American star Serena Williams was forced to leave the US Open (Flushing Meadows) and tennis in general after losing to Australian Ayla Tomljanovic in the third round of the tournament.
Williams starred ahead of Montenegro’s Danka Kovinic and Estonia’s Annette Kontaveit in the first and second rounds of the tournament and greatly increased her fans’ ambitions to go far in the current tournament, be the best farewell and end her busy career. This is reported by the British news agency B.A. Media”.
But Williams failed to continue on her way to her 24th four-time Grand Slam title as Tomljanovic defeated her 7-5, 6/7, 6/1.
After the last point of the match, 40-year-old Serena Williams, who played the first match of her professional career in 1995, walked up to the net and waved to the fans amid excellent communication and praise for her career.
Addressing the crowd, Serena said with tears in her eyes, “Thank you so much, you are amazing. I tried to. Thank you dad and I know what you’re looking at. Thank you mom”.
She added: “Thank you to everyone here. You have been by my side for years, decades, but it all started with the support of my parents, and they deserve everything, so I am grateful to them. Serena, if not for Venus, thank Venus.”
