Serena Williams suffers earliest exit from Australian Open:'It’s all on my shoulders'

On Friday, the 24th of January 2020, the red-letter sedulous, Serena Williams had suffered her earliest parting from an Australian Open in fourteen years, falling to the 27th Seed 28-year-old Chinese Wang Qiang 4-6, 6-7(2), 5-7 following an astounding third-round that turned the tables and delayed Serena William’s bid for the record 24th Gram Slam title once again.

In factuality, it has been the 38-year-old Michigan athletes’ earliest exit from the year’s first major tournament since 2006, while her title defence had been rampaged by Daniela Hantuchova.

As Serena’s record-setting run for the 24th Grand Slam title was toiled in tatters by the Chinese No. 1 who knocked off the First Seed Ash Barty at the US Open fourth round last year, an apologetic Serena Williams, whose Gram Slam window was closing in over the horizon, said in a post-match interview on Friday (January 24th), “It’s all on my shoulders. I just have to pretend like I don’t want to punch the wall, but in reality, I do. I’m way too old to play like this at this stage of my career. I’m definitely going to be training tomorrow. That’s first and foremost, to make sure I don’t do this again.”                                                                                  

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