How Serena Williams Changed the Game

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🗓️ 11 August 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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The word “GOAT” gets thrown around a lot, but when it comes to Serena Williams, it’s not hyperbole. From her first major in 1999 at the age of 17, to her record-breaking 23rd major in 2017 (the most in the Open Era), Serena has been synonymous with dominance. On Tuesday, Serena announced her “evolution” away from tennis in a Vogue article and plans to step away at the conclusion of this year’s US Open. ESPN Senior Writer and tennis encyclopedia Howard Bryant looks back on Serena’s legendary career one more time…before it comes to a close. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Breaking news, Serena Williams announcing on Instagram this morning that she will soon
0:08.3	retire from tennis and linking to an article she wrote in September's edition of Vogue's
0:14.2	magazine.
0:15.2	Here's what Serena wrote.
0:16.8	There comes a time in life and we have to decide to move in a different direction.
0:21.2	That time is always hard when you love something so much.
0:24.0	My goodness, do I enjoy tennis?
0:26.6	Now the countdown has begun.
0:34.3	There's never a right time to say goodbye.
0:37.2	Serena Williams proved that once again this week.
0:41.1	The greatest woman's tennis player for all time is transitioning away from her playing
0:45.4	career.
0:46.4	She's not retiring.
0:48.1	She hasn't used that word explicitly.
0:50.7	But Serena did reveal we'll be seeing her much less.
0:54.5	Because the 40-year-old turns her focus away from the court and forward her growing family.
1:00.9	So today, ESPN's senior writer and tennis encyclopedia, Howard Bryant unpacked Serena's
1:08.4	farewell message and helps us look back on an athlete, a trailblazer, a career that
1:14.8	is truly like no other.
1:17.5	I'm Emily Kaplan, in for Pablo Torre.
1:21.8	Next Thursday, August 11, this is ESPN Daily.
1:36.1	Do you know what we mean when we say tap to pay?
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