Tennis star Serena Williams broke her social media silence since giving birth to her daughter one week ago, tweeting praise on Friday to American US Open finalists Madison Keys and Sloane Stephens.
‘There are NO words to describe how proud and how happy I am for @Madison_Keys keys and @SloaneStephens for making the US open finals,’ Williams wrote.
‘These amazing women continue to change the game and bring excellence, power, finesse and change to tennis.
‘What a joy it will be to watch this- hopefully first of many finals. Let’s go ladies!’
Tennis star Serena Williams (pictured during the Australian Open in January 2017) broke her social media silence since giving birth to her daughter one week ago, tweeting praise on Friday to American US Open finalists Madison Keys and Sloane Stephens
Either Keys or Stephens, on Saturday, will be the first American woman to claim her first Grand Slam tennis singles’ title since Jennifer Capriati’s turn back in 2001
The Saturday showdown between the two women at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens, New York, will be the first Grand Slam final for each of them.
It makes the match even more of an event as Keys or Stephens will be the first American woman to claim her first Grand Slam tennis singles’ title since Jennifer Capriati’s turn back in 2001.
While Williams has been the dominant force in American tennis and women’s tennis, it’s clear that Keys, 22, and Stephens, 24, are products of a generation that watched the 35-year-old achieve her glory.
While Williams has been the dominant force in American tennis and women’s tennis, it’s clear that Keys, 22 (pictured during her 2017 US Open Women’s Singles Semifinals match on Thursday against CoCo Vandeweghe), and Stephens, 24, are products of a generation that watched the 35-year-old achieve her glory
The 23-time Grand Slam champion, who intends to return to tennis in January 2018, holds a 3-0 career record vs Keys and a 5-1 record vs Stephens (pictured during her 2017 US Open Women’s Singles Semifinals match on Thursday against Venus Williams)
Williams was pregnant when she won the Australian Open in January, leaving her one Slam singles title shy of Margaret Court’s all-time record of 24.
The 23-time Grand Slam Champion then revealed on Twitter in April that she and fiancé Alexis Ohanian, the co-founder of Reddit, were pregnant with their first child and she would not play again this year.
Williams, who intends to return to tennis in January 2018, holds a 3-0 career record vs Keys and a 5-1 record vs Stephens, who earned her way into the finals by beating Venus Williams, Serena’s sister.