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US Open ticket sales skyrocket after Serena Williams announcement

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(NEW YORK) — The demand for tickets to the U.S. Open are soaring after Serena Williams announced she’s preparing to say goodbye to tennis.

In a first-person essay for Vogue, Williams said she is “evolving away” from the sport and instead choosing to focus on her family.

“I have never liked the word retirement,” Williams wrote. “It doesn’t feel like a modern word to me. Maybe the best word to describe what I’m up to is evolution. I’m here to tell you that I’m evolving away from tennis, toward other things that are important to me.”

The article appeared to hint the upcoming U.S.

 

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