House favourite and all-time nice Serena Williams on Friday bid adieu to the US Open, in what may very nicely be her profession’s final match, in fashion as she stretched Australian Ajla Tomljanovic to the restrict in a cliffhanger that lasted over three hours, earlier than her eventual defeat.
Williams, 40, saved 5 match factors within the third-round encounter on the Arthur Ashe stadium, stuffed to the brim with spectators that cheered Serena at each level and gave her a heartfelt farewell after she misplaced 5-7, 7-6(4) and 1-6 to the Australian.
In a current interview, the US legend had hinted that she may retire quickly, presumably after the continued grand slam.
Nonetheless, in her post-match interview on Friday evening, Williams was non-committal about whether or not this was to be her final match.
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