The wave of love in Cincinnati to fire Serena Williams

Nearly 11,000 spectators filled the center court stands on Tuesday Cincinnati to show your love and gratitude Serena Williamssome bittersweet sensations for the American champion, who bid farewell to Cincinnati falling 6-4 and 6-0 against the British Emma Raducanu.

At 40 years old, quiet announced last week that he was ready to retire from tennis and, although he did not do so outright, he suggested that it would happen after the next Open of USA.

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The public of torontowhere he fell last week against the Swiss Belinda Bencichas already shown him his respect and this Tuesday quiet received a wave of love from Cincinnatia tournament he won in 2014 and 2015.

I expect to have a longer way to go Linden Family Tennis Centerbut the draw matched him in the first round with one of the most talented players of the new generation.

At 19 years old, Raducanu, British born in Canada and of Romanian and Chinese descent, came into this tournament as the thirteenth player in the world and the current champion of the United States Open.

She showed it in a commanding victory, 6-4 and 6-0, but it didn’t spoil the party the Cincinnati public had thrown for Serena.

Raducanu surrendered to Serena

“I think we need to honor Serena for her amazing career. I am very grateful for the experience of measuring myself against him. Everything he has achieved is a source of inspiration and it is a true honor to share the track with him.” Raducanu in the interview at the foot of the field at the end of the game.

Thousands of people cheered him from the stands and many of them gathered at the exit of the players’ area to await his departure after the match.

However, hurt by the loss, Serena left the side door and left the Cincinnati club without speaking at a press conference.

He is expected to retire at the US Open

It is expected that the last tournament of his career will be played, starting on August 29, at the United States Open, where he is a six-time champion.

“I am here to say that I am changing from tennis to other things that are more important to me,” The tennis player wrote in a letter published by ‘Vogue’ that among the reasons she gives, her desire to be a mother stands out.

Williams has a daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr., who was born on September 1, 2017, after a complicated delivery in which she suffered a pulmonary embolism.

Serena Williams became a professional tennis player at the age of 14 and won 23 Grand Slam tournaments.

Williams, who began her professional career in 1995 and is the sister of fellow tennis player Venus Williams, won her first singles title, the US Open, in 1999.

In 2002, she won her first Roland Garros by decisively defeating her sister Venus, and in the same year she won her first Wimbledon.

Serena Williams has won the Australian Open seven times, Wimbledon seven times, US Opens six and Roland Garros three.