NEW YORK : Serena Williams said she wanted to be remembered as a fighter and was proud of the impact she had on tennis as she most likely dropped the curtain on her historic career at the U.S. Open on Friday. 'The fight, I'm such a fighter,' she said when asked how she wanted to be remembered following he
NEW YORK : Serena Williams said she wanted to be remembered as a fighter and was proud of the impact she had on tennis as she most likely dropped the curtain on her historic career at the U.S. Open on Friday.
"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 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.
The 40-year-old mother to Olympia exceeded expectations at the year's final major, turning back the clock to beat world number two Anett Kontaveit and fending off five match points against Tomljanovic in an absorbing three-set battle.
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