‘Serena Williams had reconnected with herself’, says top coach

Serena Williams is unable to pronounce the word “retirement.” Months have passed since her last match, when she was defeated in the third round of the US Open by Ajla Tomjalnovic, after having played a Slam tournament above expectations, especially from a physical point of view. One last dance at home that ended her career, even if the 23-time Grand Slam champion can’t put it into the right words. “I feel like, for me, retirement is too big a word for someone my age,” Serena Williams said in an interview with “CBS Mornings. “And I was like, ‘Um, I don’t think that really suits me. ‘ Anyway, I can’t fit into certain patterns or parameters. Ever. I just need to get out of it. I just need an arm out of these concepts, or a leg. Something”. For the youngest of the Williams sisters, it is not the first time that she has made this type of statement, in which she emphasizes that hers is not so much the end of a chapter, that of her tennis career, as an evolution: something that she wanted to underline in the last interview he gave. “I’m definitely evolving,” he added in the interview with the American television show – “Because I feel that when you retire it’s different. You put on the gloves or the shovel or the racket or whatever, or the computer, and then you relax . And you go and basically take over your life. And that’s not what I’m doing.” On the future that awaits her, the former world number one explained her plan on her Twitter months ago: “Right now I allow myself to be tired, relax and be alone sometimes. It’s harder than I ever imagined. I have never allowed myself to do something like this before.” Serena Williams is devoted to her daughter and her family. The winner of 23 Grand Slam titles is focused on enjoying her time beyond tennis, but also on continuing to succeed in her business.

The evolution of Serena Williams

Patrick Mouratoglou and Serena Williams had a long and successful partnership. “I say to myself, ‘That’s it, I’ve won, she’s going to into that court and smash it.’ And she loses. Honestly, I’m really surprised, I feel like I’ve lost. As I always take credit for the wins and the losses and here I failed,” he said. “However, the next day she call me and we speak,” he continued. I hang up and say to the academy director who I was with, ‘Serena is Back. This is it. She’s going to win Wimbledon. That’s for sure’. And she wins Wimbledon, no surprises. She had reconnected with herself.”