serena williams: I am not retired: Serena Williams

Serena Williams said on Monday that she has not retired from tennis and the chances of her return are “very high” as she previously indicated she would be pulling out of the sport after last month’s US Open.

“I’m not retired,” Williams told a conference in San Francisco while promoting her investment company, Serena Ventures.

“(The chances of return) are very high. You can come to my house, I have a court.”

Williams, 41, said she was “getting away from tennis” in an essay in August and, while she did not confirm the US Open as her farewell event, she was given grand tributes before each match in New York and a Said emotional goodbye. lost in the third round

The 23-time Grand Slam champion, who took the tennis world by storm as a teenager and is regarded as the greatest of all time, said it was not natural for her not to prepare for the tournament after the US Open.

“I still haven’t really thought about[retirement],” Williams said.

“But I woke up the other day and got on the court and (supposedly) for the first time in my life that I’m not playing for a competition, and it felt really weird.

“It was like the first day of the rest of my life and I’m enjoying it, but I’m still trying to find that balance.”

Originally published at Pen 18