Serena Williams has no heir apparent, no player or two who have proved they can dominate on court for a sustained period and command a mainstream audience.
Officially, the U.S. Open kept on trucking as it rode the contrails of a Williams-inducted ticket rush. It set a single-day attendance record Saturday with 72,065 fans pouring through the center’s turnstiles, which beat the previous day’s record-setting number by 26.
Graf won the final major of her career in 1999, but it was a resurgent effort after going Slam-less in 1997 and 1998. The lag left room for a couple of years between her dominance and Williams’s first Grand Slam win at the U.S. Open in 1999. “I don’t know — it’s open for someone to step up. As women’s tennis has shown, it’s been hard to be dominant,” Pegula said, referring to the 14 winners in the 21 major tournaments contested since Williams won her last in 2017. “That’s why you look at someone like Serena, dominant over several eras. It’s pretty crazy.”Coco Gauff made an argument for herself Sunday.
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