In her retirement word, made public earlier in August, Serena Williams revealed how {golfing} legend Tiger Woods influenced her to make a comeback on the tour when she was confused.

After her second-round win over World No.2 Anett Kontaveit on the US Open on Wednesday, Williams as soon as once more credited Woods for her resurgence.

In a post-match press convention, a journalist requested the 23-time Grand Slam champion in regards to the significance of Woods’ recommendation. She labeled the 46-year-old golfer as the rationale she was nonetheless enjoying tennis. She said that Woods, who attended her second-round match, gave her readability whereas she was uncertain.

“He is one of many causes I am right here, one of many most important causes I am nonetheless enjoying,” Williams mentioned. “So we talked quite a bit. He was actually attempting to get me motivated. We have been like, ‘Okay, we will do that collectively’, you understand? It was good as a result of I did not know what I needed to do. I used to be simply misplaced, so many questions. When you’ll be able to depend on somebody like that, I imply, my goodness, he is Tiger Woods, it was actually useful to get readability.”

When the 40-year-old tennis icon introduced her retirement plans, she talked about going to the golfer for recommendation since she did not know what to do. Woods requested her to only hit the courtroom as soon as once more, which turned out fairly properly for the previous World No. 1.

“I used to be speaking to Tiger Woods, who’s a pal, and I advised him I wanted his recommendation on my tennis profession,” revealed Williams. “He mentioned, “Serena, what in the event you simply gave it two weeks? You don’t need to decide to something. You simply exit on the courtroom every single day for 2 weeks and provides it your all and see what occurs.”

I mentioned, “All proper, I feel I can try this.” And I didn’t do it. However a month later, I gave it a try to it felt magical to choose up a racket once more.”