FILE - Serena Williams, of the United States celebrates a point against compatriot Christina McHale during their women's singles match on day five of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Friday, July 1, 2016. Saying “the countdown has begun,” 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams said Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, she is ready to step away from tennis so she can turn her focus to having another child and her business interests, presaging the end of a career that transcended sports. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

FILE - Serena Williams reacts after defeating Caroline Wozniacki, of Denmark, during the championship match of the 2014 U.S. Open tennis tournament, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014, in New York. Saying “the countdown has begun,” 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams announced Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, she is ready to step away from tennis so she can turn her focus to having another child and her business interests, presaging the end of a career that transcended sports. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, FIle)

FILE - Serena Williams, left, holds her trophy after defeating her sister Venus, right, to win the women's singles final on the Centre Court at Wimbledon, Saturday, July 6, 2002. Serena won the match 7-6 (7-4), 6-3. Saying “the countdown has begun,” 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams announced Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, she is ready to step away from tennis so she can turn her focus to having another child and her business interests, presaging the end of a career that transcended sports. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

FILE - United States tennis players Serena Williams, left, and her sister, Venus, pose at the 4th Laureus Sports Awards ceremony, Tuesday, May 20, 2003, in Monaco. Saying “the countdown has begun,” 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams announced Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, she is ready to step away from tennis so she can turn her focus to having another child and her business interests, presaging the end of a career that transcended sports. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)

FILE - Serena Williams plays a return to fellow American Jennifer Capriati during their women's singles quarter final match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships on the Centre Court at Wimbledon, Tuesday July 1, 2003. Saying “the countdown has begun,” 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams announced Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, she is ready to step away from tennis so she can turn her focus to having another child and her business interests, presaging the end of a career that transcended sports. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)

FILE - Firefighters work the scene of a helicopter crash where former NBA basketball star Kobe Bryant died in Calabasas, Calif., Jan. 26, 2020. Bryant's widow is taking her lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and Fire Department to a federal jury seeking compensation for photos deputies shared of the remains of the NBA star, his daughter and seven others killed in a helicopter crash in 2020. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

FILE - Vanessa Bryant, left, and Kobe Bryant arrive at the Oscars in Los Angeles, March 4, 2018. Vanessa Bryant is taking her lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and Fire Department to a federal jury seeking compensation for photos deputies shared of the remains of NBA star Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others killed in a helicopter crash in 2020. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)