Serena Williams admits to ongoing thoughts of a tennis comeback following retirement - 'I feel torn'

Serena Williams says a tennis comeback still crosses her mind, but also declared she is «more at peace» than when she first decided to retire from the game. The sporting legend, holder of 23 Grand Slams, departed the game at last year's US Open, following a strong showing at Flushing Meadows until defeat at the third round stage to Ajla Tomljanovic. Ad Those showings seemed to confirm to Williams that she could still compete at elite level, but despite admitting on a number of occasions since that day that she has thought about a return, it has yet to materialise, with motherhood and her career taking the front seat.

TennisA serve 'like peak Serena' and a future Grand Slam winner — Stubbs salutes Parks08/02/2023 AT 10:10 And now, she has — once more — elaborated on the difficult equations going on in her mind. «I for sure feel more at peace now,» Williams told E! «It's interesting. I think I feel torn because I'm still able to play at a very, very, very high level.

»With that being said, I always wanted to leave the game playing at a very high level. Wu wins Dallas Open to become first Chinese player to win an ATP Tour title Alcaraz aiming to learn from Nadal, Djokovic and Federer to elevate his game Bublik smashes three racquets as he sees early exit from Montpellier «I also wanted to walk away when I'm healthy and have a quality of life. »But I'm inch by inch leaning away, inch by inch embracing it.

«I was playing earlier when I first retired because it was hard to do it cold turkey. »But lately, I haven't played so much. And I miss it.

I'm like, 'Oh my goodness. I gotta get out there'. But it's hard for me to get out there.