Serena Williams was diagnosed with a lump on her neck in May. After a thorough examination, she decides to have an operation.
Tennis legend Serena Williams has had to undergo neck surgery. As the American announced on Tik-Tok, a cyst the size of a small grapefruit was removed from her.
As the former tennis star explained, the lump found on her neck was diagnosed back in May. She then underwent an MRI scan. “I was informed that it was a brachial cyst,” Williams wrote under the video. On the advice of doctors, she initially decided against surgery, but the cyst “continued to grow”.
After further tests, including a biopsy, her doctors recommended surgery because the cyst could have become infected or worse, leaked,” said Williams.
The record Grand Slam winner then posted a video of herself from the hospital and wrote: “I am so grateful and happy that everything worked out and, above all, that I am healthy.”
Williams misses Nadal’s retirement
In a separate post on X, she said she was “still recovering but getting better. Health always comes first.” She also mentioned that she missed Rafael Nadal’s retirement while undergoing treatment for the cyst.
The Spanish tennis star announced his retirement from tennis on October 10th.
Williams record holder with 23 Grand Slam victories
Williams holds the women’s record for 23 Grand Slam singles titles. She won another 14 in doubles with her older sister Venus. Serena spent more than 300 weeks at No. 1 in the WTA rankings and collected four Olympic gold medals.
