![]() ![]() With the handshake done (though she left the teeniest sliver of doubt whether she would play a meaningful event again), so was Serena Williams’ career.Ījla Tomljanovic admits ending Serena Williams’ career ‘tough to handle’Ĭue the soundtrack: Tina Turner’s “You’re Simply the Best.” Cue one final twirl. When, finally, her final shot wafted into the net, there was silence. Serena Williams waves to the crowd after her final match at the U.S. The crowd, not quite as rowdy, raucous and intimidating as it had been through Serena’s three-set victory on Wednesday over second-seed Anett Kontaveit, rose and went into a full-throated roar before each of the six match points Williams faced in the final game Friday. “She’s the only reason Serena Williams ever existed.” “I wouldn’t be Serena if there wasn’t Venus,” the younger sister said in an on-court interview immediately following the match. ![]() She will continue to make a difference, the same way she and older sister Venus have done since the turn of the century. ![]() She will remain a role model to those for whom she opened doors not only to tennis but to grander exploits. She will simply occupy other areas of our sensibilities. This was the main event.Īnd when it was over, when the drama-filled, high-quality contest ended the way just about nobody in the vicinity wanted it to, Serena Williams effectively bade goodbye to the sport over which she has cast such a giant shadow for more than two decades following a 7-5, 6-7 (4-7), 6-1 loss to her resolute opponent from Australia, Alja Tomljanovic. It is safe to say there has never been a third-round match like it at the U.S. Vitali Kravtsov eager to 'redeem' himself after rocky Rangers start Jimmy Vesey reinvented himself for second Rangers act after ‘miserable’ career turn ![]() Rangers have tricky contract problems to solve before NHL cap increases Silly NHL rule adds another layer to Rangers' Brennan Othmann decision It's 62 or letdown from here on out in Aaron Judge's chase for history ![]()
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