The American tennis star, Serena Williams, who just finished her 100th victory at the Grand Slam, continued her record this time. Serena Williams managed to beat Elina Svitolina in straight sets 6-3, 6-4 in the semifinal round of the US Open 2019 women’s singles. The match took place at Arthur Ashe Stadium, New York, on Friday (6/9/2019) morning.
Through a 70-minute duel, Serena continued her 101st winning trend and was entitled to qualify for the 2019 US Open final. In fact, Svitolina played full of resistance. However, Serena’s maturity, experience and techniques dominate.
Svitolina repeatedly gave a cross ball inviting Serena to play a long rally. Unfortunately, this strategy seems to backfire. The tennis player from Ukraine lost many points because she was unable to catch Serena’s cross.
In addition, several times Serena managed to score points from the serve break. Likewise the service strength of the 37-year-old tennis player, cannot be returned perfectly by Svitolina. As a result, the score went for Serena.
In the next final, Serena will meet with Bianca Andreescu who succeeded in overthrowing Belinda Bencic. Bencic’s match against Andreescu was tighter. Forcing them to play to win 7 games per set.
Serena is fighting for her 24th Grand Slam title. Hence, this win is a motivation itself for her. This record matches the all-time record of the great tennis player from Australia, Margaret Court.
In addition, it is equalized with another great tennis player, Chris Evert who is also an American national. “This is very impressive. Being in any club with Chrissie (Chris Evert’s nickname) is truly extraordinary,” Serena said.
“I can’t do all of this without you (crowds of spectators). You really have been here for 20 years and I’m also still here,” Serena was quoted as saying by AFP. As is known, Serena began her career at the Grand Slam since she was 16 years old. Precisely in 1998, two decades later, the former World Tennis Queen made it to the 10th final at the US Open.
“I know (Svitolina) can play, she’s a very good player. Being in the semifinals twice in a row is very difficult, I just don’t want to play slow and want to keep wanting to continue my career,” she said.
While Svitolina really has brought out the best, but Serena’s game could not be weir. “At crucial moments, she always goes further forward, always bringing her best play,” Svitolina said.
