Serena Williams Talks Tom Brady's 'Amazing Trend' for Retirement

Serena Williams has joked Tom Brady "started an amazing trend" for coming out of retirement.

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But on Tuesday's "Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," Fallon asked Williams if he would consider "pulling Tom Brady."

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The football legend announced he was retiring in January 2022 only to come out of retirement 39 days later.

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However, earlier in the interview she described her decision as an "evolution" of her life

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giving her the opportunity to enjoy "so many things" she previously just didn't have the free time for.

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“Tom Brady started an amazing trend. That’s what I want to say," Williams said on The Tonight Show.

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She added: "I always feel like I feel retirement is something that's super earned and that people work really hard for and maybe I haven't.

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