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Savannah Guthrie Had an awkward interaction serena williams on Wednesday’s show today The program also asked the tennis star if it was possible to return to the court.
In this episode, Guthrie addresses a rumor from last month that claimed Williams is coming back. Williams responded via X at the time that she would not return to the court.
“Recently – please tell me if I’m not wrong – you were back in the drug testing pool, which some people saw as a precursor to a return to tennis,” Guthrie asked Williams on the show. “So you know I have to ask, will you ever return to professional tennis?”
Williams immediately confronted Guthrie, saying, “I mean, really? Are you asking that online?” today exhibit? Oh my gosh. ” The two continued to argue, with Guthrie egging on the former athlete and Williams dodging the question.
“Is this a ‘no’?” Guthrie asked, and the camera crew started laughing as Williams repeated the question to her.
They both laughed before Williams provided more details about her current reality. “I’m just enjoying life right now,” she said, which Guthrie interpreted as “not a ‘yes’ or a ‘no.'”
“I just wanted to see what would happen,” Williams responded.
“That’s a ‘maybe’ to me!” Guthrie interjected before the former tennis pro closed the comments.
last month, Competitor reported that Williams’ name comes up again In a testing pool registered with the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA). The former tennis pro, who is set to retire in 2022, was forced to respond to the rumors in a social media post.
“OMG I’m not coming back. This wildfire is crazy,” Williams posted on X hours after the report was released. She did not clarify in her post whether or why her name was on the list.
Guthrie mentioned this to Williams again today, Pressed: “Okay, but you did re-enter.” Williams responded that she “can’t discuss it.”
Guthrie again tried to coax Williams into answering, saying, “Well, I’m just saying, if I want to put this to rest, this would be a good time. To put the retirement rumors to rest.”
Williams simply replied: “I want to sleep. It’s still early.”
At the end of the interview, Guthrie asked the tennis legend if he was “angry” with her, to which Williams replied “no.”
During her career, Williams won seven Wimbledon titles, seven Australian Open titles, six U.S. Open titles and three French Open titles. She also has four Olympic gold medals. Along with sister Venus Williams, they have dominated the tennis world for much of the past 25 years.