Tennis legend Serena Williams reveals surgery to remove cyst from neck

Tennis legend Serena Williams revealed on Wednesday she was recovering after surgery to remove a cyst from her neck.

The 43-year-old former world number one posted a video on social media on Wednesday recounting that she had found a lump on her neck in May.

"I immediately went to the doc got a mri and was told I have a brachial cyst," she wrote.

"They said I don’t need to get it removed if I don’t want. So I did not get it but it kept growing.

"I decided to get more test and 3 test and one biopsy later everything is still negative but doctors advised I get it removed asap because it was the size of a small grapefruit and it could get infected or worse leak."

Williams stepped away from professional tennis after the 2022 US Open, the place where in 1999 she won the first of her 23 Grand Slam singles titles which included three French Open crowns.

With her older sister Venus, she also claimed 14 Grand Slam women's doubles titles.

During her career on the tennis court, Serena Williams amassed prize money of 90 million euros.

Forbes reported in the summer of 2023 that Williams had an estimated net worth of around 270 million euros.

"I am feeling so grateful and fortunate everything worked out," Williams added. "And most of all I’m healthy."

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