Serena Williams is about to turn 40 and it seems more and more clear that the end of her fantastic career is becoming quite close. The American sensation has been struggling to find the proper fitness to win her elusive 24th slam. Unfortunately, Serena had to pull out from the upcoming US Open, announcing that she didn’t recover from a hamstring injury that she suffered when she was playing Wimbledon a few months ago.
During an interesting interview with the New York time, tennis legend Martina Navratilova shared her support for Serena Williams. Navratilova commented:
“Serena has won 23 majors, period, end of story. She’s still Serena. I don’t think winning 24 makes her any greater. The fact she’s trying is to be commended. The people saying she shouldn’t have tried because she’s just hurting her legacy, they are full of it. My goodness. The only people who never fail are the ones that never try.
I won my last Wimbledon on bad knees, and I wish I had gotten them fixed sooner, just like I’m sure Serena wishes she had gotten the hamstring taken care of sooner,” she said. “When the body doesn’t let you do what you know you can do that’s the most frustrating thing. If you’re just not good enough you can accept that, but when your body is kind of sabotaging you, that is a heartbreak.”
Martina Navratilova won her last Wimbledon when she was 49 played mixed doubles with Bobo Bryan back in 2006. She conquered her last (and 9th!) Wimbledon title in singles when she was 33
Serena Williams in 2021
Now ranked no.22, the American played her last match on the 29th of June when she had to retire when playing against world no.99 Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the 1st round and the scoreline was 3-3 .
Currently, during this season Serena Williams owns an overall 12-5 record. Serena Williams’s best achievement of the present year was reaching the semifinal in Melbourne and at the Australian Open.
