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On Monday, Serena Williams played her opening round match at the tournament in Toronto. She won in straight sets, making it her first match win in more than a year. Then on Tuesday, her Vogue cover came out, and in the essay, she revealed that she would retire from tennis at the US Open. Making Toronto, Cincinnati and New York her final tournaments. Wednesday night, Serena came out on court and played her second-round match. She lost in straight sets. The tournament organizers gave her some time on court to talk about her retirement. She started crying. Everyone cried. It is super-emotional!
There’s a lot of talk about “what will tennis look like without Serena” but honestly… looking back on the past five years, she’s been preparing us. We knew that Serena wouldn’t play indefinitely forever. After her injury at the 2021 Wimbledon, she was gone from the tour for almost a full year. Before that, she was only playing a handful of events. It’s been a slow goodbye, almost as if she was getting her fans used to the idea that she wasn’t going to be around. I love her for wanting to do some final tournaments as a last hurrah and a way to say goodbye. But damn it, this hurts. You can tell that Serena is really in her feelings about retirement too.
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