Williams will open her doubles match with her sister Venus on Wednesday. Williams will face Estonia’s world number two Annette Kontaveit in singles. Today we will discuss about Serena Williams: Olympics| US Open Win| Emotional night
Serena Williams: Olympics| US Open Win| Emotional night
Serena Jameka Williams (born 26 September 1981) is an American professional tennis player. 1 by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) for 319 weeks, including a combined record of 186 consecutive weeks, and finished as year-end No. 1 five times. She has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most by any player in the Open Era, and the second most ever (after Margaret Court’s 24).
| Full name | Serena Jameka Williams |
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| Country (sports) |  United States |
| Residence | Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, U.S. |
| Born | September 26, 1981 Saginaw, Michigan, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) |
| Turned pro | October 1995 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
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| Prize money | US$94,588,910
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Olympics
Serena Williams’ first Wimbledon and French Open wins came in 2002. He won the Australian Open title for the first time in 2003. Interestingly, his elder sister Venus was his rival in all three finals.
Therefore, by the age of 22, Serena Williams had already won a career Grand Slam (won all four Grand Slams at least once).
The American ace completed her career Golden Slam (won all four Grand Slams and one gold medal at the Olympics), with the women’s singles gold medal at the London 2012 Olympics. German legend Steffi Graf is the only other player to achieve this feat in tennis.
At the 2016 Wimbledon Championships, Serena Williams defeated another German Angelique Kerber in the final to equal Steffi Graf’s record of 22 Grand Slam singles titles in the Open Era. Kerber deprived Serena of the record by defeating the American in the final of the Australian Open earlier that year.
US Open Win
Williams, the 23-time Grand Slam singles champion, defeated Danka Kovinic of Montenegro 6-3, 6-3 in front of a celebrity-packed capacity crowd at the US Open on Electric Opening Night on one of her favorite stages. ,
The victory came just a few weeks after she announced she planned to step away from tennis after the US Open so that she could have another child and focus on her business interests, although she remained clueless about her decision. Didn’t shy away from showing ambivalence.
“I absolutely love being there,” Williams said after the win. “The more tournaments I play, the more I feel like I can get out there.”
Assuming she goes through with her plans to stop playing, Monday night’s win means the end of one of the most successful and influential careers in sporting history won’t last until the second round of the US Open, or even later. . Williams will face a tough test on Wednesday against No. 2 seed Annette Kontaveit of Estonia, whom she has never faced. But Kontaveit has struggled of late, especially after a battle with Covid earlier in the year.
Throughout the match, and especially in the final game, when Williams bulldozed across the line, there were flashes of power and athleticism that made Williams a boundary-breaking force that changed both her game and women’s athleticism. Had given.
Emotional night
Serena Williams entered the second round of the US Open in what is expected to be the 23-time Grand Slam title winner’s final tournament on an emotional night in New York on Monday.
Serena Williams entered the second round of the US Open in what is expected to be the 23-time Grand Slam title winner’s final tournament on an emotional night in New York on Monday.
The 40-year-old defeated Danka Kovinic of Montenegro 6-3, 6-3 in front of over 23,000 fans on the Arthur Ashe Stadium court.
Former world number one Williams had won just one match on the tour throughout the year before Monday and her ranking had slipped to 605.
