Serena Williams suffered what is most likely her career-ending defeat.
The 23-time Grand Slam champion was eliminated in the third round of the US Open after a battle with Australian Ajla Tomljanovic , who won with a score of 7-5, 6-7, 6-1.
Serena, 41 in three weeks, broke down in tears . A farewell cry, to the tennis that was her life and to the American public who loved her so much. In the New York Slam he has triumphed six times.
“I thank my father, my mother and every single person who brought me here. And I want to thank my sister Venus, without her there would have been Serena, ”he said after the game. To then leave a very small gap open, when asked if she is willing to reconsider her announced intention to retire from tennis: " I don't think so, but you never know ," she replied.
On the front of the Italians, Matteo Berrettini takes off the pass for the second round . The Roman tennis player controls and dominates Andy Murray for almost three sets, crashes at the tie break of the third but does not lose heart and closes the game in the fourth: 6-4, 6-4, 6-7, 6-3 the result . Now in the round of 16 there is the affordable match against the Spaniard Davidovich Fokina.
(Unioneonline / L)