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Serena Williams says she is not coming back to tennis

Serena Williams rejoined the International Registered Testing Pool, a requirement for active players, but denies plans to return to professional tennis, emphasizing family priorities.

  • Former tennis great Serena Williams has re-entered the anti-doping testing pool, but denied plans to return to the sport.
  • Williams, 44, announced her 'evolution away from tennis' in August 2022 after a 27-year career that included 23 Grand Slam titles.
  • Despite retirement helping with body image issues, Williams said, 'You think you're large for your whole life and you look and you're like, 'I was fit.
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It seemed ready to return to the field. Or rather, it was what had been deduced in the last few days, but Serena Williams denied everything: she will not return to play after the retirement announced in 2022. The former world tennis star informed the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) of wanting to be readmitted to the anti-doping control group, thus fueling speculation on the planning of a return to the field. The spokesperson of the …

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Serena Williams made the necessary procedural delay for any player who intends to return to the competition after re-entering the International Integrated Agency's test programme in Tennis (ITIA) for the first time in 2022.

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Tennis 365 broke the news in United Kingdom on Monday, December 1, 2025.
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