Serena Williams currently is on her retirement tour. Therefore, each and every match she plays holds a lot of value in terms of both business and emotion. In fact, the 23-time Grand Slam champion’s announcement made people flood the ticket counters of the US Open.

She recently completed her run in the Canadian Open and was about to test her skills in Cincinnati. However, there’s a sudden change in the plans. A change that might make Williams fans very unhappy.

An obstruction in Serena Williams’ match

Williams was supposed to lock horns with Emma Raducanu on Monday. But due to an unexpected and unfortunate injury, she will not be able to proceed. However, the former world no.1 isn’t walking out of the tournament. Rather, she has requested a delay. The fans will have to wait till the details are circulated by official channels.

Williams will meet the Brit and the reigning US Open champion for the first time in the hard courts of Cincinnati. While she will eye her third Cincinnati Open trophy, Raducanu will look forward to regain her form before jumping into the last Grand Slam of the season and defend her title.

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The match is highly anticipated as the 19-year-old rising star will test herself against her idol. It promises to be a battle that will showcase the skill sets of a star of the future generation against a veteran of the sport.

What is Williams’ current state?

The seven times Wimbledon champion after returning from her year long injury is struggling to assert her dominance on the court. At first, she incurred defeat in the opening round of Wimbledon at the hands of Harmony Tan. Thus cutting her run shorter than expected.

Then the legendary American faced a second round exit in the National Bank Open. Keeping all this in mind, it is going to be very difficult for Williams to battle against the top players in both Cincinnati and New York.

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Though because it is Serena Williams, fans are still holding onto their hopes of seeing her lift one last trophy. Fans all around the world will want to see the American leave the sport, the same way legendary Pete Sampras did. That is by winning the US Open title.