Serena Williams' Broken Racket Fetches $17K at Auction
Tennis memorabilia often goes for high prices at auctions as fans and collectors try to keep a piece of tennis history.
The racket that tennis icon Serena Williams broke at the 2018 US Open during her loss to Japan's Naomi Osaka was auctioned and it fetched a cool $17,000. Serena had broken her racket during her controversial loss to Osaka in the final of the women's singles event at the US Open last September.
Reports had suggested that she gave the broken racket to a college student, who was working as a ball boy at the event who later sold it for 500 US dollars. But there are no confirmed reports on how the racket ended upcoming for auction.
The racket in question was a Wilson Blade racket and when Serena broke the same, it led to a penalty with the chair umpire - later leading to a game penalty.
An earlier New York Times report had said that the racket would be up for auction at Goldin Auctions with the opening bid being $2,000 but expectations for the racket auction ranging from $10,000 to $25,000 or $50,000 according to Ken Goldin, the founder of Goldin Auctions.
The report also identified the ball boy who got the racket as Justin Arrington-Holmes, who had been working at the US Open as a ball boy since 2013. The ball boy told the New York Times, "Looking back I wish I’d had someone help me with the process. I was not familiar with how any of this works. I just wanted to get rid of it.”
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