{"id":8496,"date":"2022-09-03T02:53:11","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T02:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusefornews.com\/2022\/09\/03\/us-open-serena-williams-career-over-after-ajla-tomljanovic-defeat\/"},"modified":"2022-09-03T02:53:11","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T02:53:11","slug":"us-open-serena-williams-career-over-after-ajla-tomljanovic-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fusefornews.com\/?p=8496","title":{"rendered":"US Open: Serena Williams’ career over after Ajla Tomljanovic defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Venue:<\/strong> Flushing Meadows, New York <\/span>Dates:<\/strong> 29 August-11 September<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coverage:<\/strong> Daily radio commentaries across BBC Sounds and the BBC Sport website and app, with selected live text commentaries and match reports on the website and app<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Serena Williams waved farewell to the US Open – and seemingly her illustrious career – amid emotional scenes after she lost to Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic in New York.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Williams, who turns 41 this month, is set to retire after the tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

It will end a 27-year professional career that brought 23 major singles wins and sees the American widely labelled as the greatest of all time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Williams fought back from a set down but ended up losing 7-5 6-7 (4-7) 6-1.<\/span><\/p>\n

The former long-time world number one saved five match points in what proved to be the final game but was powerless to stop a sixth.<\/span><\/p>\n

Almost everyone who could rose to their feet when she departed the court on Arthur Ashe Stadium – the scene of her first major triumph in 1999 and five more of the finest wins of her storied career – for what she expects to be the final time.<\/span><\/p>\n

More to follow.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Around<\/span><\/span>\"Around<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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