Serena: Tiger is one of the reasons I’m here I Cowan: The dream lives on

Serena Williams has hailed the influence of Tiger Woods after the golfing great
persuaded her to have one final crack.

Woods joins the stars on a packed Arthur Ashe Stadium to cheer Williams on to victory over second seed Anett Kontaveit after another sparkling performance from the 23-time Grand Slam champion.

The dream ending is still a long way away, but this display showed it might just be a possibility.

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Williams revealed in the Vogue essay announcing her “evolution” away from tennis that Woods had given her advice on whether to have one final crack.

She said of the 15-time major champion: “He’s one of the reasons I’m here, one of the main reasons I’m still playing. We talked a lot. He was really trying to get me motivated.