Serena Williams will try to stretch her potential farewell into the last 16, facing Ajla Tomljanovic in a third-round matchup at the U.S. Open Friday.
It's the opening match of the night session at Arthur Ashe Stadium, the same spot from which Williams won her first two matches after saying she was preparing to end her tennis career.
"It makes me feel good about what I'm doing still at my age," said Bess Brodsky Goldstein, 63, a lifelong tennis enthusiast who was attending the Open on Thursday. "Everybody is going, 'WHOA!'" said David, who smilingly gave her age as "older than my 60s" and is the site director for New York Junior Tennis Learning, which works with children and teens. She cited the physicality of Williams' play, and the role of fitness in today's tennis. "The rigorous training that athletes go through now is different," David said. "She's going, 'I'm not falling over. I can get to the ball.
Jessica Pegula, the No. 8 seed who won on Thursday, is at 28 a half-century younger than King. She knows well the difference fitness has made. Of course, fitness is only one building block to greatness - in any sport. Denver Broncos safety Justin Simmons, who like Pegula is 28, noted that even though it's inspiring to see Williams keep an athletic advantage partly through preparation, "not everybody is Serena and Venus Williams.
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