Serena Williams Withdraws From US Open Due to Second Pregnancy

Serena Williams will not compete in the 2021 US Open set to begin on Aug. 30. The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion, six of which come from the US Open, wrote on Instagram: “After careful consideration and following the advice of my doctors and medical team, I have decided to withdraw from the US Open to allow my body to heal completely from a torn hamstring.”

Her coach, Patrick Mouratoglou, commented, “You have tried everything.”
Admist her withdrawal from the tournament, rumours began to spread that tennis legend Serena Williams is pregnant, it did not take long for many people to deny that this was true.

However, so many people were very shocked when Serena’s publicist, Kelly Bush Novak, officially confirmed that the greatest ever female tennis player is pregnant, although it seems that there were none quite as shocked as the superstar herself.

The photo posted on Snapchat with the baby bump and then removed a few mins after had left some doubts about Serena Williams’s pregnancy.

Queries like ‘Serena Williams retirement’ and ‘Is Serena Williams retiring’ started popping up on social media as the former World No. 1 tearfully retired from Wimbledon. While she has made no official statements saying so – in fact, denying it vehemently after her loss to Rybakina – Serena Williams retirement rumours have started doing the rounds once again.

Having won her last Grand Slam all the way back in 2017 – when she was pregnant with her daughter Alexis Olympia – Serena Williams has been on the hunt for an elusive 24th Slam title without much luck.

While she has reached four finals (two Wimbledon and two US Open) since 2017, the Serena Williams record remains the second-best in the world – lagging one title behind Margaret Court’s envious collection of 24 Grand Slams.