Excited 'to simply to live at the time,' Serena Williams starts US Open run with straight-sets win

Serena Williams, (born September 26, 1981, Saginaw, Michigan, U.S.), American tennis player

Williams is widely considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time

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NEW YORK -- Serena Williams' expected retirement will have to wait. The 23-time major champion won her first-round match 6-3, 6-3

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Huge homerun singles champion reported her arrangement to "advance" away from tennis after the US Open.

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"It's the hardest thing that I might at any point envision," Williams said

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"While this is never a simple choice to make, I am not where I should be truly to contend," Williams

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