Serena Williams Rules For Another Day As Tennis’ Queen

Serena Williams defeats Danka Kovinic in opening round of 2022 US Open with a convincing singles win.

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Williams opened singles plays with a 6-3 victory over Danka Kovinić in the first round of the US Open at Arthur Ashe Stadium.

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Williams will open doubles play with her sister Venus on Wednesday and will also face world No. 2 Anett Kontaveit of Estonia in the singles round of 64 on the same day. It will be their first career meeting.

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At the time of celebrating her tennis career, Williams said she got a boost from the vocal crowd of almost 24,000 people.

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Serena Williams defeats Danka Kovinic in opening round of 2022 US Open with a convincing singles win.

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Serena Williams Rules For Another Day As Tennis’ Queen

Serena Williams defeats Danka Kovinic in opening round of 2022 US Open with a convincing singles win.

Williams opened singles plays with a 6-3 victory over Danka Kovinić in the first round of the US Open at Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Williams will open doubles play with her sister Venus on Wednesday and will also face world No. 2 Anett Kontaveit of Estonia in the singles round of 64 on the same day. It will be their first career meeting.

At the time of celebrating her tennis career, Williams said she got a boost from the vocal crowd of almost 24,000 people.

Serena Williams defeats Danka Kovinic in opening round of 2022 US Open with a convincing singles win.

It was her third match since she had announced she will "evolve away from tennis." William also said "Maybe the best word to describe what I'm up to is evolution. I'm here to tell you that I'm evolving away from tennis, toward other things that are important to me."