Serena Williams discounted the idea that she might be preparing to return to tennis, writing on the social media that she is “NOT coming back” after a spokesman for the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) said the 23-time Grand Slam champion had registered with the sport's drug-testing body. This is the first step required from a player seeking to come out of retirement.

Forty-four-year-old Serena, one of the greats of the game, has not competed since bidding farewell at the 2022 US Open. At that time, Serena said she didn't want to use the word “retiring” and instead declared that she was “evolving” away from tennis.

It was not clear when or where — or even if — Williams actually will play again, and she later posted: “Omg yall I'm NOT coming back. This wildfire is crazy.” Her

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