SERENA WILLIAMS REVEALS SHE’S “EVOLVING AWAY FROM TENNIS”
Written by Ballzer on August 11, 2022
Like she’s done her whole life, Serena Williams is doing it on her own terms, this time stepping away from playing tennis professionally. In her recent Vogue essay, she writes, “I’m torn: I don’t want it to be over, but at the same time I’m ready for what’s next.”
“I have never liked the word retirement. It doesn’t feel like a modern word to me. I’ve been thinking of this as a transition, but I want to be sensitive about how I use that word, which means something very specific and important to a community of people. Maybe the best word to describe what I’m up to is evolution. I’m here to tell you that I’m evolving away from tennis, toward other things that are important to me. A few years ago I quietly started Serena Ventures, a venture capital firm. Soon after that, I started a family. I want to grow that family.”
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