo que la inspiró a volver a la cancha. Al necesitar un wild card para jugar en el All England Club, cayó en su partido de primera ronda contra Harmony Tan. Williams, de 40 años, actualmente juega en el Abierto de Canadá y ganó su primer partido en 14 meses el lunes para avanzar a la segunda ronda. “Sé que hay una fantasía entre los fanáticos de que podría haber empatado a Margaret ese día en Londres, luego tal vez batir su récord en Nueva York, y luego en la ceremonia de entrega de trofeos diría: '¡Nos vemos!' Lo entiendo.

Serena Williams anunció que dejará pronto las pistas, a sus 40 años y después del US Open, en una decisión que le ha dejado "rota" porque no quiere "que se ...

La tenista no sabe si va “a estar preparada para ganar en Nueva York”, donde ya ha levantado seis veces el US Open, que puede ahora ser su última competición. “Pero lo voy a intentar. La 23 veces ganadora de un Grand Slam se ha quedado a las puertas de ser la más laureada de la historia. Necesito tener los dos pies en el tenis o los dos pies fuera”, sentenció.

To date, Williams has 73 career singles titles, 23 career doubles titles and over $94 million in career winnings.

"I'd like it to be: Serena is this and she's that and she was a great tennis player and she won those slams." "These days, if I have to choose between building my tennis resume and building my family, I choose the latter." To date, Williams has 73 career singles titles, 23 career doubles titles and over $94 million in career winnings, CNBC reports. Ahead of her 41st birthday, Williams realized she had a narrow window to get pregnant again. If I were a guy, I wouldn't be writing this because I'd be out there playing and winning while my wife was doing the physical labor of expanding our family." I'm here to tell you that I'm evolving away from tennis, toward other things that are important to me."

A diferencia de un economista, abogado o médico, que pueden cumplir 50 años como profesionales, la carrera deportiva está limitada.

El 12 de enero del 2020, Serena Williams besó la gloria por última vez en Nueva Zelanda, país que nunca la había visto festejar. Creo que la única persona con la que realmente he llegado a ese punto es mi terapeuta”, reconoció. La ex Nº 1 del mundo ahondó en lo que mucho que le cuesta hablar de la palabra retiro. Incluso, en el WTA 1000 de Toronto, volvió a ganar un partido después de más de un año: Serena venció a Nuria Parrizas por 6-3 y 6-4 para meterse en la segunda rueda. Y continuó: “Estoy aquí para decirles que estoy evolucionando lejos del tenis, hacia otras cosas que son importantes para mí. Hace unos años fundé discretamente Serena Ventures, una empresa de capital riesgo. Tiene un inicio, normalmente en la adolescencia, y un final, cercano a los 40.

Arguably the best female tennis player in history, Serena Williams, is set to finish her career following the next grand slam in the United States. During a press conference on her home turf, the tennis steamroller stated her intent to move away from ...

I need to be two feet into tennis or two feet out,” she confessed to Vogue. “I’ve been reluctant to admit that I have to move on from playing tennis. However, each day new stars are born, such as WTA’s number one Polish Iga Świątek. It is but a matter of time before new bold players get discovered. I definitely don’t want to be pregnant again as an athlete. It comes up, and I start to cry. Maybe the best word to describe what I’m up to is evolution.

In a cover story for Vogue, Williams said she was “evolving away from tennis, toward other things that are important to me.”

On the tennis court, for the moment, Williams remains second to Margaret Court of Australia in Grand Slam singles championships, a record she had many chances to tie and then surpass in 2018 and 2019 when she lost four Grand Slam finals without winning a set. Williams came to the U.S. Open in 2015 having won the year’s first three Grand Slam singles titles but lost to the unseeded Roberta Vinci of Italy in the semifinals. “When Serena steps away from tennis, she will leave as the sport’s greatest player,” said Billie Jean King, the champion and pioneer of sports. In a first-person article in the famed September issue of Vogue, published online on Tuesday, Williams said that she planned to retire from the sport after playing in the U.S. Open, which begins later this month, for the 21st time. Williams has won the singles title there six times, beginning in 1999, when she leapfrogged her older sister Venus to claim the family’s first Grand Slam championship 23 years ago, a number that matches her career Grand Slam tally. This spring though, Williams said she had the urge to play competitively again. In recent years, she has become a venture capitalist, creating Serena Ventures, which invests in early stage ideas and companies, many in technology and run by women. She did not immediately take his advice but eventually began hitting and signed up for the doubles competition at a grass court tournament ahead of Wimbledon . She expressing envy that some male athletes, like the 45-year-old N.F.L. quarterback Tom Brady, could continue to compete while their female spouses had children. Though some in tennis are skeptical that Williams will step away imminently, exiting the stage this year at the U.S. Open would be a fitting end to her storied career. Williams was not explicit about when she might stop playing, but she hinted on Instagram that the U.S. Open could be her last tournament while leaving the door ever-so-slightly open to continue, or to come back, as players who retire often do. The injury sidelined her for nearly a year.

