Serena Williams has insisted she will ‘soldier on’ in search of slam glory but her quarter-final collapse against Karolina Pliskova posed questions about her emotional state
Serena Williams leaves Melbourne – and the rest of tennis – less certain about her future than her magnificent past, upset yet oddly resigned to the fact that what she hoped would be the extension of her comeback had unravelled in glorious confusion.
In trying to rationalise the disappointment of falling three wins short of drawing alongside Margaret Court with a staggering 24 career majors, Williams moved with far more dexterity in the aftermath than she did while enduring a head-spinning collapse in the third set of her quarter-final against Karolina Pliskova.
Written by Kevin Mitchell in Melbourne
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jan/23/serena-williams-australian-open-tennis-defeat-karolina-pliskova under the title “Australian exit shows Serena Williams is haunted by trauma of US meltdown”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
