Kim Clijsters: I cried when Serena announced her farewell - Legends’ Voice

Serena Williams recently announced she will be evolving” away from professional tennis and I absolutely loved the article she wrote in Vogue magazine about her decision. Ad The US Open is expected to be her farewell tournament and I think no matter how experienced she is; she's not experienced when it comes to this.

She has been a player who plays with so much emotion, so it's going to be very interesting to see how she'll handle all that, knowing that every match that she plays in New York could be the last one. US OpenGauff praises Serena's impact, reveals influence of tennis great on her on own career37 MINUTES AGO Going into a tournament knowing it’s the last one of your professional career was quite a challenge for me.

You're being pulled both ways; on one hand you're trying to tell yourself, ‘Look, try to just focus on your tennis, this is just another tournament like you've been doing for so many years’. But then on the other hand you realize this is the last time for everything that you do; whether it’s getting your bag ready for a match, or something else, it's like, ‘Is this going to be the last time that I do this here?’ When I announced my retirement ahead of time, especially the first time I stepped away in 2007 (NDLR: Kim came back 2009-2012 and a second time in 2020), I did that because it was just how I was feeling.

I needed to give myself a deadline, like okay, I'm going to put everything into my tennis for another year and I just was very open about sharing that because in my head, I couldn't know all that without sharing it with the media. That was just how I took it.

Everybody approaches this differently. After my last match, I remember I felt very relieved – not to lose but when I knew that it was