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From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.<\/p>\n
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Your support makes all the difference.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nRead more<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSerena Williams has refuted claims she is considering a return to professional tennis.<\/p>\n
After The Athletic <\/em>reported Tuesday that Williams\u2019s name appeared again on the most recent list of players on the International Tennis Integrity Agency’s (ITIA) registered testing pool, the former tennis pro was forced to address return rumors.<\/p>\n\u201cOmg yall I\u2019m NOT coming back. This wildfire is crazy-,\u201d Williams posted on X hours after the report ran.<\/p>\n
She did not clarify in the post whether or not her name was on the list. Names on the ITIA testing pool must also provide their location on any given day and time while participating in random drug testing.<\/p>\n
The Independent<\/em> has reached out to representatives for Williams for comment.<\/p>\n\n
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open image in gallery<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>Williams retired from tennis to focus on her growing family (Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nThe 23-time Grand Slam champion announced in a 2022 personal essay published in Vogue<\/em> that she would be retiring from tennis after that year\u2019s U.S. Open to focus on her family with her husband, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. <\/p>\n\u201cBelieve me, I never wanted to have to choose between tennis and a family,\u201d she wrote at the time. \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s fair. If I were a guy, I wouldn\u2019t be writing this because I\u2019d be out there playing and winning while my wife was doing the physical labour of expanding our family.\u201d<\/p>\n
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open image in gallery<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>Throughout her career, Williams has won 23 Grand Slam championships (Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\u201cDon\u2019t get me wrong: I love being a woman and I loved every second of being pregnant with Olympia\u2026 But I\u2019m turning 41 this month and something\u2019s got to give.\u201d<\/p>\n
Elsewhere in the op-ed, Williams opened up about not liking to use the word \u201cretirement.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt doesn\u2019t feel like a modern word to me\u2026 Maybe the best word to describe what I\u2019m up to is evolution,\u201d she wrote. \u201cI\u2019m here to tell you that I\u2019m evolving away from tennis, toward other things that are important to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
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