The 6-time US Open champion Serena Williams obtained a royal welcome, with high-profile celebrities in attendance for her first-round match on the hard-court main on Tuesday, August 30.
As she made her approach to the court docket, Williams’s daughter Olympia captured the enduring entry of her mom in what’s more likely to be her ultimate match. Williams has, nonetheless, not explicitly talked about that she is going to retire after the US Open.
Olympia additionally paid tribute to her mom, including white beads to her hair which is analogous to what Williams wore in her hair when she received her first title on the US Open in 1999. Olympia’s outfit additionally resembled what Williams wore for her first-round match on the 2022 occasion.
Now that’s an entrance, @serenawilliams.#USOpen pic.twitter.com/vpdNSWcTes
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) August 29, 2022
The electrical opening evening shattered the US Open attendance file as a complete of 29,402 followers confirmed as much as witness Williams’s return to the Arthur Ashe Stadium. The figures have grow to be the biggest attendance ever recorded for a night session on the match. That quantity, mixed with the opening day session file of 41,930 followers, has set the second-highest single-day attendance mark in US Open historical past with a complete of 71,332 individuals.
Among the followers who turned up for William’s match, had been her household within the supporter’s field, a former US President, A-list actors {and professional} athletes. The visitors included Williams’s husband Alexis Ohanian, daughter Olympia, mom Oracene Price, agent Jill Smoller and Anna Wintour, the editor of Vogue journal, through which Williams introduced her impending retirement.
Others noticed within the crowd had been former President Bill Clinton and former tennis star Martina Navratilova. The likes of Mike Tyson, Katie Couric, Matt Damon, Anthony Anderson, Hugh Jackman, Spike Lee, Vera Wang, Ons Jabeur and Coco Gauff had been additionally in attendance.
The celebs are out for #Serena pic.twitter.com/aYh2Verchx
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) August 30, 2022
Serena Williams defeated Danka Kovinic within the first spherical of the ladies’s singles occasion on the US Open. Williams wasted little time to safe a straight-sets 6-3, 6-3 win in entrance of a packed Arthur Ashe Stadium. She will play quantity two seed Anett Kontaveit within the second spherical on Wednesday.
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