After playing for more than 20 years, Serena Williams wrote in an essay for Vogue that she is “evolving away from tennis.” Williams has won four Olympic Gold medals and 23 individual Grand Slams.
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in the meantime back here at home tonight and to tennis great Serena Williams her life-changing decision her very personal reveal in her own words [Applause] a 23-time grand slam Champion winning four Olympic gold medals those 23 Grand Slams 319 weeks as the number one player tonight Serena Williams announcing she’s moving on evolving is the word she used in an essay for Vogue writing I have never liked the word retirement it doesn’t feel like a modern word to me I’ve been thinking of this as a transition maybe the best word to describe what I’m up to is evolution I’m evolving away from tennis toward other things that are important to me this week securing the win in Toronto hinting at a new chapter I don’t know I’m getting closer to the light so let’s playing though it’s no no it’s like I can’t do this forever sometimes you just want to try your best to enjoy the moments and do the best that you can it’s been an extraordinary run this is what Serena said when she was just 11. I like to be a tennis player if you were a tennis player who would you want to be like we all like other people to be like me following her big sister Venus studying her wins her losses and then earning her own Spotlight her first Grand Slam win the U.S opened at just 17 becoming the first African-American woman to win a championship in more than 40 years her last championship win the 2017 Australian Open which she won while two months pregnant with her daughter Olympia tonight Serena now saying growing her family is her new priority writing if I have to choose between building my tennis resume and building my family I choose the latter profound words from Serena Williams tonight of course will be cheering around at the U.S open hi everyone George Stephanopoulos here thanks for checking out the ABC News YouTube channel if you’d like to get more videos show highlights and watch live event coverage click on the right over here to subscribe to our Channel and don’t forget to download the ABC News app for breaking news alerts thanks for watching