In the early morning of August 17, Beijing time, the WTA1000 Cincinnati Tournament ended a first-round focus battle. William William Jr., the 41-year-old 23-year-old Grand Slam women's singles champion, beat 20-year-old U.S. Open champion Radukanu 0-2, declaring the end of his Serena era. In the second set, Raducannu gave Serena 6-0, which is a bit heartfelt, but it is also a historical portrayal, the veteran will eventually leave, but this way is a bit painful.
Born in 1981, Serena Williams was the first women's singles player in the Open era and won 23 Grand Slam women's singles titles, including 7 Australian Open, 3 French Open, 7 Wimbledon and 6 US Open, which is more balanced. Serena Serena's most recent promotion to a Grand Slam final was at the 2019 US Open, where she finished runner-up, and her last promotion to the Grand Slam Final Four was at the 2021 Australian Open.
Raducannu was born in 2002 and was a hit at the US Open last year. She passed the qualifiers to enter the main tournament, but won a wave of 7 consecutive wins, won the championship and became famous in one battle. Because she has half Chinese ancestry and speaks fluently Chinese, she also has a huge number of fans in China. Radukanu and Xiaowei have been holding each other for 19 years, completely belonging to players of different eras, and the confrontation between the two has become the focus of global fans.
In the first set, Serena entered the state slowly, the powerful ACE serve was almost non-existent, and the first and fifth sets were broken consecutively, and the score came to 1-4. At the critical moment, Serena received the ball through a strong serve, and achieved a smooth break after the 6th set, and the score came to 3-4. In the last three sets, both sides were in good form, successfully saved, the score was fixed at 6-4, and Raducano won.
In this game, Serena began to improve the state of the serve in the middle of the game, and the iconic serve was seen again. However, due to the lack of systematic training, the physical fitness and pace are obviously not enough, and after being transferred on the serve, two or three rounds basically cannot keep up. Raducannu has been playing at his own pace, and although he was chased back at the end of the set, he still won the game with his own mobilization.
In the second set, Serena Williams took the lead. Serena's first shot was not in good shape, the second shot was insufficient, and Raducannu broke in the first and third sets in a row, leading 3-0. Serena's physical strength dropped significantly, the serve and attack were very reluctant, Raducannu played without mercy, the serve moved at a large angle, attacked at a large angle, won 6 consecutive games, blasted out 6-0, easily won the second set, won 2-0 with a big score, and advanced to the second round.
Judging from the state of the second set, Serena Should not have a system to resume training in the near future, and the possibility of winning in this state, especially the Grand Slam title, is very small. This form also proved that this was her last game in Cincinnati. Her time ended in such a way that it was still a little hard to accept. But still have to bless her, after all, she has created too many records in the women's tennis world, and she is the fans who respect Serena.
Raducannu should have gained great confidence through this game. Being able to send the first person in the women's singles in the Open Era 6-0, in addition to being technically powerful, the psychology is also very strong. In several of those games, fans might think she would let go and make Serena not duck eggs, but as a professional player, every ball had to be fought for, and Raducano still sent a 6-0.
Serena's era is over, and she hopes that Radukanu's era can accept Serena's inheritance with her own improvement, strive to get closer to her predecessors, and create her own era.