Serena Williams\u00a0is moving on from the sport she\u2019s dominated for decades — the superstar just announced she\u2019s \u201cevolving away\u201d from tennis after the U.S. Open.<\/p>\n
The 40-year-old shared the news in an essay with\u00a0Vogue<\/a>\u00a0last Tuesday, saying it\u2019s time to move on and focus on other challenges like raising a family and business ventures off the court. Williams said, \u201cI\u2019m terrible at goodbyes, the world\u2019s worst. But please know that I am more grateful for you than I can ever express in words. You have carried me to so many wins and so many trophies.\u201d<\/p>\n She continued, \u201cI\u2019m going to miss that version of me, that girl who played tennis. And I\u2019m going to miss you.\u201d Serena currently has 23 individual Grand Slams and 14 in doubles alongside her sister,\u00a0Venus. She won her most recent singles title while two months pregnant in 2017.<\/p>\n Serena is one of the greatest ever to do it and has forever changed the sport of tennis since making her debut in 1995. In fact, she is the highest-earning female athlete of all time and was ranked 31st on Forbes\u2019 list of top earnings among all pros in 2022 with $45.3 million.<\/p>\n Her off-court ventures have proven to be just as successful. In 2009, Serena and Venus became minority owners of the Miami Dolphins, making them the first black women to hold any ownership of an NFL team. Serena is also one of the owners of the Angel City FC soccer team. Earlier this year, she committed millions in hopes of helping a big do buy Chelsea FC in London.<\/p>\n Recently, Williams started Serena Ventures, which raised $111 million in outside funding this year.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A post shared by Serena Williams (@serenawilliams)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n