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Once Serena Williams is ousted in the U.S. Open, the suspense will move toward what’s next for the Compton legend.
It’s not like Williams to leave the spotlight. She’s been involved in a ton of fashion/business/NFL and movie-production ventures. In her Vogue magazine announcement, she said she would “evolve away from tennis’’ — not retire.
Richard Williams, Serena’s father who is no longer is in the public eye because of his ailing health, told The Post multiple times in the early 2000s that Serena and Venus would retire from tennis sooner than later because they had too many other ambitions. He said his girls were too cerebral to knock the tennis ball around into their 30s.
Papa Williams’ prediction on that one proved astray, with Serena playing until weeks before her 41st birthday. The 42-year-old Venus, whose Grand Slam production got stalled by Sjogren’s Syndrome, is entered into this year’s Open draw.
“She’s never been one to be really into the politics of the game,’’ tennis great Chris Evert of ESPN said of Serena. “So I don’t envision her really around tournaments. I think maybe having another child. I think she wants to spend more time at home with her husband. I think she’s into entrepreneurship. She has a lot of businesses away from tennis. I don’t think she’s going to be as visible in tennis as she is outside of tennis.’’
Serena pulled her Greta Garbo act and didn’t attend U.S. Open media day on Friday. Instead, she appeared this week on a “Today’’ show panel, where she gave herself a tiny out — perhaps in case she pulls a Queens miracle and wins a record-tying 24th Grand Slam title.
