Serena Williams closes profession with third round misfortune

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Serena Williams, the symbol, the legend, the GOAT, has lost in the third round of the US Open, denoting her last match as an expert tennis player.

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Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic beat Williams on Friday night in an undeniably exhilarating fight

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Williams had gone up 4-0 in the subsequent set, as well,

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and appeared to be ready to compel a third.

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However Tomljanovic, who dominated four straight matches to finish off the main set,

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controlled her direction through to drive a tiebreak.

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She almost got Williams there, as well, however Williams got away with the 7-4 win to expand the match.

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However Williams bounced up 1-0 in the last set, she dropped the following two rapidly and appeared to be depleted after more than over two hours on the court.

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Tomljanovic moved from that point, even with apparently the whole arena against her,

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to take the last set and advance into the fourth round while at the same time finishing Williams' profession.

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