She will be 38 in September and her 23rd and most recent Slam triumph was at the Australian Open in 2017 while pregnant. An arm injury torpedoed that meeting and stalled her assault on a fourth title in Paris after 2002, 2013 and 2015. Defeat in the 2018 Wimbledon final to Angelique Kerber, and at the US Open championship match, where her now-infamous meltdown overshadowed Naomi Osaka's title triumph, followed. Saturday's loss was Williams' earliest exit at the Slams since a third round loss to France's Alize Cornet at Wimbledon in 2014. I have always imagined playing there and winning a match."

Source: The Nation Bangkok June 01, 2019 23:03 UTC