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'I cannot think that far' – Serena Williams not thinking about US Open title after stunning Anett Kontaveit

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.

US OpenSerena show rolls on as she knocks out No. 2 seed Kontaveit in three-set thriller4 HOURS AGO But despite her promising run, and even more promising tournament path, Williams is not getting carried away. When asked if she could win the tournament during her post-match press conference, the 40-year-old said: “I cannot think that far.

“I'm here. I'm having fun and I'm enjoying it. Honestly, I've had so many tough matches the last I don't know how long that I just feel like just being prepared for everyone that I play is just going to be really, really difficult.

Get through those moments.” Williams says for the first time since her breakthrough win at the US Open in 1999 that she no longer has “a big red X” on her back. “I feel like everything is a bonus,” she said. “It’s that weird mixture of embracing but also staying focused.

I just feel like I have had a big red X on my back since I won the US Open in '99. “It's been there my entire career, because I won my first Grand Slam early in my career. “But here it's different.

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