Serena Williams Fends Off Retirement Thaum US Qhib. Puas Yog Nws Poised Rau Jimmy Connors-Type Khiav Thaum Hnub nyoog 40?

Serena Williams tsis mus ntsiag to mus so haujlwm.

Tus poj huab tais uas muaj hnub nyoog 41 xyoos tsis ntev los no tau tso tseg qhov kawg ntawm nws txoj haujlwm tsawg kawg yog lwm qhov kev sib tw thaum nws tsoo Danka Kovinic ntawm Montenegro, 6-3, 6-3, mus rau qhov thib ob. ntawm US Open hauv qhov xav tias yuav yog nws qhov kev sib tw zaum kawg.

Nws tsuas yog nws qhov kev yeej thib ob hauv xyoo 2022 tom qab tau so ib xyoos vim muaj mob pob txha. Nws lub cim lag luam ua haujlwm thiab kev txav mus los tau zoo dua li lawv muaj nyob rau hauv ib qho ntawm nws qhov kev sib tw dhau los xyoo no, uas ua rau muaj txiaj ntsig zoo mus tom ntej.

Tom ntej no yog No. 2 noob Anett Kontaveit hnub Wednesday.

Tam sim no cov lus nug yog: Serena puas tuaj yeem ua Jimmy Connors-hom khiav hauv Flushing Meadows? Nyob rau hauv 1991, Connors, uas muaj 39 xyoo thaum lub sij hawm kev sib tw, nkag mus raws li ib tug wildcard thiab famously mus txog lub semifinals ua ntej poob rau Jim Courier.

"Kuv tsuas yog sim ua qhov zoo tshaj plaws uas kuv tuaj yeem ua tau thaum kuv tawm hauv tsev hais plaub kuv tsuas yog xav ua qhov zoo tshaj plaws uas kuv tuaj yeem ua tau rau hnub tshwj xeeb thiab qhov ntawd yog txhua yam kuv xav ua," Serena tau hais hauv nws qhov kev xam phaj hauv tsev hais plaub. nrog Gayle King.

“Cov neeg coob coob vwm. Nws yeej pab rub kuv dhau. Kuv tau txais lub zog tiag tiag, Kuv zoo li, Yog, Kuv tau txais qhov no. "

Raws li Serena nkag mus hauv lub tsev hais plaub hnav ib tug dub daim duab skating-inspired Nike tiab, 23-lub sijhawm Grand Slam tau tshaj tawm tias "Qhov Zoo Tshaj Plaws Txhua Lub Sijhawm." Nws thiab Kovinic tau txais tos hauv tsev hais plaub los ntawm tus kws tsim yeeb yaj kiab Spike Lee.

Tom qab Serena nyuam qhuav pib lub hlis no tau tshaj tawm tias nws yuav mus so haujlwm hauv Vogue zaj dab neeg, ntau tshaj 30,000 US Open daim pib tau muag. Ib pawg neeg muaj peev xwm ntawm 23,800 hauv Arthur Ashe Stadium - suav nrog Serena tus ntxhais 4 1/2 xyoo Olympia, uas hnav tiab dub zoo li nws niam, thiab yav dhau los Thawj Tswj Hwm Bill Clinton - tau nyob ntawm tes rau qhov kev tshwm sim, nrog cov rooj zaum hauv tsev hais plaub mus rau nce mus txog $5,800. Kaum tsib tus neeg ua haujlwm hauv TV tau npog qhov kev sib tw. Ua ntej, video montage ua si hwm Serena thiab lwm tus yeej yav dhau los. Nws tau nco txog "Ib Lub Sij Hawm Ci" ua si tom qab NCAA kev sib tw ncaws pob txhua xyoo.

Txawm hais tias Serena nyuam qhuav ua si hauv xyoo tas los, qhov kos zoo li qhov zoo, Kovinic tsis yeej ib qho kev sib tw txij li Fabkis Qhib.

Serena tau txhim kho mus rau 21-0 hauv nws qhov kev sib tw thawj zaug ntawm Qhib thiab tseem muaj sia nyob rau cov ntaub ntawv tsis txaus ntseeg-tying 24 lub npe loj.

"Nws tu siab tias nws tau nres tab sis kuv vam tias txawm li cas los xij nws nyob hauv qhov kev sib tw ntev, nws yog kev ua koob tsheej zoo kawg nkaus ntawm nws thiab nws tau ua tiav," peb tus yeej loj thib peb Andy Murray, uas ua si sib xyaw ua ke nrog Serena ntawm Wimbledon xyoo 2019, hais rau ESPN tom qab nws thawj zaug yeej.

