“We love you Serena”, the magnificent tifo in tribute to the US legend

Everything was planned to bid her a farewell worthy of the immense champion that she is, but Serena Williams did not hear it that way and roared again Monday at the US Open, where she qualified for the 2nd round of his probable last tournament by winning easily against the Montenegrin Danka Kovinic (80th in the world) 6-3, 6-3. “I always do my best. And here I feel good. The public was crazy and really helped me“, she commented

Before the match, the organizers had planned a little staging: his entrance on the court was preceded by an animation with images of his New York successes projected on the giant screens, with a comment repeating insistently “queen” (the Queen).

Once again announced as such, she entered the court dressed in a black outfit accented with diamonds, her hair styled in a lioness mane, and provoked a deafening ovation from the standing public.

After the match, speakers, including the legendary Billy Jean King, also weaved laurels to the player. As if it had been planned to bring back definitively and with honors the player considered the greatest of all time and who won in New York in 1999 the first of her 23 Grand Slam titles.

Serena staysquite vague» on his retirement

The organizers thus recorded a record number of 29,402 spectators for the night session alone, including nearly 24,000 on the central. And if she has not reconsidered her decision to retire soon, a term that she replaces with “evolution“, announced at the beginning of August, she was nevertheless pleased to maintain the doubt on the moment that she would choose. “I’ve been pretty vague on this topic, haven’t I? I will stay because you never know“, she said after her victory.