Serena Williams says she is preparing to step away from tennis after winning 23 Grand Slam titles, turning her focus to having another child and her ...

“That’s a question I can’t answer,” she said at the time. Williams said she and Ohanian want to have a second baby, and wrote: “I definitely don’t want to be pregnant again as an athlete. And I don’t know if I will be ready to win New York,” Williams wrote in her essay. “Believe me, I never wanted to have to choose between tennis and a family. I’m torn: I don’t want it to be over, but at the same time I’m ready for what’s next.” “I’d be lying if I said I didn’t want that record. “But I’m going to try.” She was off the tour for about a year after getting injured during her first-round match at Wimbledon in 2021. They can wear what they want and say what they want and kick butt and be proud of it all.” I hate that I have to be at this crossroads,” she wrote. “There comes a time in life when we have to decide to move in a different direction. “I keep saying to myself, I wish it could be easy for me, but it’s not.

Juan Pablo Elverdin. (CNN) — Serena Williams, campeona de 23 torneos de Grand Slam, insinuó este martes que se retirará del tenis luego del US Open.

Y casi hice lo imposible: mucha gente no sabe que estaba embarazada de dos meses cuando gané el Open de Australia en 2017. No me malinterpreten: me encanta ser mujer, y amé cada segundo de mi embarazo con Olympia. Fui una de esas mujeres molestas que adoraban estar embarazadas y que estuvieron trabajando hasta el día en que tuve que presentarse en el hospital, aunque las cosas se complicaron mucho al otro lado. Está a un título de Grand Slam en individuales del récord histórico de la australiana Margaret Court. “Créeme, nunca quise tener que elegir entre el tenis y una familia. Tengo que centrarme en ser madre, en mis objetivos espirituales y en descubrir por fin a una Serena diferente, pero simplemente emocionante. “Nunca me gustó la palabra retiro.

Williams was bedridden for six weeks after childbirth because of life-threatening blood clots. She was playing in a Wimbledon final less than a year later.

At the Top Seed Open, she was spotted in the stands, a bit distracted by an iPhone (happens to the best of us). And she had a front-row seat to the U.S. Open bubble of 2020, pointing and saying “mama” in a nearly empty stadium. If I were a guy, I wouldn’t be writing this because I’d be out there playing and winning while my wife was doing the physical labor of expanding our family,” she said. I’d like to thank you for reading The Times and encourage you to support journalism like this by becoming a subscriber. Her evolution (retirement, she said, is not a word she likes to use) is not an easy decision; it’s not one she’s been able to talk about with anyone other than her therapist. This is not a simple ride into the sunset. Doing so will give you access to the work of over 1,700 journalists whose mission is to cover the world and make sure you have accurate and impartial information on the most important topics of the day. Williams knows exactly how becoming a mother changed her professional life. And the Olympic swimmer Dara Torres returned to competition just a few weeks after giving birth in 2006, won a national title in the 100-meter freestyle in 2007 and took home three silver medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. A few weeks ago, Felix ran her last world-championship event in a full stadium of fans who gave her a standing ovation. Tennis is a uniquely grueling sport for new parents. She had been about eight weeks pregnant when she won the Australian Open earlier that year. I need to be two feet into tennis or two feet out.”

The rival Williams is most well-acquainted with, her sister Venus, owns seven Grand Slam titles and 49 singles titles throughout her career. Still, Serena ...

