US Open: Ajla Tomljanović makes brilliant joke after Serena Williams victory

Ajla Tomljanović made a hilarious joke after she defeated Serena Williams in the third round of the US Open.

The Australian tennis star won 7-5 6-7 6-1 against Williams, progressing onto a fourth round encounter against Russia’s Liudmila Samsonova.

It is expected to be Williams’s last match, with the 23-time Grand Slam winner announcing last month that she would be “evolving away from tennis”.

Tomljanović responded brilliantly when told she was now the last player to beat Williams.

“Well, no one is going to pronounce my name right, so that’s going to suck,” the world number 46 joked.

“But I don’t think I’ve been part of tennis history, so that’s pretty cool. I do feel a little bit like the villain.”

“During the match I was so eager to win. I mean, I wanted to win as much as the next person because I didn’t look at her like, Oh, Serena, her last tournament. But then when it ended, it almost didn’t feel right.”

Tomljanovic is now into the round of 16 at the US Open for the first time in her career, having reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon in June.

Williams now plans to rest and spend more time with her daughter Olympia, who was born in 2017.

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