Serena Williams' career on par with Michael Jordan and Tom Brady, John McEnroe says

14.08.2022 - 20:17 foxnews.com

John McEnroe talked to Fox News Digital ahead of an LAFC soccer game in which he called the game with actor Will Ferrell. Serena Williams stunned the sports world when she revealed she would be stepping away from tennis following the U.S.

Open to focus on her family and her successful ventures off the court. The 40-year-old will walk away from the sport with 23 Grand Slam titles – the most in the Open Era and second most all-time behind Margaret Court.

She will get one more chance to tie the court’s record. She lost in the first round of Wimbledon earlier in the summer. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Serena Williams after her National Bank Open match on Aug.

10, 2022, at Sobeys Stadium in Toronto, Canada. (Julian Avram/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) John McEnroe, who partnered with Mixhalo to team up with Will Ferrell to call LAFC’s match against Charlotte FC on Saturday night, told Fox News Digital that Williams was in the upper echelon of all-time great athletes in any sport. "Serena’s the greatest female athlete, to me, in the history of sports.

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The world No. 1 Iga Swiatek believes that only Serena Williams could handle the febrile pre-match atmosphere that surrounded her first-round match of the US Open. The star-studded Arthur Ashe Stadium was absolutely rocking ahead of the 40-year-old’s 6-3 6-3 win over Montenegro’s Danka Kovinic, and Williams delivered a stirring performance to match the occasion.

John McEnroe: Serena the GOAT like Billie Jean King and Michael Jordan, both Williams sisters could retire after US Open

Serena Williams could be joined in retirement by her sister Venus after the US Open, according to Eurosport’s John McEnroe, who has described the former as the ‘GOAT of GOATs’. Serena revealed earlier this month that she is “evolving away” from tennis and is set to retire after the US Open — but Venus, 42, has not announced any plans for her future. Ad Venus, a two-time US Open champion, makes her return on US soil after being included in the wildcard list and is preparing to face Alison Van Uytvanck in the first round having missed out on the 2021 tournament, sidelined through injury.

Serena Williams To Face Danka Kovinic In US Open Start As Retirement Looms

Serena Williams will face Danka Kovinic of Montenegro in her first round match at the US Open following the draw for the tournament made on Thursday. Williams, the 23-time Grand Slam title winner who has hinted she will make the event her farewell tournament, is in the same quarter of the draw as second seed Anett Kontaveit of Estonia. The 40-year-old American superstar, whose first Grand Slam title came at the 1999 US Open, would meet Kontaveit in the second round if both win their opening matches at the year's final Grand Slam event, which begins Monday.

Serena seen as icon with Ali by fellow US tennis legends

Serena Williams ranks alongside such icons as Muhammad Ali among the greatest legends in sport, retired US tennis stars John McEnroe and Chris Evert said on Wednesday.

Serena Williams Seen As Icon With Muhammad Ali By Fellow US Tennis Legends

Serena Williams ranked as icon alongside Muhammad Ali by fellow US tennis legends

Serena Williams ranks alongside such icons as Muhammad Ali among the greatest legends in sport, retired US tennis stars John McEnroe and Chris Evert said on Wednesday. Speaking ahead of their commentary duties for the US Open that begins on Monday, Evert hailed 23-time Grand Slam champion Williams, who is likely to retire after this year's Grand Slam showdown in New York. "I would put her up there as far as the influence, the fact how she revolutionized the game and also how she's influenced girls and women and people throughout the world," Evert said. "That's how big of a star. She's a superstar. What impresses me the most is just off-court influence and how she's influenced young women to own their power, to speak their mind, to be fearless." McEnroe gave Serena the GOAT label -- as in Greatest of All Time.