40-year-old Williams, who intends to retire after the tournament in New York, got off to a great start and won the first set via tiebreak.
The 26-year-old from Estonia came back to win the second set 6-2 before Williams won by the same points in the decisive third set in a match that lasted nearly two and a half hours.
– This is what I do best. I like to rise to the challenge. When I lost in the second set, I thought, “Glory, this could be over.” “I want to keep trying and do my best,” Williams said after the win website to the US Open.
In a recent interview with Vogue magazine Williams revealed that she would be playing her last tennis tournament at the US Open.
– I reluctantly admit that I will stop playing tennis, it’s a bit taboo. “When it came up, I started crying,” she said.
He said he didn’t like the word “install”.
– It feels out of date. I think of this as a transition… Perhaps the best word to describe what’s about to happen now is “development”. “I grew away from tennis and into other things that were important to me,” he told Vogue.
Williams, who will turn 41 in September, has won a total of 23 Grand Slam titles in her career, but has not won anything since she won the Australian Open in 2017. Motherhood has consumed much of her time since her return.
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