from overreacting to allergens with a non-drowsy, ultra-lightweight mist. psst. psst. flonase. all good! let the serena williams farewell tour begin. this week, the 40 year old revealed in vogue that the upcoming u.s. open will likely be her last professional tennis tournament. williams is not framing her exit as retirement, but rather, as an evolution, and evolution that we ll see our focus on building her family and her brand. the day after her announcement, she fought back tears at the toronto open. yeah, it was a lot of emotions, obviously, i love playing here. i ve always loved playing here. like i said in my article, i am terrible at goodbyes. but goodbye! serena williams has dominated the tennis world for decades. she has won 23 grand slam singles titles, four gold medals, and tens of millions of dollars of prize money. there is a reason she s often
call one eight hundred, eight million farewell tour begin. this week the 40 role revealed in vogue, that the upcoming u.s. open will likely be her last professional tennis experiment. williams is not afraid of her exit as a retirement, but as an evolution. and evolution that will see her focus on building her family and her brand. the day after her announcement, she fought back tears at the toronto it was a lot of emotions obviously. i love playing here, i ve always loved playing here. like i said in my article, i m terrible at goodbyes. but goodbye. serena williams has dominated the tennis world for decades. she has won 23 grand slam singles titles, and tens of millions of dollars in prize money.
singles titles for with gold medals, and tens of millions of dollars of prize money. there is a reason she s often called the goat, greatest of all time. she s unparalleled in her sport, and there are no qualifiers about gender or race when we say that. she is the best. serena and venus williams, not only became the face of a sport predominantly seen before as a white man s game, but they also paved the way for, and inspired current tennis stars, like coco gauff and melanie osaka. it remains to be seen whether serena will close out her career at the u.s. open, but one thing certain, she will leave it all on the court, like she always has. thank you for making time for us. until we meet again, i am charles blow. goodnight. kids, one year they want all dinosaurs stuff the next, camels. - llamas. - llamas.
at this point in your career or your life, what is it that continues to drive you or keeps you hungry in the sport? i don t know. i guess there s a lot that s the last thing before we go tonight, the g.o.a.t.. tennis superstar serena williams revealed today she will be hanging up her racket sometime after the u.s. open here in new york. but she does not call it retiring. instead, she wrote the following invoke. i am here to tell you that i m evolving away from tennis, toward other things that are important to me. a few years ago, i quietly started serena ventures, venture capital firm. soon after that, i started a family. i want to grow that family. the 42 year old has won 23 grand slam singles titles, her first when she was just 17 years old at the 1999 u.s. open. and most recently, 2017, when
a taliban sniper, a british army interpreter, a youtuber, let s remind ourselves what serena williams has achieved. 23 grand slam singles titles the most of any woman in the open era 39 combined major titles in singles, doubles and mixed doubles. four olympic gold medals in singles and doubles, 186 consecutive weeks at number one, a joint record with chris evert, and $94 million in prize money. i m shattered even thinking about it. the tennis journalist stephanie myles is in montreal. what a superstar. she s an icon. to all of those what a superstar. she s an icon. to all of those things. what a superstar. she s an icon. to all of those things. we what a superstar. she s an icon. to all of those things. we never i what a superstar. she s an icon. to| all of those things. we never really got to know the real she reaches us either as a woman, or a mother, as a black woman, as a