Serena Williams opts out of Tokyo Olympics

Tennis ace Serena Williams, the winner of 23 Grand Slam singles titles and four Olympic gold medal has confirmed that she will not take part in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.

"I'm actually not on the Olympic list, not that I'm aware of," Serena said on Sunday, a day before the scheduled Wimbledon start.

"If so (if I am on the list), then I shouldn't be on it. There's a lot of reasons that I made my Olympic decision. I don't feel like going into them today. Maybe another day. Sorry. In the past, the Olympics have been a wonderful place for me.

"I really haven't thought about what it will be like not to be there. I'm going to keep not thinking about it," the American, who is three months shy of her 40th birthday, said.

Serena won the gold medal in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, and Beijing in 2008. At the 2012 London she won both the singles and doubles gold.