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Ajla Tomljanovic admitted to feeling "a little bit like the villain" after she beat her idol Serena Williams on Friday at the US Open in what was likely the 23-time Grand Slam champion's final match. The Australian overcame a Serena-crazed sold-out crowd and an in-form Williams to emerge with a…

There is no greater expression of Serena’s love for the sport than how long she stayed and many times she came back. She played on until the end, the very end

Serena Williams waved an emotional goodbye to tennis after a third-round loss to Ajla Tomljanovic at the US Open.

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Coco Gauff and Sachin Tendulkar also paid tribute to the 23-time grand slam singles champion

Leave it to Serena Williams to not want to go quietly, to not want this match, this trip to the US Open, this transcendent career of hers, to really, truly end. Right down to what were, barring a change of heart, the final minutes of her quarter-century of excellence on…

Glowing tributes have poured in for Serena Williams after the all-time great was beaten in the US Open by Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic, ending her illustrious career

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“Thank you daddy, I know you’re watching. Thanks mum.”