Serena Williams tennis playerwho is currently competing in the Toronto tournament, explained that he does not like to use the word withdrawal and that you have been thinking about this “transition” that you prefer to describe as “evolution”.
“I am here to say that I am evolving from tennis to other things that are more important to me,” he wrote. the 40-year-old tennis playerwhich among the reasons she gives highlights her desire to become a mother again.
Williams He has a daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr., who was born on September 1, 2017, after a complicated delivery in which she suffered a pulmonary embolism.
The tennis player, considered the best in history and who will turn 41 at the end of September, confessed that Olympia wants a sister and that “sometimes, before going to bed, she prays to Jehovah to bring her a sister. (She does not want a boy at all!) ”.
Serena Williams, who yesterday won her first match in more than a year by defeating the Spanish Nuria Párrizas Díaz at the Toronto Masters, added that if she were a man she would not have had the need to write her letter.
“I would be there playing and winning while my wife is doing the physical work of expanding our family. Maybe he would have been more of a Tom Brady (American football star) if he had had that opportunity. And don’t get me wrong: I love being a woman and loved every second of Olympia’s pregnancy,” she added.
She also recognized that, unlike other athletes who left tennis when they felt it was their time, his withdrawal from competition does not suppose a personal joy and feels “a big pain” for having to choose between his professional career and his personal life.
“I love to win. I love to battle. I love to entertain. I’m not sure all the players see it that way but I love the acting aspect, being able to entertain people week after week,” he continued.
Though Williams did not explicitly state that she will retire after the US Open.which starts on August 29 in New York, did say that he will try to win it and that he does not want a final goodbye moment on the track.
The tennis player ended her letter in an emotional way, thanking the fans for the support they have given her.
“Please let them know that I am more grateful than you will ever be able to express in words. They have pushed me to so many wins and so many trophies. I’m going to miss that version of me, that girl who played tennis. I’m going to miss them”, she finished her writing.
Serena Williams He became a professional tennis player at age 14. She has won 23 Grand Slam tournaments.
Williamswho began her professional career in 1995 and is the sister of fellow tennis player Venus WilliamsHe won his first singles title, the US Open, in 1999.
In 2002 he won his first Roland Garros by precisely defeating his sister Venus, and that same year he won his first Wimbledon.
Serena Williams He has won the Australian Open seven times, another seven Wimbledon times, six US Opens and three Roland Garros.
