On Aug. 9, the world-renowned professional tennis player Serena Williams announced in Vogue that she would be moving away from professional tennis and into the next phase
of her life- after another U.S. Open. On Aug. 29 she won the first round of the US Open tennis championships against Danka Kovinic, of Montenegro in New York (center, right).
Williams clutched another win Aug. 31 against Anett Kontaveit in the U.S. Open’s second round for women. She was joined by her family (left), daughter Olympia and husband Alexis
Ohanian, after her win.
Shown here, from top left, are photos from her decades-long career of dominating tennis courts around the globe: Winners of the ladies’ doubles finals, Serena and Venus Williams
at Wimbledon’s 13th Tennis Day on July 7, 2002; Williams in the U.S. Open Quarterfinal victory on Sept. 3, 2013; Serena Williams during the second round match of the Woman Tennis
Grand Prix in Leipzig, eastern Germany, on Sept. 25, 2002; Williams, after collecting the Rogers Cup in Romania on Aug. 11, 2013. From bottom left: Serena Williams is victorious over
Sloane Stephens in a September 2013 U.S. Open match; Williams during the championship match of the Bank of the West Classic tennis tournament on Aug. 3, 2014, in Stanford, Calif.;
A shot against Caroline Wozniacki, of Denmark, during the championship match of the 2014 U.S. Open tennis tournament on Sept. 7, 2014, in New York; Williams on the final day
of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, on July 9, 2016. (All photos courtesy of AP)