VOGUE Magazine (SNN-TV) – Serena Williams says she will retire from tennis following this year’s U.S. Open.
The 23-time Grand Slam winner announced her decision today in an article in Vogue Magazine, however, she also said she didn’t like the word “retirement” and prefers to think of it as “evolution.”
Williams has 73 career singles titles and 23 career doubles titles to her name, and is widely considered one of the greatest tennis players and athletes of all time.
In the article, Williams said she wants to focus on her family saying…”These days, if I have to choose between building my tennis résumé and building my family, I choose the latter.”
If Williams can win the U.S. Open, it would tie her with Margaret Court’s record of 24 Grand Slam titles.
