{"id":41193,"date":"2022-08-30T10:03:48","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T10:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/?p=41193"},"modified":"2022-08-30T10:03:48","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T10:03:48","slug":"serena-williams-puts-off-retirement-with-u-s-open-first-round-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/08\/30\/serena-williams-puts-off-retirement-with-u-s-open-first-round-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Serena Williams puts off retirement with U. S. Open first round win"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\" aria-label=\"Content\">\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Serena Williams signalled she is not quite ready for retirement advancing to the second round of the U.S. Open on Monday with a scrappy 6-3 6-3 win over Danka Kovinic.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The victory over the 80th ranked Kovinic, just her second this year, will be a confidence boost for Williams but the path to a record equalling 24th Grand Slam now gets treacherous.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Waiting in the wings is Estonian second seed Anett Kontaveit, who breezed past Jaqueline Cristian 6-3 6-0.8.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Williams indicated her intention to retire in a Vogue article in early August, saying she was \u201cevolving away from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/06\/14\/olympic-champion-retires-from-tennis-at-age-28\/\">tennis<\/a>\u201d but never confirming the U.S. Open as her final event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">For tennis fans, however, the message was clear, the U.S. Open would be where she would take her final bow<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The former-world number one has played coy even refusing to rule out next year\u2019s Australia Open.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">But in a strange post-match ceremony celebrating her career, which was not yet finished, Williams gave the clearest sign yet that the U.S. Open will indeed be her last tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">She expanded on that later in her press conference.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIt\u2019s extremely difficult still because I absolutely love being out there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe more tournaments I play, I feel like the more I can belong out there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cBut it\u2019s time for me, you know, to evolve to the next thing,\u201d said Williams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Pressed if the U.S. Open was definitely her last event Williams again stepped back from the brink.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI\u2019ve been pretty vague about it, right.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>I\u2019m going to stay vague because you never know,\u201d smiled Williams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A montage of Williams career played before she appeared on court that left the door open a crack for a return some day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIf you ever decide to return Queen your throne will be waiting\u201d ended the video.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A defiant Williams, however, made it clear she was not giving up that throne just yet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">There is always excitement on opening night at Flushing Meadows.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">But on Monday the teeming stadium crackled with a special energy from the moment Williams appeared on court decked out in a shimmering black robe and specially designed diamond encrusted shoes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The outfit may have sparkled more than the 40-year-old American\u2019s play but it did not matter to a jam-packed Arthur Ashe Stadium.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Williams\u2019 fighting edge remained razor sharp even if her serve and ground strokes were not.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIt\u2019s so important to give your all. I\u2019ve been down and out so many times, in the public eye.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI just want people to be inspired by my story.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI\u2019m from Compton, California\u2026 and I made it,\u201d Williams told the adoring crowd.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Certainly there was no more fitting place to bring the curtain down on one of tennis\u2019s most phenomenal careers than in a city that has been in her corner from the very beginning, fuelling runs to six U.S. Open crowns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The magnitude of the moment was not lost on the 23,000 fans, including, former U.S. president Bill Clinton, designer Vera Wang, director Spike Lee and others who packed into Arthur Ashe not expecting to see greatness but to celebrate it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Having been world number one for 319 weeks, Williams arrived in New York ranked below 600 and unseeded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Even with Williams far from her best the odds were stacked against the 27-year-old from Montenegro.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Playing in her 21st U.S. Open, Williams has never lost in the first round and her victory over Kovinic was her 106th at Flushing Meadows.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">While Kovinic has been enjoying the best Grand Slam season of her career reaching the third round of both the Australian and French Open, she had not won a single match since Roland Garros.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As play got underway it was Williams showing signs of nerves, piling up the double faults as Kovinic got in front 3-2.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">But Williams, as she has done so many times, lifted her game when she needed to, sweeping the next four games to snatch the first set.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Now in charge, Williams would not let it slip away in the second set, breaking to go up 3-2, and with match point and the crowd on its feet, she danced in delight as Kovinic\u2019s return hit the net.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serena Williams signalled she is not quite ready for retirement advancing to the second round of the U.S. Open on Monday with a scrappy 6-3 6-3 win over Danka Kovinic. 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