Serena Williams Comments On Tom Brady’s Retirement U-Turn ‘Trend’

Serena Williams joined Jimmy Fallon for a chat on the latter’s late night show on Tuesday.

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During the conversation, Fallon asked Williams if she would follow in Tom Brady’s footsteps of “evolving to come back.”

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The tennis champ jokingly agreed to do just that before getting more serious with the conversation.

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She said she believed she had more to give so she would barely be relaxing.

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The mom of one announced her retirement plans in a Vogue essay released last month.

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She said she was evolving from tennis to focus on other things.

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The 40-year-old showed fans how she was enjoying her retirement earlier this month.

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In a photo posted to Instagram, fans saw Williams enjoying a nap under a Moana duvet.

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The post has garnered well over half a million likes and thousands of comments.

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