Serena Williams is one of the most popular tennis players in the world among both women and men. In fact, with Maria Sharapova serving a 2-year suspension for doping and with Father Time catching up to Venus Williams, women’s tennis has relied that much more on Serena to fuel the sport’s popularity this season.
So when Williams was knocked out of the US Open by the hard-hitting Karolina Pliskova in Thursday’ semifinal match, there were bound to be repercussions for the business end of women’s tennis.
The other shoe dropped when ticket prices for the women’s tennis U.