REUTERS: With no fans to cheer her on, Serena Williams was left to push herself to a record-breaking straight-sets victory in the first round of the U.S. Open on Tuesday.
"I think the hardest is making sure you stay pumped," said Williams, when asked about the lack of fans and big-crowd atmosphere."For me it was clearly easy because I'm always overly passionate.Running on empty will take on a whole new meaning at the COVID-19 impacted U.S. Open, where the boisterous energy provided by capacity crowds that pack tennis's biggest stadium have in the past refilled fatigued players' tanks.
But while her serve inflicted damage, her other weapons were not so sharp. And despite saying she was"super fit" Williams appeared fatigued. Williams's straight sets win was her first since the WTA Tour's restart in August, as all five of her previous matches had gone the distance.
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