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Serena Williams of the United States reacts in the third set against Ajla Tomlijanovic of Australia during their Women's Singles Third Round match on Day Five of the 2022 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 02, 2022.

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Serena Williams Played Her Way To Mythos

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Tom Ley

2022 US Open – Day 6

At Least Carlos Alcaraz Gave Jenson Brooksby A Memorable Highlight

Serena Williams of the United States plays a backhand against Anett Kontaveit of Estonia in their Women's Singles Second Round match on Day Three of the 2022 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 31, 2022 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.

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Nobody Wants Serena Williams To Lose

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Patrick Redford

Spain's Rafael Nadal (R) greets Australia's Rinky Hijikata (L) during their 2022 US Open Tennis tournament men's singles first round match at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York, on August 30, 2022. (Photo by COREY SIPKIN / AFP) (Photo by COREY SIPKIN/AFP via Getty Images)

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Rinky Hijikata Made The Most Of His U.S. Open Moment

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Ray Ratto

Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart 2022 – Day 5

Anett Kontaveit Gets The Pleasure Of Being In Everyone’s Way

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Lauren Theisen

2022 US Open – Day 1

Daniel Elahi Galán Gave The U.S. Open A Post-Serena Show

Serena Williams of the United States serves against Nuria Parrizas Diaz of Spain during the National Bank Open, part of the Hologic WTA Tour, at Sobeys Stadium on August 8, 2022 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Serena Williams Says She Will Retire From Tennis This Season

Emma Raducanu of Great Britain celebrates after winning championship point to defeat Leylah Annie Fernandez of Canada during the second set of their Women's Singles final match on Day Thirteen of the 2021 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 11, 2021 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.

2021 US Open – Day 13

Emma Raducanu’s U.S. Open Title Was Efficient And Unprecedented

Daniil Medvedev collapses on the court after winning the 2021 U.S. Open.

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Daniil Medvedev Slammed The Door On Novak Djokovic Then Turned Into A Dead Fish

Novak Djokovic Has Earned Faith Until The Very End

Leylah Fernandez celebrates after a third-round upset of Naomi Osaka

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This U.S. Open Has Everything

Jenson Brooksby reacts in his match against Taylor Fritz at the U.S. Open.

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Jenson Brooksby Is Making American Tennis Strange

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Chris Thompson

Bryson DeChambeau admires the U.S. Open Championship Trophy after winning the 2020 U.S. Open at Winged Foot.

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Golf Has A Bombing Problem

Naomi Osaka wears a mask with the name of Tamir Rice, who was killed in a 2014 police shooting.

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The Movement To Organize Men’s Tennis Sure Could Benefit From Bringing In The Women

Dominic Thiem and Sascha Zverev bump fists after the 2020 U.S. Open final.

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The U.S. Open Men’s Final Was A Dispatch From A Future We Must Resist At All Costs

2020 US Open – Day 13

Naomi Osaka Asked The Right Question

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