Sports icons:John McEnroe compared Williams to LeBron James and Michael Jordan, calling him “one of the greatest athletes in the history of any sport.”Serena Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam champion and iconic tennis superstar of a generation, said Tuesday the “countdown has begun” to retirement from the sport. Williams is set to play in Cincinnati next week and qualify for the US Open, where she won her first Grand Slam title in 1999 at the age of 17. It just doesn’t feel like a modern word to me,” Williams wrote in Vogue. '”Williams has won 7 Wimbledon and Australian Open titles, 6 US Open titles, 3 French Open titles, a singles gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics, and 3 doubles gold medals. US tennis legend John McEnroe compared Williams to the greatest NFL and NBA sports heroes of all time.
