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Serena Williams Makes Major Announcement; Credits GLP-1s For Her Comeback

How Men Think

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Relationships, Sexuality, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.41.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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44-year-old tennis legend Serena Williams is getting back on the grass! Williams announced today she will be returning to tennis one week from today on June 8th at the HSBC Championships in London, considered a warm up to Wimbledon. She will be playing doubles with partner 19-year-old Victoria Mboko from Canada. Williams credits GLP-1 weight loss drugs for allowing her comeback, saying losing the weight, eased the joint pain that forced her to stop playing competitively four years ago.

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.5

Guaranteed Human.

0:06.0

Hey there, folks.

0:07.1

It is Monday, June 1st, and I don't know a whole lot about GLP1s.

0:13.8

But they right now, my favorite drug out there on the market.

0:17.9

Because from what I'm told, it made it possible for one of my favorite

0:23.0

athletes of all time to come out of retirement. And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy

0:30.2

and T.J. Serena's back. Serena is back and she in large part credits these drugs. She does.

0:38.3

She, and this is amazing news.

0:39.9

By the way, Serena is 44 years old.

0:42.9

She has an 8-year-old and a 2-year-old, and she is serving because this is so inspirational

0:49.9

for women everywhere, because, yeah, especially when it comes to athletic endeavors most women are

0:56.4

considered too old to compete once you get into your 30s and 40s she's 44 and look obviously

1:04.2

she's the goat i mean rums come on you the things you mention motherhood business right she's a wife right all these things you mentioned, motherhood, business, right, she's a wife, right, all these things you

1:15.0

mention that are supposed to get in the way of being excellent. Correct. Right? Distracting. In your

1:20.9

profession. Robes, I love, obviously, Serena is one of those in my lifetime who was must see TV.

1:28.6

It doesn't matter who she's playing.

1:30.8

If I hear she's playing, I'm going to stop what I'm doing and watch.

1:34.4

Robes, just as, let's just go from a sports fan perspective for a moment for me.

1:39.5

This is wonderful news.

1:41.7

And it's so cool.

1:42.8

We're sitting here watching the French Open and we've been

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