'Sad' Court's reaction to Serena's retirement

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Australian large Margaret Court has delivered a jarring interrogation successful the aftermath of Serena Williams' farewell match, lamenting the disdain she believes the American fable and tennis satellite person for her.

"Serena — I've admired her arsenic a player," Court told UK work The Telegraph.

"But I don't deliberation she has ever admired me."

Court's earthy comments followed Williams' third-round exit astatine the US Open, successful which the 23-time singles expansive slam champion was eliminated by Australian Ajla Tomljanović.

Williams' last hurrah came astir a period aft she announced her status successful a left-field but fitting manner, revealing successful American manner mag Vogue that she would "evolve distant from tennis" aft this year's US Open.

The 40-year-old ousted Danka Kovinić successful the archetypal round and Anett Kontaveit successful the second, earlier the nonaccomplishment to Tomljanović ended her past accidental to adjacent Court's grounds fig of singles large titles.

Court won 24 singles expansive slam crowns crossed the 1960s and 1970s, yet astatine the US Open each signs pointed to the departing Williams being the GOAT.

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"It's precise sad, due to the fact that a batch of the property and tv today, peculiarly successful tennis, don't privation to notation my name," Court said.

"It's lone erstwhile they person to, due to the fact that I inactive clasp truthful galore records.

"In 2020, I was meant to beryllium coming to Wimbledon for the 50th day of my calendar expansive slam. But past COVID hit, truthful the honour ne'er happened. The French Open didn't invitation me, the US Open didn't invitation me.

"Rod Laver had won the slam and I was going to beryllium honoured successful the aforesaid way, but no.

"I didn't suffer immoderate slumber implicit it, but the honour has not been determination for what I did do.

"In my ain nation, I person been fixed titles, but they would inactive alternatively not notation me."

Court's condemnation of the cheery assemblage is simply a large crushed wherefore she's fallen retired of favour with the tennis world.

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Court, who turned 80 successful July, is simply a devout Christian and is ne'er acrophobic to stock her arguable views.

In 2012, she publically opposed same-sex matrimony successful Australia, earlier successful 2017 saying she would garbage to alert with Qantas owed its enactment for the cause.

The determination successful 2021 to grant Court the Companion of the Order of Australia, the highest class of prestige handed retired successful Australia Day honours, sparked outrage.

Late successful Court's interrogation with The Telegraph, she rued an cognition she believed was held by galore current-day players — not conscionable Williams.

"That's what disappoints maine — that players contiguous don't honour the past of the game," Court said.

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