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Olympic gold medal duo Paul O'Donovan and Fintan McCarthy cruised into the A final of the men's lightweight double sculls, while the Women's Four also advanced to their final with a dominant display at the European Championships in Munich.
A tearful Serena Williams admitted to feeling «a lot of emotions» as she was beaten in straight sets by Belinda Bencic in Toronto. Williams, playing her first match since announcing her imminent retirement from the sport, lost 6-2 6-4 to the Swiss to exit the Canadian Open at the second round stage. Ad The 23-time Grand Slam winner, widely regarded as the greatest player of all time, revealed in an interview with Vogue magazine this week that she was «evolving away» from tennis and is «ready for what’s next».
TORONTO: The first stop on Serena Williams' farewell tour came to a quick end as she fell 6-2, 6-4 to Belinda Bencic in second-round action at the Canadian Open on Wednesday (Aug 10) a day after announcing her forthcoming retirement from tennis.
Serena Williams, who said this week she will soon call time on her storied tennis career, departed the WTA Toronto Masters for the last time Wednesday with a 6-2, 6-4 loss to Belinda Bencic.
Serena Williams, who said this week she will soon call time on her storied tennis career, departed the WTA Toronto Masters for the last time Wednesday with a 6-2, 6-4 loss to Belinda Bencic.
Serena Williams may be in the home stretch of her career, but the 23-time Grand Slam champion's aura remains, Switzerland's Belinda Bencic said Wednesday. "You can feel her presence everywhere. She has that aura ...whether you like it or not you are intimidated, you are scared," said Bencic, who nevertheless managed to quell her emotions and beat Williams 6-2, 6-4 in the former world number one's final match at the WTA Toronto Masters.
TORONTO: Serena Williams, who said this week she will soon call time on her storied tennis career, departed the WTA Toronto Masters for the last time Wednesday with a 6-2, 6-4 loss to Belinda Bencic.
Serena Williams, who said this week she will soon call time on her storied tennis career, departed the WTA Toronto Masters for the last time on Wednesday with a 6-2, 6-4 loss to Belinda Bencic. The second-round defeat by Switzerland's reigning Olympic gold medallist was hardly unexpected, with the 40-year-old Williams competing in only her third match of 2022. Bencic fired eight aces and broke Williams twice in the first set and once in the second, advancing on her first match point after 78 minutes. But as Bencic herself said in the post-match interview on court: "tonight is about her." Williams's farewell on-court interview was threaded with emotion.