TENNIS

PHOTO: Serena Williams competes in the French Open Tennis Tournament in Paris, June 2, 2021.

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The demand for tickets to the U.S. Open are soaring after Serena Williams announced she's preparing to say goodbye to tennis.

In a first-person essay for Vogue, Williams said she is "evolving away" from the sport and instead choosing to focus on her family.

"I have never liked the word retirement," Williams wrote. "It doesn't feel like a modern word to me. Maybe the best word to describe what I'm up to is evolution. I'm here to tell you that I'm evolving away from tennis, toward other things that are important to me."

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American great Serena Williams said on Tuesday she was "evolving away from tennis" and planned to retire from the sport she dominated with 23 Grand Slam titles following the U.S. Open tournament, which begins later this month.

On Monday, Williams played only her second singles match since she returned to action at Wimbledon in June after a year-long absence from competition, beating Spain's Nuria Parrizas Diaz to reach the second round of the Toronto Open.

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John McEnroe has some controversial statements throughout his career, he knows that people will listen or criticize him for every time he opens his mouth. The Wimbledon organizers decided to throw a curve ball at viewers by getting McEnroe to commentate on the women's final between Ons Jabeur and Elena Rybakina. One of these two finalists was representing Kaakhstan but she was actually born in Russia.

To those who aren't aware, the ATP banned all Russian tennis professionals to perform at any of their tournaments due to the country's invasion in Ukraine. However, Rybakina has represented Kazakhstan since 2018. This has occurred many times in the past with different countries. But why is it controversial right now?

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