{"id":7989,"date":"2022-08-09T15:15:54","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T19:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/?p=7989"},"modified":"2022-08-10T10:58:25","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T14:58:25","slug":"serena-williams-announces-retirement-from-tennis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/serena-williams-announces-retirement-from-tennis","title":{"rendered":"Serena Williams Announces Retirement From Tennis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"380\" height=\"250\" src=\"http:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/serene-williams-retirement.jpg\" alt=\"serena-williams-retirement\" class=\"wp-image-7991\" \/><figcaption>Serena Williams announced on Tuesday that she will be retiring from the sport of tennis later this year.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Tennis legend Serena Williams announced Tuesday that she will retire from tennis to focus on her family. The 23-time Grand Slam champion is expected to begin her retirement from the sport she dominated since winning her first U.S. Open in 1999, this year and t could be as soon as this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Williams, who began her retirement announcement by stating her focus will shift to her business interests and family, added that \u201cthe countdown has begun.\u201d&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The essay, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.serenawilliams.com\/\">Serena Williams<\/a> penned in Vogue magazine on Tuesday and on Instagram, was vague on when she expects to play her final match but suggested it may come at the U.S. Open this August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThere comes a time in life when we have to decide to move in a different direction. That time is always hard when you love something so much. My goodness do I enjoy tennis. But now, the countdown has begun. I have to focus on being a mom, my spiritual goals and finally discovering a different, but just (as) exciting Serena. I\u2019m gonna relish these next few weeks.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Williams, who is arguably one of most accomplished and greatest players in the sports history, stated in her essay that the word \u201cretirement\u201d was one she does not like and that she prefers to look at this point  of life as one \u201cevolving away from tennis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\ud83d\udea8 Serena Williams announces upcoming retirement from tennis \ud83d\udea8 | Get Up\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DmdUQmVnKKw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cI feel a great deal of pain. It\u2019s the hardest thing that I could ever imagine. I hate it. I hate that I have to be at this crossroads,\u201d she wrote. \u201cI keep saying to myself, I wish it could be easy for me, but it\u2019s not. I\u2019m torn: I don\u2019t want it to be over, but at the same time I\u2019m ready for what\u2019s next.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Serena, who is playing at the <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalbankopen.com\/\">National Bank Open in Toronto<\/a> this week, a tournament that is a precursor to the U.S. Open and the last Grand Slam of the year, has won the event six times. In addition to winning the U.S. Open six times, Williams has amassed three titles at the French Open, seven titles at the Australian Open, and seven at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She also has amassed 14 Grand Slam doubles championships with her sister Venus, who both have won dozens of trophies and ended up achieving a ranking of No.1. Their story and that of their Father was made into the Oscar-winning film \u201cKing Richard.\u201d, a role played by Will Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I don\u2019t particularly like to think about my legacy. I get asked about it a lot, and I never know exactly what to say. But I\u2019d like to think that thanks to opportunities afforded to me, women athletes feel that they can be themselves on the court. \u201cThey can play with aggression and pump their fists. They can be strong yet beautiful. They can wear what they want and say what they want and kick butt and be proud of it all.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Should Williams win at the National Bank Open in Toronto, it will be her first singles match win in over a year. Whatever the outcome, Williams is the only other tennis player next to Margret Court to win 24 or more Grand Slam singles titles than Williams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cI\u2019d be lying if I said I didn\u2019t want that record. Obviously I do. But day to day, I\u2019m really not thinking about her. If I\u2019m in a Grand Slam final, then yes, I am thinking about that record. Maybe I thought about it too much, and that didn\u2019t help. The way I see it, I should have had 30-plus Grand Slams.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Williams added in her essay that while she would have liked to win 30 or more Grand Slams, if she had to choose between it and her family, she would choose her daughter and husband, the co-founder of Reddit, Alexis Ohanian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cBelieve me, I never wanted to have to choose between tennis and a family. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s fair. If I were a guy, I wouldn\u2019t be writing this because I\u2019d be out there playing and winning while my wife was doing the physical labor of expanding our family.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Williams also added that she and her husband want another baby and that she didn\u2019t want to be an athlete while pregnant again. After returning to tennis after the birth of her first child, Williams suffered an injury at Wimbledon that saw her out of commission for a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cUnfortunately I wasn\u2019t ready to win Wimbledon this year. And I don\u2019t know if I will be ready to win New York,&#8221; Williams wrote in her essay. \u201cBut I\u2019m going to try.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>After Wimbledon, Williams stated when asked if she would compete again, stated it was a question she could not answer saying\u201d I don\u2019t know. &#8230; Who knows? Who knows where I\u2019ll pop up?\u201d As for her last tournament, the 23-time Grand Slam Champ said &#8220;I\u2019m not looking for some ceremonial, final on-court moment. I\u2019m terrible at goodbyes, the world\u2019s worst.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Williams and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtatennis.com\/tournaments\">WTA Tour<\/a> will be heading to Flushing Meadows in New York for the U.S. Open. An event that ranks among the top sports betting opportunities in tennis, bettors wanting to wager on its outcome will find multiple promotional offers from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/tennis\">some of the top bookmakers<\/a> in Canada. Thereafter, bettors wanting to bet on a Grand Slam will have to wait until January when the WTA arrives in Australia for the 2023 Australian Open.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tennis legend Serena Williams announced Tuesday that she will retire from tennis to focus on her family. The 23-time Grand Slam champion is expected to begin her retirement from the sport she dominated since winning her first U.S. Open in 1999, this year and t could be as soon as this month. 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