It brought the curtain down on a 27-year career which saw her win 23 Grand Slam titles, the most by any player in the open era. She has since hinted at a future return, but the star has thus far resisted the temptation to play competitively again.
And she’s reportedly used her time away to study more about her religion, having previously expressed desire to embrace her Jehovah’s Witness faith. And now a Tweet by @RealMoshudKarim has revealed a video of the tennis icon getting baptized.
“Serena Williams, the famous Tennis player got baptized today at the Jehovah’s Witness Assembly in West Palm Beach Florida,” she wrote. “According to the Governing Body of the religious sect in Watchtower 2019, study 40, paragraph 14, only baptised Witnesses will be saved.”
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