Top American not retiring type.(Sports)

Byline: MARK MCGUIRE

ALBANY - It seemed like a silly question to ask Serena Williams, fresh off of that great Wimbledon final, a 7-5, 6-4 loss to sister Venus:

Any thoughts of retirement?

Then you get to thinking: She's been on tour for awhile, a pro since 1995. All those flights across the globe. All those matches. Just look at her past week:

London on Saturday.

Paris for a couple of days.

Then back to London en route to Washington, D.C. on Tuesday. "A little rusty," she said, describing her game that day.

And on Wednesday she found herself in The Washington Avenue Sauna, aka the Armory, for a World TeamTennis match against the New York Buzz. She plays for the Washington Kastles, but the team is billed as …