I’m ready to be a mom, explore a different version of Serena.” “It takes a lot of work to get here,” she said, fighting back more tears. She’s ready to build her family, to leave tennis in the past. Williams has not ruled out ever playing again, but as she sat inside Interview Room 1 at Ashe late Friday, she emphasized again what she has said before.
VENUS WILLIAMS MIC DROP PROFESSIONAL
She played her first qualifier for a professional tournament in 1995, her first main-draw match two years later, and won her first grand slam as a 17-year-old at the US Open in 1999.Īlong with Venus, she changed the sport of tennis forever. Many followers of tennis do not know a world in which Williams isn’t a dominant figure in the game. The day that Williams, after a quarter of a century of domination, said farewell to tennis, a sport she has helped to define.
It wasn’t the mic-drop, record-equalling 24th major singles title ending she had dreamed of, but this week has still been a thrilling New York goodbye, and her departure will be remembered as one of the most significant dates in tennis history. Open - 9,806 days later - she played what could be her last, the final, glorious moments of a career that netted 23 Grand Slam singles titles. She became the most devastating force in the history of women’s tennis, the inspiration for a generation and a model for a new type of champion, and on Friday night, at the U.S. She was Venus Williams’ younger sister then. 28, 1995, when she was 14, a loss to a teenager named Annie Miller. Williams’ first professional match came on Oct. Tom Brady hadn’t yet thrown a TD in college. Longevity? At the time of her first U.S Open match, LeBron James hadn’t yet played high school basketball. Premier talent? Ranked number 1 player in the world for 319 weeks with 186 of those being consecutive weeks.ĭesire to win? Just watch her fight back from the jaws of defeat countless times. This generation throws around the word greatness far too often, and rarely ever in a deserving manner.Īfter all true greatness takes premier skill, matched with an unparalleled desire to win, all while withstanding Father Time.
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