The tennis icon obtained a standing ovation as she wiped away tears after shedding to Switzerland's Belinda Bencic in straight units.
Serena Williams wiped away tears after shedding her match on the Canadian Open on Wednesday, August 10, doubtless marking her final time competing within the event. The tennis icon, 40, who introduced she could be retiring in a latest Vogue article, obtained a standing ovation at Toronto’s Sobeys Stadium after shedding to Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic, the world No. 12 seed, in straight units. “It’s simply been so memorable,” Serena advised the gang after the sport. “As I mentioned within the article, I’m horrible at goodbyes. However goodbye, Toronto.”
Throughout her unbelievable profession, Serena received the Canadian Open twice. “I like taking part in right here, I’ve at all times liked taking part in right here. I want I may have performed higher however Belinda performed so effectively right this moment,” Serena defined. “It’s been an fascinating 24 hours. In any case, that is what it's. I used to be actually blissful to be out right here right this moment and play in entrance of you guys, thanks for the assist.”
The 23-time Grand Slam winner is predicted to play subsequent on the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, adopted by the U.S. Open, which she steered could be her final event within the Vogue article.
Within the piece revealed on Tuesday, August 9, Serena mentioned she by no means favored the phrase “retirement,” because it didn’t really feel like a “fashionable” time period. “I’ve been pondering of this as a transition, however I wish to be delicate about how I take advantage of that phrase, which implies one thing very particular and vital to a group of individuals,” she wrote. “Possibly one of the best phrase to explain what I’m as much as is evolution. I’m right here to inform you that I’m evolving away from tennis, towards different issues which can be vital to me.”
Serena went on to say that she made troublesome resolution to decide out of competitors to concentrate on her household. She and her husband, Alexis Ohanian, who share four-year-old daughter, Olympia Ohanian, wish to add to their rising brood. “Today, if I've to decide on between constructing my tennis resume and constructing my household, I select the latter,” Serena concluded within the article. As well as, she needs to broaden her enterprise capital agency, Serena Ventures.