Serena Williams looked glamorous as she attended the world premiere of her new documentary series, In the Arena, in New York City on Thursday night.
The former professional tennis player, 42, wore a light pink halter-neck dress with a satin corset for the event, which took place within the framework of the Tribeca Film Festival.
She paired the tulle dress, which featured a thigh-high leg slit, with a pair of matching peep toe heels.
Serena styled her blonde hair in classic curls and accessorized her look with a pearl necklace.
In the Sand: Serena Williams, sees the athlete reflect on crucial moments in her career across eight episodes.
Serena Williams, 42, looked glamorous as she attended the world premiere of her new documentary series, In the Arena, in New York City on Thursday night.
The former professional tennis player wore a light pink halter-neck dress with a satin corset for the event, which took place within the framework of the Tribeca Film Festival.
Posing in front of the BMCC Theater, which was renamed OKX for the festival, Serena proudly gestured toward the docu-series 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 in 2022 that she was “evolving away from tennis” after a notable era of dominance.
Serena suggested that she was about to play again. She wrote on X: “I’m ready to hit some balls again.”
He has accumulated 73 individual titles in his career, collecting more than $94 million in prize money.
She is married to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, and the couple has two daughters: Alexis Olympia, six, and Adira River, who will turn one in August.
Williams last played a competitive match at the 2022 US Open, when she was defeated by Ajla Tomljanovic.
But his cryptic message on social media led many fans to beg him to return.
She paired the tulle dress, which featured a thigh-high leg slit, with a pair of matching peep toe heels.
Serena styled her blonde hair in classic curls and accessorized her look with a pearl necklace.
In the Arena: Serena Williams, sees the athlete reflect on crucial moments in her career over eight episodes
‘Please come back. You have one or two more Grand Slams you can win! We need you back,’ wrote one.
“Tennis has gotten boring since you left,” said another follower.
A few months before the 2022 US Open, Williams had revealed that she would soon be moving in a “different direction” as tennis took a backseat.
“I have never liked the word retirement,” Williams wrote. “It doesn’t seem like a modern word to me.
‘I’ve been thinking about 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. Perhaps the best word to describe what I’m doing is evolution.
He added: ‘There comes a time in life when we have to decide to move in a different direction.
‘It’s always difficult that moment when you love something so much. Gosh, I enjoy tennis. But now she has started the countdown.
‘I have to focus on being a mother, my spiritual goals and finally discovering a different, but simply exciting, Serena. “I’m going to enjoy these next few weeks.”
But just a month after the US Open, Williams had begun to hint that her career might not be over after all.
“The chances (of him returning) are very high,” Williams said. ‘You can come to my house and (see). I have a court.’
She was joined at the event by film producer Gotham Chopra.
The premiere comes after Serena hinted at 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).
The 23-time Grand Slam winner revealed in 2022 that she was “evolving away from tennis” after a notable era of dominance.
His comments came as part of a promotion for his investment firm, Serena Ventures.
“I started this company a while ago, so I jumped right into it,” he said. ‘I didn’t even think about the whole retirement.
‘I haven’t thought about it yet. But I walked onto 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 strange.
‘It was like the first day of the rest of my life and, so far, I’m enjoying it. But I’m still trying to find that balance.”