The living legend of tennis Serena Williams is the distant US Open championship tie Margaret Court’s career all-time Grand Slam singles title record is 24, but Williams’ latest run hasn’t been entirely without some controversy.
Most notably, individual attendees and spectators watching from home can hear fans cheering and celebrating whenever Estonian and No.ranked Anett Kontaveit made service fouls and other unforgivable fouls during Wednesday’s game, which Williams won 7-6 (7-4), 2-6, 6-2.
Like Justin Terranova As explained to the New York Post, such behavior is common in many American sports but is largely considered “rude” in tennis circles. Kontaveit seems to admit after her loss that the atmosphere that included many celebrities attending the match influenced her performance against the all-time great:
“I mean, it’s hard…it’s something I’ve never experienced before,” the 26-year-old answered the question in her native language. “I don’t think it’s a personal attack against me or anything. I mean, it’s fair. I certainly have no shame in losing to Serena. It was very difficult with the crowd. .”
A former pundit suggests such environments could help Williams hit the Court record before the age of 40 potential horseback riding into retirement sunset.
“Just being in court, seeing how the crowd loved it, motivating her, motivating her,” said once-ranked German 2nd man Tommy Haas. TMZ Sports. “Anything can happen in those moments.”
Haas added that Williams should definitely be considered one of the favorites to be the last woman standing when all is said and done.
“She looks so beautiful,” Haas said of Williams. “I think now it’s a matter of whether she’s feeling good physically. I mean, obviously, she’s feeling really good mentally. It’s going to be hard to beat her. “
Williams will once again be in front of a raving “home” crowd when she takes on Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic (world number 46) in New York on Friday night.
