Serena Williams admits she “cannot think” about winning the US Open after her farewell tournament continued with a three-set upset win over No.
2 seed Anett Kontaveit. Williams rolled back the years in front of a sell-out crowd in Arthur Ashe Stadium to beat the fancied Estonian 7-6(4) 2-6 6-2.
She will play Australian Ajla Tomljanovic next. Ad Now she has sent Kontaveit packing, the draw has opened up with Williams facing an unseeded path to the quarter-finals.
Tunisian fifth seed Ons Jabeur, her doubles partner during his comeback in the grass swing earlier in 2022, is the next big name she is projected to meet in the last eight.
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