"Thiab Venus ib yam nkaus. Qhov lawv tau ua li cov viv ncaus yog yuav luag zoo tshaj qhov lawv ua tiav ntawm lawv tus kheej. "

Venus, uas ya nyob rau hauv lub radar ntawm 42, tsis tau tshaj tawm nws txoj kev npaj tab sis muaj speculation nws kuj tuaj yeem so haujlwm tom qab Qhib. Venus ua si nws thawj zaug sib tw hnub Tuesday yav tav su.

Serena thiab Venus tab tom ua si ob zaug ua ke pib hnub Thursday, txhais tau tias lawv qhov kev sib tw zaum kawg tuaj yeem sib koom ua ke.

Serena tau hais tias "Peb tab tom tso nws tag nrho ntawm no [hauv ob npaug]," Serena hais. "Rau kuv tsawg kawg, kuv hais tsis tau rau kuv tus muam."

Cov neeg coob nyob tom qab Serena txij thaum pib.

Nws tau ua txhaum ob zaug hauv thawj qhov kev ua si ntawm qhov kev sib tw, tab sis tau tawm tsam nrog rov qab-rau-rov qab aces ua ntej Kovinic netted forehand ntawm qhov kev ua si taw tes raws li cov neeg coob roared.

Hauv kev ua si tom ntej, cov neeg coob coob tau nce mus rau nws ko taw thaum Serena tsoo nrawm 2-0 ua tus thawj coj thaum nws ntaus tus yeej thawj ntawm lub vas.

Thaum nws smacked ib tug 115-mph kev pab cuam yeej coj thawj zaug 6-3, cov neeg coob coob sawv los qhuas.

Thaum Williams txeeb tau 5-3 tus thawj coj hauv qhov thib ob, rau lub sijhawm US Open tus yeej Chrissie Evert tau hais rau ESPN, "Kuv tsis tau pom nws ua si zoo li no hauv tsib xyoos."

Williams tam sim no yeej qhov kev sib tw US Open hauv nws cov hluas, nws 20s, 30s thiab 40s.

"Koj tsis ntshai," Billie Jean King hais rau Williams tom qab kev sib tw hauv tsev hais plaub. "Koj ntxub plam, thiab kuv hlub nws."

Serena tsis tau hais meej meej tias qhov no yuav yog nws qhov kev sib tw zaum kawg, tab sis nws zoo li ntawd.

"Nws yog ib qho kev txiav txim siab nyuaj heev vim tias thaum koj mob siab rau ib yam dab tsi thiab koj hlub ib yam dab tsi heev, nws nyuaj rau taug kev," nws hais txog kev so haujlwm. "Tsis tas li ntawd, kuv nyiam nws vim nws ua rau koj haum yog li ntawd yog qhov nyiaj ntxiv."

Nws tau hais tias nws xav kom nws tsev neeg loj hlob thiab muaj menyuam ntxiv.

"Kuv tsis tuaj yeem xav txog kuv lub neej yam tsis muaj kuv cov viv ncaus…," nws hais rau Lub Sijhawm Magazine. "Thaum kuv saib ntawm Olympia, Kuv yeej tsis ua qhov kawg ntawm kuv lub siab, los ntawm kev tsis sim ua rau nws tus nus muag. Los ntawm tsev neeg loj, thiab los ntawm tsib, tsis muaj dab tsi zoo dua. "

Txog tam sim no, Serena tseem muaj sia nyob tsawg kawg ib qho kev sib tw ntxiv.

"Tab sis txhua yam nws tau ua tiav hauv nws txoj haujlwm, kuv tsis paub tias qhov no yuav yog nws qhov kev sib tw zaum kawg lossis tsis," said Coco Gauff, uas tau tshoov siab los ua si los ntawm Serena thiab yeej nws qhov kev sib tw thawj zaug hnub Monday, hais ua ntej Serena qhov kev sib tw. “Kuv vam tias tsis yog. Kuv vam tias nws yeej thiab nws mus ntxiv. Feem ntau, txhua txoj kev, txhua yam uas nws tau ua tiav, Kuv paub tseeb tias nws yuav yog hmo ntuj rau txhua tus, rau txhua yam nws tau ua nyob rau hauv thiab tawm ntawm lub tsev hais plaub, kuv xav tias koj tsis tuaj yeem hais lus.

"Kuv vam tias hmo no yog qhov nws xav kom xaus lossis hloov mus deb ntawm kev ntaus pob tesniv."

Txog tam sim no, Serena tuaj yeem npau suav ntawm Connors-esque khiav ntawm Qhib.

Nws hais rau cov neeg coob coob tias, "Cia li tawm los txhawb kuv ntev npaum li kuv nyob ntawm no," thiab paub tias kuv hlub koj heev.

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