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Serena Williams, one of the best players of this generation, is about to say goodbye to the sport. She is currently competing in the last Grand Slam of the season as well as her career. Therefore, the tournament holds a lot of value. In fact, the ticket counters were flooded when she announced her retirement.

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Amongst the many lucky fans who got a permit to the stands, there were the two top models of Hollywood, Bella and Gigi Hadid. The Hadid sisters paid attendance to Williams’ opening match and fell head over heels for her look.

Gigi and Bella Hadid’s response

The 23 times Grand Slam champion started her journey in the US Open on Tuesday day with a crowd full of fans including the Hadids, who taken aback by the stunning she looked on court. Bella loved Williams’ hair and said, “I just wanna say maybe like Serena’s hair is giving me character.

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“It is worth the play, it’s worth the show, it’s worth the match. Main character energy only.” Whereas Gigi was mesmerised by the beauty of her outfit. And said, “That part is science where you have to understand the size of diamond for it to sparkle so perfectly.”

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The result of the match must have been cherry on top of the cake for the model duo. As Williams, just like her former self, dominated the court. She advanced to the second round by thrashing the Montenegrin tennis professional, Danka Kovinić in straight sets of 6-3 6-3 at Arthur Ashe stadium.

Serena Williams’ next opponent

Williams took down the second seeded Estonian tennis professional, Anett Kontaveit, by fighting tooth and nails in the round of 64. She, at the expense of the second set, claimed victory and booked a match with Ajla Tomljanović. The Croatian-Australian tennis professional and Cincinnati Masters quarterfinalist.

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The six time champion will lock horns with Tomljanovic on 2 September in the hard courts of America. This will be their first and last encounter. Further, while Williams will eye a Pete Sampras style farewell, the Aussie will look forward to furthering her reach in the US Open.