Leave it to Serena Williams to not want to go quietly, to not want this U.S. Open match, this transcendent career of hers, to truly end.
The first came in 1999 in New York, when Williams was a teen. Now she’s married and a mother; her daughter, Olympia, turned 5 on Thursday.
Williams gave away leads in each set, including the last, in which she was up 1-0 before dropping the final six games.“I’m feeling really sorry, just because I love Serena just as much as you guys do. And what she’s done for me, for the sport of tennis, is incredible,” said Tomljanovic, who has never been past the quarterfinals at any major. “This is a surreal moment for me.”Article content
Momentum appeared to be on Williams’ side. But she could not pull off the sort of never-admit-defeat triumph she did so often over the years. They lost together in the first round of doubles on Thursday night, drawing another sellout. And on Friday, as during the younger Williams’ other outings this week, there could be no doubt about which player the paying public favoured.Article content
Tomljanovic draped a blue-and-white U.S. Open towel over her head at changeovers, perhaps to block out all of the noise and distractions. When Williams drove two consecutive forehand winners to lead 5-2 in the second set, she screamed and leaned forward after each.Williams entered the night having won 19 times in a row in the U.S. Open’s third round of singles competition, including reaching at least the semifinals in her most recent 11 appearances in New York.
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