Story byBrittany MillerThu, January 29, 2026 at 5:16 AM UTC·2 min readSavannah Guthrie suffered an awkward interaction with Serena Williams during Wednesday’s episode of the Today show while asking the tennis star about a potential return to the courts. During the episode, Guthrie addressed a rumor from last month that claimed Williams was coming out of retirement. Williams responded at the time via X that she was not returning to the court. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement“Recently — tell me if I have this right — you reentered the drug testing pool, which some see as the precursor to a return to tennis,” Guthrie asked Williams on the show. “So you know I have to ask, are you returning to professional tennis?”Williams immediately questioned Guthrie, saying, “I mean, really?