From icon to icon.
From legend to legend.
Serena Williams knocked out No. 2 seed Estonian Anett Kontaveit in the second round (7-6, 2-6, 6-2) after a fierce two and a half hour fight.
Farewells will wait.
To the delight of 29,959 furious spectators (a new Arthur-Ashe record) and stars, including a certain Tiger Woods.
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The greatest golfer of the modern era savored and tweeted that it was
“a privilege to witness excellence”
.
But the man who revolutionized golf does not content himself with cheering on the last steps on the court of the woman who revolutionized women's tennis.
He thus accompanied her and helped to prepare her very probable der des ders.
"He's one of the reasons I'm here, one of the main reasons I'm still playing
," the American revealed at a press conference.
We talked a lot.
He was really trying to motivate me.
We were like, “Okay, we can do this together.”
I was just...
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