LIVE: Journalist explodes Serena comeback myth

Leading tennis writer Ben Rothenberg has atrocious quality for those hoping Serena Williams' comeback to the tribunal mightiness beryllium imminent.

Rumours of a comeback person swirled since Williams "evolved" distant from the athletics during an affectional farewell to the US Open successful September.

The 41-year-old parent past poured substance connected the occurrence successful October erstwhile she said she was "not retired" and that the chances of her returning to tennis were "very high."

However, arsenic Rothenberg explained on Twitter, Williams had efficaciously retired successful September erstwhile she removed herself from the International Tennis Integrity Agency's anti-doping programme.

That means the earliest Williams could marque a instrumentality to competitory tennis would beryllium successful April, if she were to re-enter the investigating excavation today.