Veteran U.S. tennis player Serena Williams waves to the crowd following her loss against Switzerland's Belinda Bencic during the National Bank Open in Toronto, Ontario, Canada August 10, 2022.Veteran U.S. tennis player Serena Williams waves to the crowd following her loss against Switzerland's Belinda Bencic during the National Bank Open in Toronto, Ontario, Canada August 10, 2022.
For Williams, who missed last year’s US Open with a leg injury and only returned to singles action at Wimbledon in June, emotions will be running high at the final Grand Slam of 2022. While facing Williams in the first round of a Grand Slam may once have been one of the more daunting tasks in tennis, Kovinic may like her chances given the recent form of her opponent.