andOr a minute there, it was like ancient times – with high risks and mobilization of capabilities the Venus Williams in court. After the end of the Arena Sabalink’s individual match on Tuesday, Williams Final at the Luis Armstrong stadium was shocked to fill the hole in the table. When Williams took the court with her partner Laila Fernandez in her folded black dress and matching the mask while the sun was retreated towards the horizon, she looked for the world like the woman designed to return back. Unfortunately for her, Fernandez and the crowd to chant, their opponents were keen to skip the front.
Katrina Senniakova and Taylor Townsin did not cut the nostalgia journey to the past. Categorically, they explained the difference between Williams and Vannandez, the marital who is associated there for fun, and themselves – the team that is really to win. The Top Seeds beat Williams-Fernandez 6-2, 6-1 in just less than one hour. Siniakova and Townsund won all their service matches, took control of the network, broke Williams and Fennelies at Will – they overcame so badly that they practically apologized for that.
In the post-match interview, Seniakova described it as a “privilege” for Williams, “Legend” last played in 2017-a loss in the second round of the Canadian Open Championship. “I remember I liked the Reebok dress available to it,” Townsin will added. “This is what led me to tennis. It was gentle clothes. She grew up watching Venus and Sirina, [they] It was always, for me and my sister, an inspiration and we really wanted to be like them when we grew up. “
There were no difficult feelings on the other side. There was never with Williams, TRILBLAZER who still radiates with class and grace even at this interesting professional stage. For the fans of the militants who follow the Grand Slam champion 21 times since the mid -nineties, the bonus time with Williams is something to taste us because we do not know how much time it will continue. Personally, I can remember covering this championship 20 years ago when Williams used to talk about watching DVD tablets for the new prince to dismantle the monotony between practices and delay the matches caused by the weather. “DVD?” She joked when I brought this night on Tuesday. “I don’t know what he is talking about. It is bigger than me.”
But she remembered. “My father only allowed watching the educational programs that arose, so I couldn’t see the new prince until I grew up. It was, like, for me at the age of 20 to see that, but he did not get older.”
No one could know that the same representative of the new prince would play her father one day. “Will Smith is a legend,” I continued. “The fact that this supervises the role of my father, and takes it – you cannot understand how serious it is.
As for the unusual fans born in this century? Most of them have gone throughout their lives without seeing Williams making history in Wimbledon, seizing the number 1 standings and dominating sport until her younger sister Serena grabbed the stick. Even Venus is still outside here grinding the woman’s tour at the age of 45 while Serena settled in a retired life as a mother of two children and Super Bowl Pop-Out Remarkable. It was not supposed to be the older sister who turned off the lights.
Venus’s unconventional relationship with tennis makes it always look as if it can take or leave sports at any moment. She did not play the role of young people before she was 14 years old and played a woman’s tour of her instead of protecting her arrangement. Amid years of injury conflicts, she had to deal with it Sujujran syndrome Chronic autoimmune disorder known for its energy.
These days, the fierce power and flexibility covered with the court shrunk to the point of leaving it struggling to survive in the early rounds of the championships. For this year’s Open Championship, she was fortunate to receive a WildCard card. (“I am very grateful for USTA to support my and my grandfather here, after Tuesday’s match:“ This was not possible without them and they believed in me to be here. ”) Ten years ago? You could have ease time in her career with general support on her part. I did, you can imagine USTA struggling to choose between her honor or Althaya Gibson in the United States Open for this year.
Instead, Williams began celebrations at Arthur Ash, which was the Middle East, which was long ago Ha The main stage. I played my husband mixed with his American teammate Riley Obilka and commented with Carolina Moussa, ranked eleventh for two hours until I lost that individual match in the first round in three groups. Despite her impressive autobiography, Williams was not a normal player. As long as her sister was with her in court, she only had to cover the alleys, and watching Serena serving and left her wonderful overfishing authority to take care of the rest.
Before the US Open, there was Some thinking about wishing Serena may come out of retirement to help the sister out. But in the end, Fernandez, the 2021 final rehabilitation in the US Open, which came to rescue after his victory over the Canadian Townsund in the open capital finals in July – a victory that Williams says made it feel “very inspired.” He went in both directions. “Seeing Venus playing on the field for joy has brought me back to the reason for starting tennis,” said Fernandez. “It is possible that the most important thing is that I started playing tennis for the love of the game and to make joy in court, not only myself but also for the fans.”
Sometimes, the contrast between William’s esteemed tolerance and the young Fernandez pyramid made Williams somewhat similar to the 22 -year -old of the rich aunt who shows her in the high school experience. But in the end, they proved that it was a huge team on their own while distorting their way during the first three tours of the marital without dropping a group.
Against Siniakova and Townsund, however, it was overwhelmed from outside and landed 0-4 in 16 minutes. She stopped the winner of 97 miles per hour from Williams for a moment and returned memories of the days when she could hit such shots at the will. She said, “I am very proud that I stayed myself.” “I didn’t try to play another game. I didn’t try to play it safely. I went for it, and this is what I was. But for the biggest part, Williams and Fennandez’s harsh hands were not identical to the Cineacova and sharp Townsund cars.
After that, Williams and Vannendes were the first to admit that they were not in their element. “Me and Lila, we were asking each other to be the best individual player we can be,” Williams said. “So our focus will always be individual. It will not become a sudden double player. I have never done; I will never do it. It’s the individual for me.”
When Serena approached the end of her amazing run, it took it ever to say frankly the word-retired-much less than that it was not at its peak. But in the case of Williams, belief From retirement it does not seem to have entered into her mind. If she has Drozers, you think she will continue to appear in championships and partnership with any better player he will get – like Martina Navratilova at the end of her career – even suddenly, don’t do it.
The real consent is not to watch now in knowing whether it can go back, but in the time it can extend. She said on Tuesday: “I never loved the game,” she said on Tuesday. “I never had to think if I loved the game. I was always playing, so it is part of my DNA. But it is clear that I am grinding here at this point, there should be little love, right?”