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Serena Williams's US Open ended by Ajla Tomljanović, signalling end of tennis great's career

Serena Williams has bid an emotional goodbye to the US Open with a third-round loss to Australian Ajla Tomljanović, in what is likely the last match of the American's glittering career.

The 40-year-old came out swinging and sent the match into a decider by winning a second-set tie-break, but Tomljanović showed nerves of steel to take down the tennis icon, even apologising for doing so after the match.

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