By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Monday, August 7, 2023
Tennis is a sport for a lifetime and Venus Williams continues having the time of her life taking part in.
The 43-year-old celebrity just lately shared a retirement revelation.
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Venus says she’s already retired…from doubles.
Responding to followers’ questions on her YouTube Channel, Williams was requested if she’ll play blended doubles on the US Open with buddy Reilly Opelka.
That prompted a Venus revelation: She’s already retired from doubles.
“It will be two huge serves and that might be a variety of enjoyable,” Venus says of blending it up with Opelka. “However I believe Reilly ought to deal with the singles and I am truly retired in doubles.
“I hold saying it and nobody believes me.”
The four-time Olympic gold medal champion provided a easy motive for her doubles retirement: While you’ve spent your profession partnering the GOAT, it may well’t get any higher.
“I’ve seen the mountain high, I’ve performed with one of the best, I performed with Serena and it does not get significantly better than that,” Venus mentioned. “And as a lot as I would like to play with a number of individuals, together with certainly one of my associates Reilly, I believe I’ve achieved all of it in doubles.”
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