news365 Serena Williams, one of the greatest tennis players of all time, revealed in a magazine essay published Tuesday her intentions to step away from the sport after the U.S. Open.
The 40-year-old will walk away from the sport with 23 Grand Slam titles – the most in the Open Era and second most all-time behind Margaret Court. She will get one more chance to tie the court’s record. She lost in the first round of Wimbledon earlier in the summer.
“I’ve been reluctant to admit to myself or anyone else that I have to move on from playing tennis. Alexis, my husband, and I have hardly talked about it; it’s like a taboo topic,” Williams wrote in Vogue magazine.
