Serena Williams Says She Spent Her Weekend Sleeping After Likely Final Match: 'How Was Your Weekend?'

Serena Williams is thinking about pulling a Tom Brady.

Serena Williams could follow in Tom Brady's footsteps when it comes to her assumed retirement from tennis. The 40-year-old professional athlete previously expressed her intention to step away from the sport she's been playing since childhood. But on Tuesday's, host Fallon asks Williams if she'd consider «pulling a Tom Brady.» The football legend announced he was retiring in January 2022 only to come out of retirement 39 days later. «You know what, Tom Brady started an amazing trend,» Williams teases, laughing. «That's what I'm going to say.» Williams made her announcement in an essay for 's September 2022 issue.«When it came out, I was actually relieved, and I didn't expect to feel that way.

Serena Williams may have retired from professional tennis, but she's still serving aces on the runway! The tennis legend opened the  World runway show on Monday wearing a custom Balenciaga tank dress with a silver laminated jersey cape. Four young ball girls wearing white tennis dresses accompanied the  cover star down the runway, sporting tennis rackets to accessorize. As Williams walked down the runway, a recording of her voice from an interview with NBC about the 2000 Wimbledon match tournament played, saying, «I want people to remember me as the girl who changed tennis or just was able to bring something new to the game.»A post shared by Vogue (@voguemagazine) World: New York was inspired by the global theme of 's September issue and in celebration of the title's 130th anniversary.

Michelle Obama praised Serena Williams as “one of the greatest athletes of all time” as the tennis superstar played what was likely to be her final professional match. The former first lady led tributes to her friend and her “amazing career,” saying she would go on to “transform lives” with her talents. Famous faces including Oprah Winfrey, Jennifer Hudson and Tiger Woods also hailed Williams as a “legend forever”.

, the shed “happy tears” while talking about her family in her post-match interview on September 2. "Thank you, Daddy. I know you're watching," she said of her father, Richard Williams, according to .

Serena Williams' loss in the third round of the U.S. Open on Friday night at Arthur Ashe Stadium likely marked the end of her tennis career.The 40-year-old superstar announced back in August her intention to retire from the sport, and while she didn't officially use that word, she did share that she is «evolving away from tennis.»«I’m here to tell you that I’m evolving away from tennis, toward other things that are important to me,» Williams shared in a first-person account published in 's September 2022 issue. «A few years ago, I quietly started Serena Ventures, a venture capital firm.

Serena Williams dropped her third-round U.S. Open match to Ajla Tomljanović, likely bringing an end to her storied career.

via Twitter. "Congrats on an amazing career, (at)SerenaWilliams. How lucky were we to be able to watch a young girl from Compton grow up to become one of the greatest athletes of all time.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Serena Williams, considered by many to be the greatest women’s tennis player ever, is also the GOAT on Twitter among female athletes. Williams was defeated by Ajla Tomlijanovic of Australia during their women’s singles third-round match Friday at the 2022 U.S. Open. The loss likely marks the end of Williams’ 27-year tennis career, as she earlier this month said she planned to retire after playing in the U.S. Open. “It’s been the most incredible ride and journey I’ve ever been on in my life,” an emotional Williams said in an on-court interview after the match, which was broadcast on ESPN.

Serena Williams has seemingly ended her professional tennis career.

Serena Williams dropped her third-round U.S. Open match to Ajla Tomljanović, likely bringing an end to her storied career.Tomljanović needed a little over three hours Friday night at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing, New York to defeat Williams 7-5, 6-7(4), 6-1 to advance to the round of 16.

The end came suddenly for Serena Williams in tonight’s US Open singles match. But she battled until the last. Now the question remains if we have seen the last of one of the greatest women’s tennis players of all-time.

Sign up to our new free Indy100 weekly newsletterThe Vogue editor is a known lover of tennis and helped Williams announce her transition away from tennis in last month’s magazine issue. Euphoria actress Zendaya was in the stands at the Arthur Ashe Stadium cheering Serena on in her game against Anett Kontaveit.

Serena Williams has a lot of supporters, including some of the greatest athletes in the world. The 40-year-old star is playing her last US Open, and nobody wants to miss the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of seeing her playing before she retires.Serena, who has a 27-years-long professional tennis career, has been cheered by many, most recently by golf legend Tiger Woods.

Serena Williams is on fire! After beating Danka Kovinic 6-3 in her first match at the US Open on Monday, the tennis professional beat Anett Kontaveit after three sets. The first set was close for Williams, who only beat her by one point, 7-6. But Kovinic came back ready for vengeance, winning the set 6-2.Williams put the second set behind her, and came back hard for the third, resetting and taking the final round 6-2.

Tiger Woods couldn’t contain his excitement as he watched Serena Williams defeat Estonia's Anett Kontaveit during the second round of the US Open -- and he wasn't the only famous face in attendance to watch her at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Wednesday.While the 46-year-old professional golfer sat in Williams’ personal box at the tournament alongside her sister, Venus Williams, and his girlfriend, Erica Herman, other celebs, including Anna Wintour, Zendaya, and Anthony Anderson, watched from elsewhere at the venue.The most important people in attendance for Serena, however, were her husband, Alexis Ohanian, and their daughter, Olympia, who continued to prove they are her biggest supporters.

Serena Williams is a tennis pro with friends in very high places. The sporting legend, 40, boasts Meghan Markle among her close friends and the pair even posed with Serena’s four year old daughter Olympia for a snap. It’s no surprise then that whenever the tennis star has a match, her box and the front row of the game is full of A-listers from the worlds of fashion, beauty and sports.

There’s a reason they call her the Greatest Of All Time.