Serena Williams is about to embark on yet another Us Open final. The American sensation is famously 1 slam short form Margaret Court’s record (23). Serena has already “failed” to equal the Australian after losing 3 consecutive major finals after being back from pregnancy.
The tennis legend was recently the runner-up in Wimbledon (20018, 2019) and last year at the US Open after losing a highly controversial final to Naomi Osaka.
Meghan Markle at the US Open final
Serena’s dear friend Meghan Markle decided to take a flight from the UK to go and watch Williams’ final on Saturday. The Duchess of Sussex has already witnessed Serena’s recent final in Wimbledon when the former world no.1 was blown away by a sensational Simona Halep (6-2 6-2).
When Serena’s coaching team may not be happy with Meghan’s presence
According to reports (Page Six), Meghan’s presence at the final is a source of concern for Serena’s team. Page Six maintains that a source close to Williams said:
“Serena asked her coach about Meghan coming when she won last night, and everyone is worried, as tennis players are very superstitious, and Serena lost when Meghan came to watch her at Wimbledon.”
According to the reports, Serena’s coach Patrick Mouratoglou is also extremely focussed on the task and he is worried that the former world no.1 will be distracted by Meghan’s presence.
Serena excited for Meghan’s presence
However, other sources close to Page Six said that Patrick Mouraoglou is not really concerned by the presence of Merkle as he said: “Not at all. There will be 22,000 people in the stadium; 23,000, actually. One more or less won’t change a thing.”
In addition, the American legend seems to be he elated with Meghan’s presence. This source commented, “Serena adores Meghan and she’s so excited about her coming to the Open.”
Concerns or not, Serena will have to deal with a huge hurdle named Bianca Andreescu. You can bet that the American superstar will be totally focussed on that.
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