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Serena Williams announces retirement from tennis
<h4><span style="font-size: 20px;">Serena Williams, an American tennis player, has announced that she would retire following the US Open.</span></h4>
<p><span style="font-size: 20px;">Serena Williams made this disclosure in a heartfelt message on Tuesday.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 20px;">The 40-year-old said, “I’m here to tell you that I’m evolving away from tennis, toward other things that are important to me.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 20px;">“But I’ve been reluctant to admit to myself or anyone else that I have to move on from playing tennis. Alexis, my husband, and I have hardly talked about it; it’s like a taboo topic.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 20px;">“I can’t even have this conversation with my mom and dad. It’s like it’s not real until you say it out loud. It comes up, I get an uncomfortable lump in my throat, and I start to cry. The only person I’ve really gone there with is my therapist</span></p>