Serena Williams has been in professional tennis for over 25 years. Therefore, the 23-time Grand Slam champion has faced all sorts of difficulties the sport has to offer. She is a seasoned player like Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic. However, every athlete’s coping mechanism varies from others. The same goes for Williams and the big three.
Serena Williams’ way of rebooting.
When a reporter asked Serena how she regained his focus during ongoing matches. Williams said, “Yeah, no, I just got lighter.” “Use your imagination (smiling). But it wasn’t number two, so…”
Serena Willliams' ongoing run at the US Open 2022.
The former world number one fought tooth and nail on Wednesday to advance to the third round in the last Grand Slam of her career. Serena went on to beat Anett Kontaveit in the second round After taking down Danka Kovinic in straight sets in her opening match.
Who is Serena playing next?
The six-time US Open champion will square off against the Croatian-Australian tennis professional Ajla Tomljanović for a spot in the last 16 of the US Open. Tomljanović, who made up to the quarterfinals of the WTA 1000 event in Cincinnati, might pose a threat to Williams’ run.
Williams knocked out of both the hard court masters before the US Open.
Williams was knocked out of both the Toronto and Cincinnati Masters in the initial rounds. Though as Serena Williams outclassed the world number two seed recently, and has been playing surprisingly well, she seems to have things under control and could make a run for Grand Slam number 24.