She did not state precisely when her last event would be but did make it sound as if her final farewell could come at the U.S. Open.
No one knows exactly how many more matches Williams will play before walking away, and the 23-time Grand Slam champion exited the National Bank Open on Wednesday night with a 6-2, 6-4 loss to Belinda Bencic.
She did not state precisely what her last event will be, but did make it sound as if her final farewell could come at the U.S. Open, which begins Aug. 29 in New York."I'm terrible at goodbyes," she said, her hand on her chest,"but goodbye, Toronto!" But because of a leg injury that sidelined her for the last half of 2021 and first half of 2022, she was playing for only the third time in the past 12 months, and it showed.
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