Serena Williams won her opening match which is her last US Open

Serena Williams won her first match in what is expected to be her final U.S. Open on Monday night.

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Williams defeated Danka Kovinic 6-3, 6-3 in Flushing Meadows in New York City's Arthur Ashe Stadium.

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the site of Williams' maiden U.S. Open victory in 1999, when she was 17 years old.

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Williams, now 40, announced her retirement from tennis earlier this month.

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Let's wish Serena Williams

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