There’s a cause they name her the Best Of All Time.
Throughout Serena Williams‘ post-game interview following her U.S. Open win in opposition to Estonian tennis participant, Anett Kontaveit, Wednesday evening, she was requested if she was shocked with herself along with her “degree” of play in the intervening time.
And Williams, who had simply come off a first-round win Tuesday, had the very best response.
“What?” Williams requested.
“Are you shocked at your self together with your degree?” the reporter requested, repeating her preliminary query.
Williams merely smirked and chuckled, prompting the reporter to appreciate that she might have already identified the reply to that query.
“No, I do know,” the reporter replied
“I imply, I’m simply Serena, you understand,” the tennis nice stated.
Not that it’s breaking information, however Williams is a fairly nice participant. The 23-time Grand Slam winner gave herself a pat on the again after her win Wednesday, telling the reporter, “Properly, I’m a fairly good participant.”
“That is what I do greatest,” she continued, difficult people who see her U.S. Open successful streak as a shock. “I really like a problem. I really like rising to the problem. Yeah, I haven’t performed many matches, however I’ve been training rather well.”
Whereas she suffered some losses pre-U.S. Open, Williams stated it was all coming collectively in New York.
“My previous couple of matches it simply wasn’t coming collectively,” she shared. “I’m like, ‘However this isn’t me.’ And the final couple matches, right here, in New York, it’s actually come collectively.”
“Possibly I ought to’ve traveled with you all,” Williams quipped, which prompted a roar of applause from the adoring viewers.
Wednesday’s match featured a packed Arthur Ashe Stadium as celebs flocked to Flushing, New York to see Williams play in what might be her closing tennis match. Stars within the viewers included Anthony Anderson, Gigi Hadid, Bella Hadid, Marc Kalman, Kiyan Carmelo Anthony, Lala Anthony, Dionne Warwick, her sister Venus Williams Seal, Spike Lee, Tiger Woods, Zendaya, Anna Wintour and extra.
Followers can subsequent see Williams on the courtroom along with her sister, because the pair put together to compete within the first spherical of doubles play Thursday, and on Friday, Williams will face off in opposition to Australia’s Ajla Tomljanović, for her third-round match.
Williams kicked off the match Tuesday by beating Danka Kovinić 6-3, 6-3 in the first match. She stepped out in fashion for her closing U.S. Open debut, arriving on the stadium in a black, embellished bodice and tutu skirt by Nike, with the model noting the sparkles had been “impressed by the evening sky above centre courtroom.”
The outfit additionally initially contained six layers to characterize her six U.S. Open singles titles, however as Serena informed Gayle King in a post-match interview, she “took 4 out as a result of it was too heavy.”
Serena additionally rocked a pair of sneakers from Nike and her model Serena Williams Jewellery that featured 1.5-carat stable gold deubrés that spelled out “mama” and “queen,” reminding spectators that there’s extra to the tennis star’s legacy than her quite a few trophies.
It was an identical second for Williams and her daughter, Olympia, with the 5-year-old daughter cheering from the stands, twinning along with her mother in an identical outfit and a head filled with acquainted white beads. Followers will recall that Williams had the identical braided fashion when she first received the U.S. Open in 1999.
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