(UPDATE) NEW YORK: Serena Williams' dreams of a fairy-tale finish to her glittering career were dashed on Friday (Saturday in Manila) as the tennis icon was sent crashing out of the US Open by Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic.

American Serena Williams
gestures as she plays against
Australian Ajla Tomljanovic
during their 2022 US Open
Tennis tournament women’s
singles third round match
at the USTA Billie Jean King
National Tennis Center in New
York, on Friday, Sept. 2, 2022
(September 3 in Manila).
AFP PHOTO
American Serena Williams gestures as she plays against Australian Ajla Tomljanovic during their 2022 US Open Tennis tournament women’s singles third round match at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York, on Friday, Sept. 2, 2022 (September 3 in Manila). AFP PHOTO

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