Serena Williams ended her impressive tennis career after losing to Ajla Tomljanovic in the third round of the US Open 2022. The 23-time Grand Slam winner later announced her plans after her WTA career.
Tomlyanovich defeated Serena 7-5, 6-7(4), 6-1 in three hours and five minutes of play.
Serena Williams announced that after the end of her tennis career, she will devote herself to family life
Serena Williams announced that after finishing her career in tennis, she wants to devote herself to raising her daughter Olympia (5).
“I am ready to become a mother, to explore another version of Serena. Technically, I’m still very young, so I want to enjoy life while I can still walk.
To begin with, I want to rest and spend time with my daughter. I was with her almost every day of her life.
And my career was difficult for her. Therefore, it will be nice to spend time with her and do what we did not have time to do. My future is so bright.
Tennis has taken such a place in my life that I cannot imagine not playing this sport. I still don’t know how.
But he gave me so much, I experienced so many incredible moments thanks to tennis, that I can’t imagine my future without tennis. But in what way? I have no idea” – Serena Williamsat the end of the game with Ayla Tomlyanovych.
Serena Williams and her incredible tennis career
Serena leaves tennis with an impressive dowry of 23 Grand Slam titles.
In total, she spent 319 weeks in the first position in the WTA hierarchy (between 2002-2017), and collected 73 titles during her career.
Serena Williams finished her career with 858 wins and 156 losses.
He collected more than 94 million dollars from tennis prizes alone.
Serena Williams and the Grand Slam titles
During an impressive career, Serena collected 23 major titles. One less than Margaret Court, but also one more than the legendary Steffi Graf.
The American won seven times at the Australian Open (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2017), three times at Roland Garros (2002, 2013, 2015), seven times at Wimbledon (2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016) and six times at the US Open (1999, 2002, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014).
He also won Olympic gold four times: Sydney 2000 (doubles), Beijing 2008 (doubles), London 2012 (singles) and London 2012 (doubles).
Ranking of Grand Slam titles
1 24 Margaret Court
2 Serena Williams 23
3 Steffi Graf 22
4 Helen Wills Moody 19
5 Chris Evert / Martina Navratilova 18 etc.
Source: Hot News RO
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