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American tennis great Serena Williams<\/a> has announced her retirement from the sport in an opinion piece<\/a> overnight, teasing that the “countdown has begun” for her on-court career. Throughout her long career, Williams has earned 23 grand slam singles titles and 14 grand slam doubles titles alongside her sister, Venus Williams.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have never liked the word retirement,\u201d she wrote. \u201cMaybe the best word to describe what I\u2019m up to is evolution. I\u2019m here to tell you that I\u2019m evolving away from tennis, toward other things that are important to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Williams is hoping to expand her small family after giving birth to Alexis Olympia in 2017. The 40-year-old also sits at the helm of her capitalist company Serena Ventures. \u201cI never wanted to have to choose between tennis and a family. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s fair,\u201d she continued. \u201cIf I were a guy, I wouldn\u2019t be writing this because I\u2019d be out there playing and winning while my wife was doing the physical labor of expanding our family.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Williams turned professional at the age of 14 in 1995 and won her very first grand slam title at the US Open in 1999. She has enjoyed one of the longest careers in the sport, sitting just behind her 42-year-old sister. Tennis has seen a mass exodus of famed athletes in recent years including wheelchair champion Dylan Alcott, 26-year-old Australian star Ashleigh Barty and 32-year-old Danish player, Caroline Wozniacki.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no happiness in this topic for me,\u201d she wrote. \u201cI know it\u2019s not the usual thing to say, but I feel a great deal of pain. It\u2019s the hardest thing that I could ever imagine. I hate it. I hate that I have to be at this crossroads. I keep saying to myself, I wish it could be easy for me, but it\u2019s not. I\u2019m torn: I don\u2019t want it to be over, but at the same time I\u2019m ready for what\u2019s next.\u201d<\/p>\n

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It is not known exactly when Williams will retire. She is currently competing at the US Open with many experts believing it may be her last tournament. 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