Serena Williams "You know, I always just got to do the best that I can," ...
Serena Williams
"You know, I always just got to do the best that I can,"
Williams said to the crowd after the match.
"When I step out on the court, I just want to do the best that I can on that particular day. That's really all I can really do."
Williams, 40, announced her impending plans to "evolve" from tennis in a first-person essay in Vogue earlier this month, she has been given a farewell tour of sorts and received standing ovations at both the Canadian Open and the Western & Southern Open.
Williams defeated Danka Kovinic 6-3, 6-3 at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing Meadows in New York City — the site of Williams' first U.S. Open win in 1999 when she was 17.
"Just keep supporting me," Williams said after the match, "as long as I'm here."
Williams has won six U.S. Open singles championships, the last in 2014. On paper, she is the overwhelming favorite on Monday night, with a 20-0 record in U.S. Open first-round matches — without dropping a set since 2001, according to the U.S. Open.
But Williams is currently ranked 605th for singles, returning to play only recently after battling injuries. Her opponent, 27-year-old Kovinic of Montenegro, is ranked 80th.
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