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Williams has said she is ‘evolving away from tennis, toward other things that are important to me’

LOS ANGELES — During coverage of the 2005 French Open, tennis commentator Mary Carillo famously shared an essay in which she pointed out the similarities between winning on clay and winning at life. The piece was called "I want my kids to be clay courters."

‘It was a very long process, but it was so worth it,’ tennis star says

A tearful Serena Williams said she is “terrible at goodbyes”, as the first stop of her farewell tour ended in defeat at the Canadian Open.

Serena Williams wore her game face when she stepped out into the stadium for her first match since telling the world she is ready to leave professional tennis. Greeted by a standing ovation, the 23-time Grand Slam champion didn’t smile. She didn’t wave. She took a sip from a plastic…

Williams’ retirement is sure to be a major storyline when the US Open begins later this month

Tennis icon Serena Williams, the 23-time Grand Slam champion, played her final match at the National Bank Open in Toronto - a tournament she has won on three occasions - amid her retirement announcement

The 23-time grand slam champion is set to retire from tennis following the US Open later this month

Serena showed Black girls like my daughters that they have to be confident and proud of themselves, because the larger society is not always going to encourage their Black Girl Magic

It was the Olympic champion’s second win over Williams at the tournament, following a semi-final victory in 2015.

Williams’s career is coming to an end before it would if she were a male player, simply because she must choose between tennis and having more children