US Open: 'I for no be Serena if Venus no exist' - Serena Williams tok as she wave bye-bye to tennis
Emotions full ground as Serena Williams wave bye-bye to di US Open - and her ogbonge career - afta she lose to Australia Ajla Tomljanovic on a trilling night for New York, BBC reported.
Williams wey go turn 41 next month, expect am to be her final match.
E go di end a 27-year professional career, wey bring 23 major singles wins and make many pipo label di American as di greatest of all time.
Williams lost 7-5 6-7 (4-7) 6-1 and tears begin run comot her eyes afta she lose.
Di former long-time world number one save five match points for wetin prove to be di final game but dey powerless to stop a sixth.
Almost everyone wey fit, stand to dia feet wen she comot di court on Arthur Ashe Stadium.
As she wave goodbye and give her signature twirl, Tina Turner pop classic 'Simply The Best' begin play loudly for di sound system.
Wen dem ask her if she go reconsider retiring afta her performance dis week, Williams say: "I literally dey play my way into dis and dey get beta. I suppose don start sooner dis year. I don't think so, but you never know."
Williams dey full wit emotion when dem interview her for di middle of di court, she thank her family, team, di crowd and her fans across di world for dia support ova di years, according to BBC.
"I thank everyone wey dey here, wey don dey my side so many years, decades. Oh my gosh, literally decades," Williams tok, wey play her first professional tournament as a 14-year-old for 1995.
"But everytin start my parents. And dem deserve everything. So I dey really grateful for dem.
"And I no go be Serena if my [sister] Venus no dey, so thank you, Venus. She be di only reason wey Serena Williams ever existed."
Tomljanovic, wey don move go di fourth round and go play wit Russia Liudmila Samsonova, hail her opponent as she take di microphone.
Di world number 46 produce one outstanding performance to block out di noise and sense of occasion wey show for her clinical hitting for di final stages of a brutal contest wey last for three hours and five minutes, BBC reported.
Arsenal maintain their 100% start against Villa
Arsenal maintained their 100% start to the season to stay top of the Premier League with a narrow victory over a lacklustre Aston Villa side, BBC reported.
The result is likely to heap more pressure on Villa boss Steven Gerrard who has seen his side lose four of their first five fixtures.
However, he could have few complaints here with his side struggling to match the hosts' intensity particularly in a one-sided first period.
Gabriel Jesus' third goal of the season was a meagre reward for Arsenal's first-half dominance with the Brazilian forward sweeping a low effort past Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez after he had fumbled Granit Xhaka's deflected shot.
And while Villa improved after the break and found an equaliser directly from Douglas Luiz's corner - as Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale protested that he was impeded by Boubacar Kamara - they were on level terms for less than three minutes.
Mikel Arteta's side, who carried the greater threat throughout went straight back on the offensive and regained their lead with Gabriel Martinelli turning in Bukayo Saka's pinpoint cross, according to BBC.
It means Arsenal have won their opening five league matches for the first time since the 2004-05 campaign, when they went on to finish second.
Liverpool beat Newcastle with last-gasp winner
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp believes Fabio Carvalho's last-gasp winner against Newcastle at Anfield will be "remembered for years and years", BBC reported.
The visitors' new £60m striker Alexander Isak crowned an impressive debut with a goal to give Eddie Howe's side the lead seven minutes before the break.
The signing from Real Sociedad, who only received visa clearance to play hours before kick-off, had a second ruled out for offside before Liverpool mounted the comeback that ended with a familiar Anfield finale.
Liverpool were never at their best after Saturday's 9-0 thrashing of Bournemouth but they maintained the pressure and were back on level terms just after the hour when Roberto Firmino sent a crisp finish beyond Newcastle keeper Nick Pope from Mohammed Salah's pass.
And with only seconds left, substitute Carvalho pounced at the far post after Newcastle failed to clear a corner to give Jurgen Klopp's side victory, according to BBC.
"It's massive," said Klopp.
"We will remember it for years and years. I'm not 100% sure they all believed until the end but from now on we have to as we showed again it is possible."
US Open: Serena Williams beats Danka Kovinic to extend New York farewell
Serena Williams extended her US Open farewell with a gritty opening win on an entertaining night packed with hope and celebration in New York, BBC reported.
Williams, who is set to retire after the tournament, won 6-3 6-3 against Montenegro's Danka Kovinic.
A near-capacity 25,000 crowd on Arthur Ashe Stadium willed on their idol and she responded in typical fashion.
Williams, 40, will play Estonian second seed Anett Kontaveit in the second round on Wednesday.
The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion, who is one short of Australian Margaret Court's all-time record, is also playing in the doubles alongside older sister Venus, adding another exciting element to what she hopes will be a long goodbye this fortnight.
Her first assignment was beating Kovinic, ranked 80th in the world, and there was a thunderous noise when she took the first of three match points to ensure her singles career was not over yet.
Williams jumped on the spot when Kovinic's backhand return hit the net, then twirled ecstatically in the centre of the court before blowing kisses to her adoring fans when she had returned to her seat to soak in the occasion.
On how occasions like this affect her plans, she said: "It's extremely difficult still because I absolutely love being out there, according to BBC.
"The more tournaments I play, I feel like the more I can belong out there. That's a tough feeling to have, and to leave knowing the more you do it, the more you can shine.
"But it's time for me, you know, to evolve to the next thing. I think it's important because there's so many other things that I want to do."
