Venus Williams vows ‘I’m not done yet’ as tennis star, 44, offers retirement update
Tennis powerhouse Venus Williams says she does not plan to hang up her tennis racket just yet even though her lengthy career in professional tennis has left her with little room for anything else.
She declared: “As an athlete, as a tennis player, you’re playing 10 months a year what balance is that?”
Since going professional back in 1994, Williams has clinched seven Grand Slam singles triumphs, five of which came at Wimbledon, and even though she’s now 44, last year marked her 24th appearance at the US Open.
Her last prominent competition was at the Miami Open in March and Venus says with a laugh: “Then I took some time off the court to do all kinds of things I’m like, I need to go back to tennis so I can have some time to myself!”
When not serving aces on the court, Venus juggles roles as a savvy entrepreneur with an interior design company and Happy Viking, her very own plant-based protein shake enterprise. June saw her strutting down the catwalk during the Vogue World show in Paris flaunting a bespoke costume crafted from recycled tennis gear.
She admitted it was uncharted territory for her and noted it became “a big learning experience for me”, prompting retrospective thoughts on possible improvements.
She said: “That’s how I came up with [the idea] that, OK, I’ve got to find a moment in every day for some kind of balance, instead of waiting for this elusive moment somewhere off in the future that’s quite foggy. Well, guess what? You don’t have to wait. You can find it today.”
