It was Williams’s earliest exit at the Australian Open — a tournament she’s won seven times — since 2006, and afterward, the 38-year-old said that at her age, she can’t afford to make so many mistakes. ADAD“I’m way too old to play like this at this stage of my career,” Williams said, per the Associated Press. But Williams broke Wang for the first time in six tries and then dominated the tiebreaker to force a third set. Though she reached the final of the previous two slams, it’s now been three years since she last won one, at the 2017 Australian Open when she was pregnant with daughter Alexis. Honestly, if we were just honest with ourselves, I lost that match,” Williams said.

Source: Washington Post January 24, 2020 13:07 UTC