'Really good question': Serena's last act discontent

Serena Williams has opened up astir her career-ending nonaccomplishment to Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic astatine the US Open, answering the question "no-one's asked me."

Tomljanovic ruined Williams' fairytale astatine Flushing Meadows with a 7-5, 6-7, 6-1 3rd circular win, with the American icon past announcing she was "transitioning" distant from the athletics she dominated for the amended portion of 2 decades.

In an interrogation with CBS, Williams reiterated she had nary plans to instrumentality to tennis and recalled her emotions from that spine-tingling September night.

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CBS' Gayle King asked the 41-year-old however she felt the greeting aft waving goodbye.

"That's a truly bully question, no-one's asked maine that yet," Williams said.

"I was really not precise blessed astatine all, conscionable due to the fact that of the result.

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Serena Williams and Ajla Tomljanovic. (AP)

"I was determination to support going and to support winning, and it was much oregon little like, I can't judge I fto that lucifer spell much than anything...

"Obviously it was a large infinitesimal and a large representation and I don't consciousness similar I've near anything, but I conscionable felt similar what I could person done amended that day."

Williams has a tennis tribunal astatine her Florida location but, looking retired astatine the grass, did not consciousness the impulse to prime up a racquet again.

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"I consciousness alleviation erstwhile I look astatine the court," Williams said.

"I consciousness similar I americium truthful blessed I don't person to bid for 2 hours today...

"I've virtually fixed my full beingness to tennis. It's clip for maine to springiness my beingness to thing else."

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