American Serena Williams lost 7-5, 6-7(4) and 6-1 to Australian Ajla Tomljanovic this Friday. Third round of the US Open The match that could mark the end of his career. in total 72,039 spectators USTA joined the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center and 23,859 fans sold the Arthur Ashe court to attend the last game of Serena Williams’ career, according to official data provided by the organization.

Flushing Meadows no longer speaks of ‘seven in the afternoon’ but rather of ‘Serena Time’, as Williams currently has four prime time televised matches at the Arthur Ashe circuit. The ‘ESPN’ chain, which owns the television rights in the United States, broadcast Williams’ three singles matches in prime time, in addition to the final doubles of Williams’ career, which he lost on the Arthur Ashe court on Thursday. . Each of these nights saw outstanding results, with an average of 2.7 million viewers for Monday’s match and a top of five million at the key moment in Williams’ second-round win over Estonia’s Anett Kontaveit. This data improves the outcome of the third day of the 2021 tournament by 289%, according to the ‘ESPN’ network.

Williams, 40, assured in a recent interview that he was ready to quit tennis and said that would happen after this US Open.

The American has won 73 trophies in his career, including seven Wimbledons, seven Australian Opens, six US Opens and three Roland Garros and 23 ‘majors’.

Follow? “I don’t think so, but you don’t know”

The American, this Friday, after the elimination, is currently does not intend to reconsider the idea of ​​retirement but he left open a small possibility by saying “you never know”. “I don’t think so, but you never know. I don’t know,” Serena Williams said in her emotional interview on a brimming Arthur Ashe piece. Before getting emotional, Williams said, “Thanks a lot, I tried. Thanks dad, I know you’re watching. Thanks mom.” “Thank you to everyone who has been by my side over the years. But I start with my family. I wouldn’t be Serena without Venus, so thank you Venus. She’s the only reason Serena exists,” she said. .