That is just three more than Serena Williams has won on her own. Steffi Graf is the only other woman to accomplish that feat. In 555 career matches against top-10 opponents, Williams owns a record of 435-120, which comes out to a jaw-dropping 78.0% win percentage. Perhaps the most impressive and lop-sided rivalry of Williams' career was against Maria Sharapova. Those two met 22 times throughout their careers, and Williams won a whopping 20 of them. The Grand Slam tournaments represent tennis' biggest stage, and Williams seems to love the spotlight they provide. Still, Serena Williams has frequently gotten the better of that matchup with a 19-12 record against Venus.

Nueva York — Serena Williams dice que está lista para alejarse del tenis después de ganar 23 títulos de Grand Slam, enfocándose en tener otro hijo y sus...

Williams está jugando esta semana en Toronto, en un torneo de cancha dura que conduce al Abierto de Estados Unidos, el último evento de Grand Slam del año, que comienza en Nueva York el 29 de agosto. Nueva York — Serena Williams dice que está lista para alejarse del tenis después de ganar 23 títulos de Grand Slam, enfocándose en tener otro hijo y sus intereses comerciales. “Cumpliré 41 este mes y algo tiene que ceder”, escribió Williams en un ensayo publicado el martes por la revista Vogue.

Serena Williams said broaching retirement has been a difficult topic, but the 40-year-old says it's time for her to leave the sport.

And I’m going to miss you.” “But I’ve been reluctant to admit to myself or anyone else that I have to move on from playing tennis,” Williams wrote. I’m going to miss that version of me, that girl who played tennis.

Williams brought her own distinctive flair to tennis, challenging norms that governed fashion, power, decorum, race and gender.

She made that clear as she announced what she termed to be her “evolution,” which will include trying to have another child. Moreover, tennis is one of those games bound by a tradition of exclusion and uniformity. She wore clothing that flowed and swung, or that proudly showed her stomach and strong shoulders. And her comeback from pregnancy helped lead to an important rule change in women’s professional tennis — allowing players to enter tournaments based on their pre-pregnancy rankings for up to three years after giving birth. Yannick Noah, the mixed-race son of a Black Cameroonian father and white mother, won the French Open in 1983. Only the elite of the elite can change the way their sport is played. It is easy to forget that her championship journey, which came to include 23 Grand Slam singles titles, just shy of the record of 24 set by Margaret Court, began with a win at the U.S. Open in 1999. She had a knack, a hunger, a desire that demanded to be seen. After Williams’s power, speed and grit dispatched Hingis, 6-3, 7-6, tennis would never be the same. Announcing her plans to retire from tennis, Serena Williams said on Tuesday that she will focus her life far beyond sports, instead prioritizing being a mother, a fashion maker, a venture capitalist and much more. She has always done it her way, always operated on her own terms. She is a symbol.

A diferencia de un economista, abogado o médico, que pueden cumplir 50 años como profesionales, la carrera deportiva está limitada.

El 12 de enero del 2020, Serena Williams besó la gloria por última vez en Nueva Zelanda, país que nunca la había visto festejar. Creo que la única persona con la que realmente he llegado a ese punto es mi terapeuta”, reconoció. La ex Nº 1 del mundo ahondó en lo que mucho que le cuesta hablar de la palabra retirada. Incluso, en el WTA 1000 de Toronto, volvió a ganar un partido después de más de un año: Serena venció a Nuria Parrizas por 6-3 y 6-4 para meterse en la segunda rueda. Y continuó: “Estoy aquí para decirles que estoy evolucionando lejos del tenis, hacia otras cosas que son importantes para mí. Hace unos años fundé discretamente Serena Ventures, una empresa de capital riesgo. Tiene un inicio, normalmente en la adolescencia, y un final, cercano a los 40.

Serena Williams anunció que se retirará después del US Open. Debido a ello, en AS USA decidimos recordar la fortuna de la histórica tenista estadounidense.

Williams es una de las atletas más populares del mundo para los diferentes patrocinadores. Con Ohanian tiene una hija: Alexis Olympia. La histórica tenista de Estados Unidos, Serena Williams, dio a conocer a través de una entrevista con ‘Vogue’ que se retirará de las canchas del tenis, una vez que termine el US Open, a celebrarse en los próximos días.