Serena Williams looked glamorous as she attended the world premiere of her new docuseries, In the Arena, in New York City on Thursday evening.
The former professional tennis player, 42, wore a light pink halterneck dress, with a satin corset for the event, which took place as part of Tribeca Film Festival.
She teamed the tulle number, which featured a thigh-high leg slit, with a pair of matching peep toe heels.
Serena styled her blonde hair into classic curls and accessorised her look with a pearl necklace.
In the Arena: Serena Williams, sees the sports woman reflect on pivotal moments in her career over eight episodes.
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Serena Williams, 42, looked glamorous as she attended the world premiere of her new docuseries, In the Arena, in New York City on Thursday evening
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The former professional tennis player wore a light pink halterneck dress, with a satin corset for the event, which took place as part of Tribeca Film Festival
Posing outside the BMCC Theater, which has been renamed to OKX for the festival, Serena proudly gestured to the docuseries title.
The premiere comes after Serena teased a possible return to tennis at the age of 42 – just ten months after giving birth to her second child.
The 23-time Grand Slam winner revealed back in 2022 that she was ‘evolving away from tennis’ after a remarkable era of dominance.
Serena suggested she was on the verge of playing once more. She wrote on X: ‘I’m ready to hit some balls again.’
She has amassed 73 career singles titles, collecting more than $94million in prize money.
She is married to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian and the couple have two daughters – Alexis Olympia, six, and Adira River, who turns one in August.
Williams last played a competitive match the 2022 US Open, when she was beaten by Ajla Tomljanovic.
But her cryptic social media message prompted many fans to plead with her to return.
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She teamed the tulle number, which featured a thigh-high leg slit, with a pair of matching peep toe heels
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Serena styled her blonde hair into classic curls and accessorised her look with a pearl necklace
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Posing outside the BMCC Theater, which has been renamed to OKX for the festival, Serena proudly gestured to the docuseries title
‘Please come back. You have another Grand Slam or two you can win! We need you back,’ one wrote.
‘Tennis has become boring since you left,’ said another supporter.
‘I have never liked the word retirement,’ Williams wrote. ‘It doesn’t feel like a modern word to me.
‘I’ve been thinking of this as a transition, but I want to be sensitive about how I use that word, which means something very specific and important to a community of people. Maybe the best word to describe what I’m up to is evolution.’
She added: ‘There comes a time in life when we have to decide to move in a different direction.
‘That time is always hard when you love something so much. My goodness do I enjoy tennis. But now, the countdown has begun.
‘I have to focus on being a mom, my spiritual goals and finally discovering a different, but just exciting Serena. I’m gonna relish these next few weeks.’
But barely a month after the US Open, Williams had begun to hint that her career might not be over after all.
‘The chances (of me returning) are very high,’ Williams said. ‘You can come to my house and (see). I have a court.’
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She was joined at the event by film producer Gotham Chopra
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The premiere comes after Serena teased a possible return to tennis at the age of 42 – just ten months after giving birth to her second child (pictured at the 1999 US Open)
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The 23-time Grand Slam winner revealed back in 2022 that she was ‘evolving away from tennis’ after a remarkable era of dominance
Her comments came as part of a promotion for her investment company, Serena Ventures.
‘I started this company a while ago, so I just jumped right into that, she said. ‘I didn’t even think about the whole retirement.
‘I still haven’t really thought about it. But I did go on the court the other day and (realized) for the first time in my life that I’m not playing for a competition and that felt very weird.
‘It was like the first day of the rest of my life, and so far, I am enjoying it. But I’m still trying to find that balance.’
