Thank you Serena

 

Serena Williams has announced her retirement from Tennis, she will go down as the greatest ever to swing the racket. (Photo credit: Sky Sports)

I think I once wrote about the fact that I usually start off on the wrong note with people I eventually bond with, I won’t jump on the train like I was the biggest fan in the early days but I can say for a fact that I am one of those that adore and will forever celebrate Serena Williams.

Of course everyone knows how much I love football as a kid but one sport that caught my fancy way back was Tennis and after the likes of Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras and my all time fav, Roger Federer, Serena Williams will always have a special place in my heart.

I must be very clear from here, I don’t align with all the gender coin she’s been throwing around with her retirement news; I’m happy to be controversial and misunderstood but I’ll rather dwell on her illustrious career rather than whatever she’s on about with the gender yen yen yen.

Early on, I was a big Venus Williams fan. I always wanted her to win even against Serena; it took me a very long while to come to terms with the fact that Serena is better but when I eventually did, I became her number one fan and even in retirement, I will always respect her.

I’m sure I’m not the only one that painted Serena as the ideal partner, she hasn’t even left my fantasy but can we spend some time to talk about the magic of this woman? I’m so loud about my respect for Cristiano Ronaldo but I can tell you for free that Serena stands neck-to-neck with him on my GOAT throne.

23 grand slams as a single player and 14 grand slams on doubles, no one else has spent as much time on top as number one in the female tennis ranking as Serena with 186 weeks on top; Serena won 73 titles and 4 Olympic medals… Show me someone better, I’ll wait.

As she retires, all I can wish her is happiness and skin-deep one at that. I know we’ll hear lots of stories and many would border around gender, we’ve had male players retire due to injuries and all, she has nothing to prove to anyone as she’s the best ever to play the game.

Happy retirement world best, Queen Serena Williams.

Comments

  1. DamilareSeptember 3, 2022 at 9:43 AM

    You forgot to add 367 major match wins! The greatest to ever do it

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