Serena Williams said that she would like to remain involved with tennis in some capacity after her defeat in the third round of US Open at the hands of Ajla Tomljanovic 5-7, 7-6 (4), 1-6 on Friday, 3 September. Williams, who has six US Open trophies, said that she is proud to bring a different look and crazy intensity into the game.
“The fight, I’m such a fighter,” she said when asked how she wanted to be remembered following her loss to Ajla Tomljanovic, in what could be her final match in the tournament.
“I feel like I really brought something to tennis, a different look, the fist pumps, the just crazy intensity. Passion is a really good word,” she said in the press conference.
Serena Williams and her sister Venus took the world by storm and maintained their domination in world tennis for decades.
“Honestly I am so grateful that I had this moment and that I’m Serena,” she told reporters.
The 23-time Grand Slam champion singled out the 2015 French Open, where she battled through serious flu symptoms to complete her second “Serena Slam” – four consecutive Grand Slam titles – as a career highlight.
“That is definitely the one that I’m taking with me because I almost died in that event,” she said. “Somehow I won. So that was pretty awesome.”
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