Serena Williams' father, Richard Williams, revealed that he wanted his daughter to play a few more tournaments.
Arguably the greatest player to ever compete on the WTA Tour retired at the 2022 US Open, in what she referred to as 'evolving away from tennis'. But also during her farewell tournament, Williams showed that she is still competitive and that's also why her father Richard wanted her to keep playing as he revealed during a recent interview with the U.S. Sun.
"I wanted her to play at least a couple more tournaments. She said no, she won't do it. I asked Serena about maybe six weeks ago, two months ago, probably. But she's done a great deal, she has lots of other businesses and is very successful."
Elaborating more on their conversation about the 23-time Grand Slam champion possibly continuing with her career, he said:
"I said, 'Why don't you play?' She said, 'I could. I think I could win, but I can't do it no more. Yeah, I won't do it no more.'"
Now grandfather, Richard Williams also spoke about Serena's daughter Olympia.
"Her baby [Olympia] is unbelievable. She already speaks English and French very well ... that child is doing extremely well."
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