New York (AFP)
American veteran Serena Williams, who lost to Australian Ajla Tomljanovic 7-5, 6-7, 6-1, bid farewell to the third round of the US Open, and said she would not reconsider her decision to retire, “but no one knows.”
The holder of 23 major titles, who will turn 41 on September 26, announced early last month that she would bring the curtain down on her career soon, without announcing the time, while the Flushing Meadows championship in New York, where she won her first major title in 1999 at the age of seventeen, seemed the right place. to finish her busy career.
And whether she would reconsider her decision to retire, she said tearfully, “I don’t think so, but no one knows.”
The scene was touching at Arthur Ashe Stadium, where legend Serena stood before her compatriots speaking, after a 27-year career in which she dominated the yellow ball for a long time.
Serena fell in the third set in front of her opponent, who decided the confrontation in 3 hours and 5 minutes. The American did not receive and fought until the end of each exchange and saved 5 balls to settle the confrontation.
After that, fans in the stands cheered the sound of Tina Turner’s song “Simply the Best”.
Serena added: It was a fun trip, it was an unbelievable trip in my life? I’m so grateful for everyone who’s ever said “Come on, Serena” in their life, I’m so grateful you got me here.
Serena dedicated a special thank you to her family, her parents Richard and Orasin Price who paved the way for her and her older sister to knock on the door to the world of tennis: it all started with my parents, they deserve it all, I’m really grateful to them.
And she also thanked her sister in the stands: There was no Serena, but Venus, thank you, is the only reason Serena Williams was there.
On the other hand, Tomljanovic expressed her disappointment at the end of Williams’ career: I am really sorry that I love Serena as much as you love her, what she did for me, for great tennis.
She continued: I did not imagine that I would have the chance to face her in the last match, so this is a fantastic moment for me.
She admitted that she wasn’t sure of winning until the last point, knowing that she was in a position to win even when she was down 1-5, the best of all time.
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