Serena Williams and husband react to shocking retirement announcement from Wozniacki

Caroline Wozniacki shocked with her announcement, but she received sweet messages from the tennis community and her dear friend Serena Williams.

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Alex Boyden
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Serena Williams

Serena Williams and Caroline Wozniacki are enjoying a fantastic relationship for many years despite their rivalry on the tennis court. The Dane was extremely grateful to Serena for her unconditional support when she was badly dumped by Rory McIlroy after they sent the wedding invitation. That increased their already strong bond.

The shocking announcement and Serena’s reaction

Caroline announced her impending retirement from pro tennis that will commence after the Australian Open to shock the tennis community. The Dane already expressed in the past her intention not to compete in her 30s and remained true to her words.

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I’ve played professionally since I was 15 years old. In that time I’ve experienced an amazing first chapter of my life. With 30 WTA singles titles, a world #1 ranking for 71 weeks, a WTA Finals victory, 3 Olympics, including carrying the flag for my native Denmark, and winning the 2018 Australian Open Grand slam championship, I’ve accomplished everything I could ever dream of on the court. I’ve always told myself, when the time comes, that there are things away from tennis that I want to do more, then it’s time to be done. In recent months, I’ve realized that there is a lot more in life that I’d like to accomplish off the court. Getting married to David was one of those goals and starting a family with him while continuing to travel the world and helping raise awareness about rheumatoid arthritis (project upcoming) are all passions of mine moving forward. So with that, today I am announcing that I will be retiring from professional tennis after the Australian Open in January. This has nothing to do with my health and this isn’t a goodbye, I look forward to sharing my exciting journey ahead with all of you! Finally, I want to thank with all my heart, the fans, my friends, my sponsors, my team, especially my father as my coach, my husband, and my family for decades of support! Without all of you I could have never have done this!

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Serena replied to Caroline’s announcement on Instagram sending “emoji hearts” (💔💔💔 Yet ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️) while her husband Alexis Ohanian wrote, “Excited to see you be awesome at whatever comes next.”

Wozniacki received the best wishes for many fellows tennis players. Naomi Broady wrote: “You’ll be so missed 😩 wishing you so much happiness in your next chapter ❤️.”

John Isner: “You’re the best, @carowozniacki ! One last ride in Melbourne. Let’s do it!”

Lucie Safarova: “Congrats to amazing carreer Caro! All the best in next chapter! 😘🤗”

Nicole Gibbs: “Can’t wait to see what’s next. Love you ❤️❤️❤️”

Kristina Mladenovic: “You had an absolutely amazing career @carowozniacki 👏🏻👏🏻💪🏻💪🏻🔥🔥🙌🏻🙌🏻 ! So many great things to come ..wishing you only the best to you & @davidlee and the rest of the family ! 😘❤️”

Daniela Hantuchova: “Welcome to the retirement world 🤗and congrats on such an amazing career 💫😘👌😃”

Andy Roddick’s wife Brooklyn Decker: “You’re one of the all-time greats. We adore you! Congratulations on this next chapter!!!!”

Bethanie Mattek-Sands: “CARO!!!! And we didn’t even get to play dubs 😭😭😭😭”

Casey Dellacqua: “Awww forever a champion. You’ve had one hell of a career Caro 🌟 so much to be proud of. Can’t wait to see what’s next for you ❤️”

Can Wozniacki win the Australian Open?

The former world no.1 won the Australian Open back in 2018. Bet365 doesn’t rule out the Dane quoting her Australian Open win at 34.

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Caroline Wozniacki’s ranking and performance in 2019

Caroline Wozniacki Stats info

Ranked no.37, Caroline played her last match on the 5th of October when she lost to Naomi Osaka 6-4 6-2 in the semifinal in Beijing.

Caroline Wozniacki’s best performance of this year was getting to the final in Charleston.

 

Serena Williams’s ranking and performance in 2019

Serena Williams Stats info

Ranked no.10, Serena played her last match on the 7th of September when she had to surrender to Bianca Vanessa Andreescu 6-3 7-5 in the final in U.S. Open.

Serena Williams’s best performance of this season was getting to the final in Wimbledon, Toronto and at the U.S. Open.

Caroline Wozniacki and Serena Williams played each other 11 times. The head to head is 10-1 for Williams.

The last time that they squared off, Serena Williams won 2-6 6-3 7-66 in the semifinal in Singapore in October 2014.