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Legendary American tennis star Serena Williams made a phenomenal start to this year’s US Open, which is also the last tournament of her career. Consequently, she has received great support from the New York Crowd in the stadium and on social media.

Notably, many celebrities are taking to social media and posting about Serena during both of her matches at the US Open. Recently, one of Serena’s closest friends, Kim Kardashian, posted about the 23-time Grand Slam champion on her social media.

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Kim Kardashian calls Serena Williams the GOAT

Yesterday, Serena Williams showed immense composure to win a great match against a tough opponent in Anett Kontaveit. After the match, she received many congratulatory messages from players and celebrities. One of the celebrities was Kim Kardashian, who took to her Instagram and posted Serena’s picture on her story.

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In her story, she wrote, “Goat.”Apart from that, she also posted a picture of Serena from a Time Magazine cover, where they referred to her as the greatest. It is worth mentioning that Kardashian has a great relationship with Serena, as she even attended Serena’s wedding as well, back in 2017.

Meanwhile, many other celebrities also posted on their Instagram, including Bella Hadid, Gigi Hadid, LeBron James, and others. Particularly, LeBron James showed his humorous side, as he was making goat noises while watching Serena’s match. Both the Hadid sisters also posted on their Instagram while watching the match live in the stadium.

Massive crowd support for Serena at the US Open 2022

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Earlier in August, Serena Williams announced that the US Open will be the last tournament of her career, as she is slowly ‘evolving away’ from tennis. To watch Serena’s last dance, the crowd came in large numbers, along with all the celebrities, to support the great champion.

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So far, Serena looks like she has regained her form. In the third round, she will face the Australian star Ajla Tomljanovic, which could be another tricky match for her.

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Before that, she played doubles with her sister Venus. In the post-match interview of her second round singles match, Serena talked about getting more matches under her belt. However, unfortunately, the Williams sisters lost in the first round. Now, everyone will be eagerly looking forward to her third round match against Tomljanovic.