Serena Williams teases return to competitive tennis, says Tom Brady 'started a really cool trend'

By George Ramsay, CNN

Updated 1557 GMT (2357 HKT) September 14, 2022

Williams waves to the crowd following her loss against Ajla Tomljanović at the US Open.

(CNN)Little more than two weeks after she was knocked out of the US Open — a moment many thought would be the last act of her tennis career — Serena Williams has teased her potential return to the sport.

Williams announced ahead of the US Open that she would «evolve away from tennis» following the grand slam, where she was knocked out in the third round by Ajla Tomljanović.And on Wednesday, the 23-time grand slam champion said «you never know» to a return to competitive tennis in the future. «I thinkTom Brady started a really cool trend, you know… the way he did it,» Williams said on Good Morning America.Serena Williams has done it all in tennis, but there's so much more to come Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Brady, now 45 years old, said he was retiring from the NFL in February, only to later reverse that decision. He starred in the Bucs' 19-3 win over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday. Read MoreAfter a year-long absence, Williams made a brief return to singles tennis this year when she competed at Wimbledon, the National Bank Open, the Western & Southern Open and the US Open, winning three matches. She also competed in doubles tennis in several tournaments.«I feel like tennis has given me so much and I feel like there's no way that I don't want to be involved in tennis somehow in the future,» she said. «I don't know what that involvement is yet, but I do know that I love the sport so much.»Over the course of her 27-year tennis career, Williams won 39 grand slam titles across singles and doubles and 73 WTA Tour singles titles. As part of her plans to «evolve away from