Serena Williams performs a backhand in opposition to Danika Kovinic of Montenegro at some stage in the primary round of the U.S. Open in Queens, N.Y., on Monday

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Williams got off to a chunk of a gradual begin with a few double faults hurting her in the first set

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Service winner  reacted to with clenched fists and her trademark cry of “Come on!”

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There could be greater, as Williams carried that excellent stage into the second one set towards Kovinic, a 27-year-old from Montengero.

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Service winner  reacted to with clenched fists and her trademark cry of “Come on!”

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Monday night time in a packed Arthur Ashe Stadium with an environment greater akin to a pageant than a farewell.

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 Nearly  23,000 in attendance rose for a raucous standing ovation.

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Serena Williams guarantees that whatever she does after tennis, she can be able to still be intense like she become as a player.

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Williams says her subsequent chapter will be “like Serena 2.0.”

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