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serena williams has denied claims that she is considering a return to professional tennis.
after athletic This information was given on Tuesday Williams name Appeared again in the latest list of players in the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA)’s registered testing pool, former tennis pro – who retires in 2022 – was forced to address rumors of a comeback.
Hours after the report ran, Williams posted on Instagram, “Oh my god, I’m not coming back. This wildfire is terrifying.”
He did not clarify in the post whether his name was on the list or not, nor why it would be.
Independent Representatives for Williams have been contacted for comment.
23 time Grand Slam champion Announced in 2022 Personal Essay Published in circulation He She will retire from tennis She parted ways with her husband, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, after that year’s US Open to focus on their family.
“Believe me, I never wanted to choose between tennis and family,” she wrote at the time. “I don’t think that’s fair. If I were a guy, I wouldn’t be writing this because I’d be out there playing and winning while my wife was doing manual labor to raise our family.
“Don’t get me wrong: I love being a woman and I’ve loved every moment of being pregnant with Olympia… but I’m turning 41 this month and something has to give.”
Elsewhere in the op-edWilliams has spoken openly about not liking to use the word “retirement”.
She wrote at the time, “It doesn’t seem like a modern word to me… Probably the best word to describe what I’m doing is evolution.” “I’m here to tell you that I’m moving away from tennis toward other things that are important to me.”
The sporting legend also opened up about how painful the idea of retiring was for her, adding that it was “the hardest thing I could ever imagine.”
“I hate it. I hate that I have to live at this crossroads… But these days, if I have to choose between building my tennis resume and building my family, I choose the latter.”
Williams has won seven Wimbledon titles, seven Australian Opens, six US Opens and three French Opens. He also has four Olympic gold medals. Together with her older sister Venus Williams, she has dominated tennis for most of the last 25 years.
Fans were disappointed to see Williams potentially return to the tennis circuit, as many commented under her ex’s post that they hoped she would change her mind and eventually return.
“And it’s up to you to believe, but I know you got another grand slam out there,” one person wrote on X, while another agreed, writing, “You got our hopes up for a minute.”
“Why not? We love you,” a third person wrote.