'Thank you from the bottom of my heart. It's been a joy playing in front of you guys all these years.' The Serena Williams farewell tour has begun. tennis NBO22
"It was a lot of emotions, I've always loved playing here, I wish I could have played better but Belinda played so well."It's just been so memorable. I'm terrible at goodbyes, but goodbye Toronto."
The match started with a video tribute to Williams from the likes of Billie Jean King and Wayne Gretzky."Great athlete, a lot of people think she's the GOAT, and I think every generation gets better, so right now, she's the GOAT."Serena has transcended our sport, gone way beyond the boundaries of just being an athlete.
On the next point she missed a routine volley with the court wide open, the gulf between her and the 12th ranked player in the world painfully obvious.Bencic needed five sets points to close out the first set, even surviving a break point, the only such opportunity Williams would have during the match.
The second set went to script as well for Bencic, who broke Williams in the seventh game before serving out the match. "Tonight was really special, it's quite overwhelming, I never imagined to play Serena so many times and it's always an honour to be on the court with her, that's why I think tonight is about her," Bencic said.For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by
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