Serena Williams serves as an important role as a part of the WNBA’s Toronto rhythm.
In a special article timeThe retired tennis star discussed her involvement with the series, which will begin in 2026.
Williams, 43, said she participated in the interview process for a general manager with team president Teresa Resch and majority shareholder Larry Tanenbaum.
Williams said she also had a one-on-one conversation with Monica Wright Rogers before rhythm announced the hiring of Phoenix Mercury assistant GM as general manager of the Toronto team.
When Williams asked Wright Rogers about the most important parts of the player’s experience, the latter focused on nutrition, recovery and analysis.
“The correct answer, Williams answered.
Williams told time After she won three National Bank Opens in the city, Toronto was an attraction for her participation in sports ownership.
“You spend a lot of time in these places and know the inside of the city,” she said. “You have to know restaurants, you will know people, you will only know festivals and all kinds of things. I have to know karaoke rooms.”
After Toronto received an expansion panel in May 2024, WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert contacted Tanenbaum to see if Williams could join the ownership group.
“Of course, it took me five seconds, not long,” Tananbaum said.
Williams was announced as the part owner in March.
In an interview with Time, Williams also discussed a three-month doping ban on male tennis star Jannik Sinner after reaching a settlement with the World Anti-Doping Agency.
WADA tried to ban the three-time Grand Slam champion from entering the sport for at least one year, and he questioned a decision last year by the International Tennis Integrity Agency last year to not suspend ITIA’s judgment of the ITIA’s judgment was an unexpected contamination of anabolic steroids that was banned last March.
While she stressed that she was a big fan of Sinners and loved his game, Williams did question the suspension.
She said: “…If I do this, I’ll be 20 years. Honestly. I’ll take the Grand Slam away from me.”
