Serena Williams Admits She’s Struggling To ‘Relax’ After Retiring From Tennis 3 Months Ago

Serena Williams is getting susceptible astir what status is like for her. In a frank tweet she shared connected Dec. 28, the precocious retired 41-year-old tennis prima admitted that not perpetually being connected the spell oregon preparing for her adjacent lucifer isn’t easy. “I’m presently allowing myself to beryllium tired. Allowing myself To relax. Allowing myself to conscionable be. It’s harder than I ever imagined,” she wrote. “I’ve ne'er allowed myself to bash immoderate of that before…”

I’m presently allowing myself to beryllium tired. Allowing myself To relax. Allowing myself to conscionable be. It’s harder than I ever imagined. I’ve ne'er allowed myself to bash immoderate of that before…

— Serena Williams (@serenawilliams) December 28, 2022

Her remark conception was instantly flooded with messages of enactment and solidarity. Former President & Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Sherrilyn Ifill, said she afloat understands what Serena is going through. “I recognize this deeply. Shutting down the ‘adrenaline lifestyle’ is incredibly hard and takes longer than we imagined. It’s a process, and we indispensable beryllium benignant to ourselves arsenic we navigate it,” she wrote. Celebrity doc Dr. Jen Caudle gave Serena immoderate further advice. “Take it 1 time astatine a time. Allow yourself to consciousness each the feelings. This whitethorn beryllium a caller beingness for you, truthful it’s understandable however you feel,” she said. Several others besides urged Serena to springiness herself grace arsenic she adjusts to her caller normal.

Serena announced her retirement successful a heartfelt effort for Vogue successful August, up of the US Open. “I person ne'er liked the connection retirement. It doesn’t consciousness similar a modern connection to me,” she penned. “I’ve been reasoning of this arsenic a transition, but I privation to beryllium delicate astir however I usage that word, which means thing precise circumstantial and important to a assemblage of people. Maybe the champion connection to picture what I’m up to is evolution. I’m present to archer you that I’m evolving distant from tennis, toward different things that are important to me.”

Serena Williams smiles and waves connected the tennis tribunal (Photo: Ella Ling/Shutterstock)

She besides noted that her 5-year-old girl Olympia wants a younger sister, and she was astatine the constituent successful beingness wherever she needed to take betwixt her passionateness oregon increasing her family. “If I were a guy, I wouldn’t beryllium penning this due to the fact that I’d beryllium retired determination playing and winning portion my woman was doing the carnal labour of expanding our family,” she wrote. “Maybe I’d beryllium much of a Tom Brady if I had that opportunity.” Serena shares Olympia with her husband, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian.

Serena’s past nonrecreational tennis lucifer came via the 3rd circular of the US Open successful September erstwhile she mislaid to Ajla Tomljanović of Australia. Following her loss, she gave an affectional speech successful which she shouted retired her older sister, Venus Williams. “I wouldn’t beryllium Serena if determination wasn’t Venus. She’s the lone crushed Serena Williams ever existed,” she said arsenic the assemblage cheered her on. Serena played successful her archetypal US Open successful 1998 and won for the archetypal clip successful 1999.

Serena’s tweet came a fewer hours aft she revealed connected Instagram that she surprised her girl with a Moana-themed party conscionable for fun. Alongside a fewer snapshots of Olympia astatine her enactment with her doting parents, Serena wrote, “Sometimes we astonishment @olympiaohanian with parties. We don’t request a crushed oregon a peculiar juncture we marque mundane arsenic peculiar and memorable arsenic we can.” How sweet!

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