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.