Since her win in Australia, where she beat her older sister Venus 6-4, 6-4 in the final, Williams has not featured in competition, citing a knee injury as the reason for her spell off the court.
Last year, Serena Williams made public about her engagement with Reddit Co-founder Alexis Ohanian.
For fans and friends the announcement underscored Williams' superwoman status.
She was already nearly two months pregnant during that historic victory over her sister Venus Williams, which saw her become the most decorated tennis player of the Open Era and her first child is due later this year. And did not drop ONE SET. Sis is superwoman, ' one Twitter user posted. "Because that's technically a doubles match".
A congratulatory tweet from the Women's Tennis Association was also deleted.
Anyway. The second line of BBC News' report on this reads thus: "One of the greatest tennis players of all time, it could mean the 35-year-old's days of racking up Grand Slam titles are over".
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Serena will miss the rest of the 2017 season but her spokeswoman said she intends to return to the tennis court in 2018.
The 23 time Grand Slam champion has not competed in any tournament since she won her 23 major title at the Australian Open earlier this year.
Researchers who study pregnancy in high-performing athletes said her training during pregnancy, the speed of her body's recovery after giving birth and her will power are the keys to Williams returning to top-level play. Twice Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova is still recovering from the effects of a terrible assault at her home, which damaged her hand. Kim Clijsters retired briefly to start a family then came back to tennis and won three Grand Slam titles. "As much as we would like to be able to predict this stuff, the nature of pregnancy is it's going to be different for everyone", said Lauren Stretcher, clinical associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.
The Williams camp has announced that she will not be retiring despite having accomplished essentially everything (she'll even briefly return to World No. 1 on Monday). She later returned after the birth of her daughter and subsequently won at the Flushing Meadows, which was only the third tournament into her comeback. Her fans are speculating that her pregnancy is due near to the Beyonce'.
ET Canada has put in a request for comment from Williams' rep.
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