Serena Williams, 43, shares health update after having lump the size of a grapefruit detected
SERENA WILLIAMS has given a health update after a lump the “size of a grapefruit” was found on her neck.
The retired tennis star revealed the discovery to her fans on social media back in May.
Williams, 43, had an MRI scan to see what the lump was and was diagnosed as a cyst.
She has undergone surgery to have the cyst removed as it had “kept growing”.
Doctors advised her to have it removed as they warned it had reached the size of a “small grapefruit.”
There was also the risk that it could “get infected or at worse leak”.
She decided to have the operation after more tests, and a biopsy revealed that it was negative for cancer.
Williams gave her followers a positive update after the procedure.
She wrote: “So this is me removing it.
“I am feeling so grateful, and fortunate everything worked out, and most of all I’m healthy.”
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The 23-time Grand Slam champion shared another update in which she admitted that she was still recovering.
She added: “Still recovering, but getting better.”
Williams has been retired from tennis since the 2022 US Open.
She was one of the best to ever step onto the court during her 20-year career.
She held the WTA’s top spot for 319 weeks of her glittering career.
Williams’ last major tournament victory came in 2017 when she claimed the Australian Open.
When she finally called time on her career she was just one title short of Margaret Court’s record of 24 Grand Slams.
She is married to Alexis Ohanian and has two daughters Olympia, 7, and Adira, 1.
Tennis stars’ new careers
PLENTY of tennis stars have stayed involved in the sport since retiring.
But others pursued very different careers. Here are some of the best…
- I reached French Open and Wimbledon finals as a teenager but I quit to become a nun
- I won Wimbledon mixed doubles with my sister but got fed up with English weather so now run luxury B&B
- I was tipped for stardom aged 12 but retrained to become high-flying lawyer
- I earned £9m and won French Open before setting up bistro with Brazilian model girlfriend
- I’m last Frenchman to win Roland Garros, now I’m singer with six albums hitting No1 in charts
- I’m former world No1 but quit aged 29 – instead I went on to play professional poker and golf
- I was destined for the top but swapped lobs for labs as award-winning Harvard physicist