One of the postcards of the American’s victory in the third round of the US Open was the presence of the golfer in his team’s dressing room. Taking advantage of this, the winner of 23 Grand Slam tournaments explained the relationship between the two.
Until a few months, Serena Williams was a ghost on the professional tennis circuit. Complicated by injuries and her life as a mother, the winner of 23 Grand Slam tournaments had not played in an official tournament for a year and had no world ranking, signaling that it was all over for her. But no, he reappeared in Canada for a farewell tour and now at the US Open he is giving his last performance. The one in which Tiger Woods had a lead role.
And it is that the golfer has been a support for the North American during the months of doubts and problems. A support that Serena herself had hinted in the interview where she announced her retirement and that she confirmed yesterday at a press conference after beating the world number two. “Tiger is one of the main reasons I’m here and still play. “, Launched the former number one of the planet.
“We talk a lot. He tried to motivate me and we were like, ‘Okay, we can do this together’. It was good because I didn’t know what I wanted to do. I was lost, I had a lot of questions, and when you can trust someone like that, I mean, my God, it’s Tiger Woods. It was very useful for me to have things clear “, he added, referring to the situation that the golfer went through, when after a serious car accident, he had great difficulty in being able to walk again.
Support which was also reflected in the golfer’s presence at Artur Ashe yesterday. Tiger accompanied Serena from the players’ box and celebrated with his team the tennis legend’s return to the second round of the US Open.
From now on, the youngest of the Williams will have to play the first match of the doubles, with her sister Venus, then move on to singles 3rd round match against Ajla Tomljanović (46th) from Australia. They could be the last two battles for the best player of the 21st century. Tiger and the 20,000 participants will attempt the opposite.
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