Serena Williams loses to Radukhanu at Sincey. Next U.S. Open

Mason, Ohio — His 2 on Serena Williams' farewell tour The second destination was a short one.

The 40-year-old Williams said her career ``countdown has begun'' since her match count fell to 0-2 and her U.S. Open win came to an end. She lost 6-4 6-0 to the champion. Emma Raducanu competed at the Western& Southern Open on Tuesday night.

Williams said last week in a Vogue essay and Instagram post that her career was coming to an end, but the U.S. Open, which begins in New York on August 29, will be her final. He didn't say it would be his last competition.

The Cincinnati event was Williams' second U.S. Open tune-up. Flushing Her Meadows is her next stop on the court. She lost in straight sets to Belinda Bencic in Toronto last week. A day before her announcement, Williams defeated Nuria Palisas-Díaz to take her first win since the 2021 French Open.

Williams is her 23-time Grand Her Slam champion, most recently at the 2017 Australian Open and pregnant with her daughter Olympia. I was. She said wanting to expand her family was a big reason she was planning to leave. He dismissed and silenced the crowd of loud Williams supporters.

Her fans cheered heartily when Williams was introduced and when she scored her first point in the second game on a Radukhanu error. Williams said she screamed in frustration when she double-faulted, and she screamed even more and pumped her fist when she won the third game of the first set. .

After trailing 2-0 in her first set, she fought back with her 4-3 and then 5-4, but Radukhanu took the set to her side. ended with the love of Radukhanu rolled from there, Williams looked frustrated, and she even resigned at the end.

Her subsequent career inconsistencies were exposed. The players thrilled the crowd with an exciting rally in the fifth game of the second set, which Williams won with a forehand volley. However, she double-faulted at the next point en route to being broken.

After the match, she stormed off the court and waved to the crowd.

The 19-year-old Radukhanu from the UK will face veteran Victoria Azarenka in the second round on Wednesday. She has not won a title since her surprise victory at last year's US Open. Early on Tuesday, four-time Grand Slam her champion Naomi Osaka was defeated by her 6-4, 7-5 Chan her Shuai.

Another celebrity in her tournament, Coco Gauff qualified for Marie, who was eliminated after she withdrew from her bout with Buzkova with a left ankle injury. did. Gauff had his ankle taped after the first set and was eliminated after the first game of the second set.

Karolina Pliskova advanced with her 7-5, 6-1 victory over Williams' sister Venus. Bencic lost to Sorana Cirstea she lost 6-2 6-7 (3) 6-4.

Rafael Nadal, who has been out since Wimbledon withdrew from a lacerated abdomen, practiced in front of a large crowd. The 22-time Grand Slam champion plans to play his second-round match on Wednesday.

Wimbledon runner-up Nick Kyrgios defeated Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7-5, 6-4 in the men's first round.