WATCH: Serena Williams trains on her own official US Open surface court built by her husband Alex Ohanian

WATCH: Serena Williams trains on her own official US Open surface court built by her husband Alex Ohanian

Serena Williams

Serena Williams, a record 7-time champion saw an early exit from this year’s Wimbledon in the first round against Harmony Tan of France. The French won the first set against the former world no. 1 with 7-5 but couldn’t hold on to her lead as the American made a comeback in the second set by 6-1, Serena lost the third set in a tiebreaker with 10-7 which ended journey to clinch her 8th Wimbledon title and 24th grand slam overall.

The six-time US Open champion is set to play in this year’s US Open which will begin on 29th August. Serena looked exceptional in recent years at the tournament, having reached the final twice in 2018 & 2019, and the semi-finals in 2020. She is been in a grand slam trophy drought since 2017 when she won at the Australian Open. The former world no.1 will now look to end the drought in her home tournament.

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Serena Williams is out there practising at her newly constructed court!!

Serena Williams and Alex Ohanian with their daughter Olympia

Recently, Serena posted a story on her official Instagram account where the latter was seen practising on a hard court surface. Reports say that the court is newly constructed at her residence in Florida.

A Twitter user posted a screenshot of Serena’s story, claiming the former world no.1 is out for practising at 9am and asking her husband Alex Ohanian if the court was built during COVID to which Alex replied agreeing that was built around that time and also claimed that it’s an official US Open surface.

Serena Williams was on the official entry list released last week for Toronto, which would be her first North American hard-court event in two years and it comes after her first-round exit at Wimbledon in June. The three-time champion in Toronto last played there in 2019 when she retired because of back cramps in the final against Bianca Andreescu of Canada. Andreescu beat Serena Williams a month later in the final at the U.S. Open, for which Toronto is considered a tuneup event.

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