Serena Williams loses to Raducanu; US Open next

Serena Williams loses to Raducanu; US Open next

MASON, Ohio (AP) — The following place an extremity to on Serena Williams' farewell tour was a short one.

The 40-year-old Williams fell to 0-2 inside matches since announcing "the countdown has begun" on her career, losing 6-4, 6-0 to U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu inside the Western & Southern Open on Tuesday night.

Williams said last week inside a Vogue magazine article accompanied by every one one other accompanied by an Instagram pole that her career was winding down, although she did not explicitly speak the U.S. Open, which begins Aug. 29 inside New York, would exist her last tournament.

The Cincinnati event was the following U.S. Open tuneup for Williams, accompanied by every one one other accompanied by the following hour dated she takes the court of rules and regulations of rules with every one other accompanied by regulations will exist at Flushing Meadows. She lost to Belinda Bencic inside unswerving sets last week inside Toronto. A day earlier to the announcement, Williams hit Nuria Parrizas-Diaz for her earliest match go nearer earliest inside since the 2021 French Open.

Williams is a 23-time Grand Slam champion, most not lengthy ago inside 2017 at the Australian Open, when she was expecting a infant accompanied by feminine child Olympia. She said wanting to expand her family was a large spring she plans to step away.

Raducanu, ranked No. 19 inside the world, was sharp while she dispatched Williams — accompanied by every one one other accompanied by quieted the vocally pro-Williams crowd — inside 1 hour, 5 minutes.

"I can't exist convinced by I fair played Serena Williams," the 19-year-old Raducanu said. "It's something that I exist convinced by I'm really fortunate to have been intelligent to do, accompanied by every one one other accompanied by for our careers to have crossed when there's such a large (age) gap accompanied by every one one other accompanied by watching her growing up, it was an amazing experience to fair amuse oneself her."

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Williams did not speak to reporters following the match.

Fans cheered heartily when Williams was introduced, accompanied by every one one other accompanied by on one instance additional when she won her earliest point on a Raducanu mistake inside the following game. Williams yelled inside exasperation when she double-faulted accompanied by every one one other accompanied by screamed flat louder accompanied by every one one other accompanied by pumped her fist when she won the third game of the earliest set.

"I fair knew how important every one one single point was since you permit up a little bit, yeah, she's going to exist all over you," Raducanu said. "She's fair such a legend."

Down 2-0 inside the earliest set, she fought spine within 4-3 accompanied by every one one other accompanied by at that hour dated 5-4, nevertheless Raducanu closed not here the place at love. Raducanu rolled from there, accompanied by Williams looking frustrated accompanied by every one one other accompanied by flat resigned near the end.

Williams was sidelined for a year by a torn hamstring suffered last year at Wimbledon, accompanied by every one one other accompanied by her late-career injuries have contributed to inconsistency on the court.

The players thrilled the crowd accompanied by an thrilling rally inside the fifth game of the following set, won by Williams accompanied by a forehand volley. But she double-faulted on the following point on the way to actuality broken.

She briskly left-hand the court of rules and regulations of rules with every one other accompanied by regulations following the match, waving to the crowd while she exited.

"I exist convinced by that the crowd was attractive electric," Raducanu said. "The stadium was really packed, accompanied by every one one other accompanied by flat if they were cheering for Serena ... I was prepared for that."

Raducanu faces former soldierold hand Victoria Azarenka inside Wednesday's following round. She has not won a title since her out-of-nowhere triumph at the U.S. Open last year.

Earlier Tuesday, four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka was eliminated by Shuai Zhang, 6-4, 7-5.

The competition lost another large name, Coco Gauff, when she former from her match opposed to qualifier Marie Bouzkova accompanied by a left-hand ankle injury. Gauff had her ankle taped following the earliest place accompanied by every one one other accompanied by dropped not here following the earliest game of the following set.

Karolina Pliskova state-of-the-art accompanied by a 7-5, 6-1 go nearer earliest inside over Williams' older sister, Venus. Bencic fell to Sorana Cirstea, 6-2, 6-7 (3), 6-4.

Rafael Nadal, sidelined since withdrawing from Wimbledon accompanied by an abdominal tear, practiced earlier to a large crowd. The 22-time Grand Slam champion is scheduled to amuse oneself Borna Corcic on Wednesday.

In a men's first-round match, Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios hit Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7-5, 6-4.

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Serena Williams loses to Raducanu; US Open next