NEW YORK -- Serena Williams' expected retirement was put on hold yet again after the 23-time major champion pulled off the 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-2, upset over No. 2 seed Anett Kontaveit in the second round of the US Open on Wednesday night on Arthur Ashe Stadium.
"It's no rush here," Williams said during her on-court interview after a match that ran two hours, 26 minutes. "I'm loving this crowd. Oh my goodness. It's really fantastic. So there's a little left in me."
Williams, 40, first announced her plans to "evolve" from tennis in a first-person essay in Vogue earlier this month, citing her desire to grow her family.