Serena Williams was knocked out by Aila Tomlyanovich in the third round of the US Open 2022, this defeat became the last tennis match in the successful career of the American woman. John McEnroe claims that this year’s edition of the final Grand Slam of the year will change after Serena’s exit.

John McEnroe claims the Serena Open has become the 2022 US Open after the American pulled out

John McEnroe believes that until the 23-time Grand Slam winner is out, the 2022 US Open was effectively the Serena Open.

“So far it’s been the Serena Open, the US Open is just getting started.

Even though she is an absolute legend and the GOAT of the GOATS (not the greatest player of all time), there will be more incredible talent in time.” – John McEnroereports Eurosport.

John McEnroe explains why Serena Williams’ tennis story was special

“The legacy he leaves behind is something else. She’s from Compton, California, which is a rough neighborhood, an African-American girl, let’s not forget about Venus, this story happens once in 100 years.

I pray that this story will open doors for all those who cannot afford these dreams. I hate to say it, I think it’s better in Europe and other parts of the world, but I don’t know how good.

And now suddenly tennis players need psychologists, they need chefs, they need this and that. It has become too expensive, so I hope that what Serena has left behind means that dreams can come true regardless of context.

This story is incredible. I hope that more kids can afford to play this great sport and in 20 years we will see a lot more involvement.” – John McEnroe.

Serena Williams and her incredible tennis career

Serena leaves tennis with an impressive dowry of 23 Grand Slam titles.

In total, she spent 319 weeks in the first position in the WTA hierarchy (between 2002-2017), and collected 73 titles during her career.

Serena Williams finished her career with 858 wins and 156 losses.

He collected more than 94 million dollars from tennis prizes alone.

Serena Williams and the Grand Slam titles

During an impressive career, Serena collected 23 major titles. One less than Margaret Court, but also one more than the legendary Steffi Graf.

The American won seven times at the Australian Open (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2017), three times at Roland Garros (2002, 2013, 2015), seven times at Wimbledon (2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016) and six times at the US Open (1999, 2002, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014).

He also won Olympic gold four times: Sydney 2000 (doubles), Beijing 2008 (doubles), London 2012 (singles) and London 2012 (doubles).

Ranking of Grand Slam titles

1 24 Margaret Court

2 Serena Williams 23

3 Steffi Graf 22

4 Helen Wills Moody 19

5 Chris Evert / Martina Navratilova 18 etc.

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