Former World No. 1 Serena Williams denied she is planning a potential return to professional tennis.

"Omg yall I'm NOT coming back. This wildfire is crazy," Williams posted on X Tuesday afternoon, following a report by the Athletic that Williams had recently re-entered the anti-doping testing pool.

The 23-time Grand Slam champion's name appeared on an Oct. 6 list of players in the International Registered Testing Pool, a requirement for a return to competition.

"She has notified us that she wants to be reinstated into the testing pool," Adrian Bassett, a spokesperson for the International Tennis Integrity Agency, confirmed in a text message Tuesday to The Athletic.

"I do not know if this means she is coming back, or just giving herself the option. All I can say is she's back in the poo

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