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Tonight, @SerenaWilliams gave fans a performance to remember at the 2022 #USOpen with an electric match against Australia’s Ajla Tomljanović, who narrowly defeated the tennis legend. The match will be remembered as the most significant on-court moment of this year’s tour, marking the ending of Serena’s extraordinary, two-decade-long career as a tennis pro. Tonight marks the end of an era for women’s tennis, with Serena Williams clearly indicating that this year’s U.S. Open will be her final major tournament on the professional circuit. But as she has all throughout her matches this week, she put up an extraordinary fight—and her efforts at this year’s U.S. Open only serve as the feather in the cap of one of the greatest sporting careers of all time. As Williams herself put it when interviewed by Mary Joe Fernández after her defeat of Kontaveit on Wednesday night: “I’m just Serena.” Tap the link in our bio for more. Photographed by @luisalbertorodriguezstudio, styled by @gabriellak_j, Vogue, September 2022