Serena Williams: 'All is OK' after surgery to remove large cyst

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Tennis great Serena Williams is recovering from surgery to remove a large cyst on her neck.

Williams, 43, posted the news to social media on Wednesday, saying she had a benign branchial cyst "the size of a small grapefruit" removed.

She ended the note accompanying a photo of her in a hospital bed with the message "all is OK."

Williams, who won 73 WTA Tour titles and nearly $100