How athletes are redefining retirement

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

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Talk Show, News, Npr, Daily, On Point

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🗓️ 25 August 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

After 23 Grand Slam singles and 27 years on tour, Serena Williams says this U.S. Open will be her last.

Williams says she’s “evolving away from tennis.”

But what does that mean for athletes who have dedicated their lives to pursuing greatness in a sport? William C. Rhoden and Kensa Gunter join Kimberly Atkins Stohr.

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0:33.3	I would like to also thank my dad, my mom, because there have been great parents and all my
0:37.5	sisters and the support.
0:39.6	And this is the crowd.
0:49.6	Ladies and gentlemen, in 1999, you are so good.
0:53.4	Wimbledon singles champion, Serena Williams.
1:00.0	Since her first grand slam title at the 1999 US Open, when she was 17 years old, Serena
1:07.2	Williams has been one of the most dominant tennis players in the history of the sport.
1:12.4	She claimed an open era record of 23 grand slam singles titles spent 319 weeks as the number
1:20.4	one player in the world and became undoubtedly the greatest women's tennis player the sport
1:26.7	has known.
1:28.2	Earlier this month, after 27 years on tour, Serena Williams announced her plan to retire
1:34.3	after the US Open or as she put it, she's evolving away from tennis.
1:40.1	She spoke about that in Meghan Markle's new podcast, Archetypes.
1:44.1	I don't like the word retirement because it has like, I don't like it for me in this
1:48.2	scenario because I will never retire from something that you absolutely love.
1:53.5	I will always have some sort of involvement and it won't be professionally, but I will
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