Except Sharapova🤣

Not the greatest first round match in Wimbledon history. There have been plenty of others including Steffi Grafs first round loss to Lori McNeil.

greatest what? It wasn't a good match at all, it was just dramatic and it was Serena's last match at wimbledon... but it wasn't great.

@@Pure_BGrrrrl BYE with this ridiculous comment! 👋🏼🙄

Tan played like a granny…

😭🤣 YK SAME HERE SAME !!! I CAN'T WATCH IT LIKE DAMN... it traumatized me like, the adrenaline of this match just--

I just don't consider this match. It was a really bad match from both sides that Serena should have won, even playing ugly tennis, one way or another... because it was her last Wimbledon and tricky first rounds where she's not herself have happened throughout her carreer and she used to manage those situations quite well. This time she showed she didn't have the fighting spirit in her which could lead her to the next rounds where she could maybe find her game again and who knows what would have happened with that draw. The match against Vinci was more traumatic, I think also for her, because that was a real match that she lost with an opponent that was playing great and it was a semifinal. This one doesn't feel that painful to me.

Serena barely moved on court and she almost won. Her match with Vinci is another story. She was in her second peak

And that's the same tactic I am going to use against my 55+ opponents in USTA Tournaments, super slice!

It worked.

Yep, the tactic was to not play real tennis. And it worked.

And we never sees Tan any where and any how 😂😂😂

@@mrrogers302Cry

Serena could have a tricky first round (or second, third...) and then win the tournament. What she wasn't able to do in her carreer post-2017 was the ability to come back in a match and win it. She lost all her gs finals in straight sets. She attempted a comeback against Andreescu but from 1-5 it was hard to do that. In her 20s she won a lot of matches and Grand Slams coming back from first set disasters. I remember the match against Petrova at the AO in 2007. She almost lost that, but she came back and then beat Maria in the final playing some of the best tennis of her life.

when she retires?

She retired after this match. She prob doesn't think about this match much.

@@networth00 She didn't retire after this match.

@@mrrogers302 she should have

@@networth00 That's a dumb comment. She went and played the US Open and gave her home crowd a few more chances to get to see her and show how much they love her. Beat the #2 player in the world. I don't like calling people dumb but there wasn't another word for your comment.

that part messed me up

και τωρα εχει εξαφανιστει η tan Και δεν κανει τιποτα. Αλλα μη χασει! Επρεπε να στερησει απο την serena τον πρωτο γυρο του τελευταιου της wimbledon! Εκνευριστικη!

I agree who knows why it was so hard for her to drop the weight maybe she had other issues going on but I will say this 2021 Serena was heading in the right direction she was fittest she has ever been since post baby she actually put in the work and it showed. Following her injury comeback the following year Serena did not focus on fitness she should had gave herself more time to get in best shape possible if she wanted to go out with a bang Serena rushed so it can over with she was better off not coming back if she wasn’t gonna put 💯 in

Si pero es mejor SERENA Que esa Fea de court , por Mucho Le gana En títulos de Todos los que les puedas y quieras poner ok SERENA MEJOR

She wasnt playing Steffi!

Williams is a goat, but professionally the real GOAT is Margaret Court.....

She sent Serena into retirement. She never played another match after that day. Tan will go down in history.

I know I was at this match priceless to see the Queen played even if she lost this Tan slice and dice her way to won the match.

Serena is the best

Always beat players like Justin? Please check the records. Just h2h lead doesn’t mean she always beat , infact Serena started winning only after Justin retired. In 24 years of her career, with one of the weakest competition, Serena could not even had a winning streak in top 5.

Precisely

That, and Serena is like, old.

@@JSmith-zr2ve has little to do with Serena’s age and everything with the fact that grass courts are so slow.

@@JCole-fg3rr “little to do with her age” this was the first round. If she were 5 years younger, she would have blown her off the court. It has everything to do with age.

the organisers are literally so money hungry, over the years every court has been slowed down so much just so there could be longer rallies and ppl would go crazy like that is not what tennis is all about :/

@@tonymurphy9795 couldn't have said it better myself..good call 🤙

Harmony is watching TV in your living room

Who cares, but she beat Serena and Serena hasn't played a match since this traumatic loss.

@@networth00 ?? she played the north american tournaments after this and she reached the third round at the US Open.

serena would have won against any other type of player. She always had problems with players that always slice the ball, eg niculascu. The problem is that she does not have the stamina anymore to work during the rallies

@@flylikealamb9260 I agree Serena did not have the stamina anymore and I think pregnancy and age is a big factor but I believe Serena was always successful with players similar to Tan's game. Etc Amelie Mauresmo, Franchesa Schiavonne, Justine Henin.

@@flylikealamb9260 I would not say that she would have won against any other type of player, but for sure she would have more chances. The point isn't the slice shots, but the "ugly tennis" that some players are able to do and do it successfully. Vinci and Graf slice the backhand but they don't play ugly, they just play well. This match was a lot like the Brengle match in Auckland. When Serena doesn't have her shot and the opponent plays ugly, it's hard for her to find the shots and win the match. If there was a Giorgi on the other side or a player with a heavier ball, for sure Serena would have found a sort of rhythm and way more chances to win it.

Playing ITF tournaments, where she belongs. She beat serena by just playing ugly and it worked that time but it doesn't work most of the time at WTA level.

​@@milvao3400what is differenz between itf and wta? Thank u

Harmony Tan is a ITF player, not a legend. Serena played three tournaments after this loss until her retirement at the 22 US Open

More like Tan hit shots she doesn’t even practice or make even 5 times out of 100.

I mean, a 25 year old having her best season to date barely beat a 40 year old who hadn't played in a year. I wouldn't get too cocky about it.

@@mrrogers302 Oh I’m not really making any claims about Tan’s skill level; an in-shape Serena would have beaten her, and I don’t think Serena would have made it very far this Wimbledon regardless of who she played (I feel it’s fair to say better players than Tan would have dusted her). I simply find it funny to see a grimy strategy taught in junior and club tennis work on the greatest female tennis player of all time.

@@caffeinecolds Guess we have different definitions of "getting hustled." If I hear someone got hustled, I wouldn't think they lost in a third set tiebreak. But, nice try.

@@bryanmartin5901 go away hater.

Harmony Tan is a legend, bye bye Serena

what's she supposed to do, not try to win? obviously she wanted to defeat her, thats the goal of the game. i dont even watch tennis or care at all about who wins or loses, your comment was just really bogus and hateful just for the sake of it

@@callmesubby the fact that u don't watch tennis says it all. in women's tennis, defeating serena is the ultimate goal for players. time and again there have been many players who came into the match, not with the intention of winning the match but with that of defeating serena and during the twilight of serena's career, many of them succeeded in doing so. and mind u, almost all of them lost in the next match of that tournament or the one after it. its like a pattern. i don't really respect "these" tennis players. they then disappear to irrelevancy, never to be seen again. they never had the drive to become great players. they just wanted to defeat serena.

@@li1shae I see your point and that makes sense but honestly it makes sense that they would prioritize beating serena. serena is bigger than tennis itself, i knew who serena williams was before i even knew people cared about professional tennis. If i was in their shoes i would wanna beat her too, shes favorite to win every game but plays every rally like she has something to prove. so like i said i completely understand your point but think about it from the other womens tennis players perspective

Tells us that just like most of her career, the match was on Serena’s racket. No disrespect to Tan or Tomljanovic for that matter. But Serena was in position to win both matches and in straight sets. It is what it is.

@@li1shae disgusting to watch that hippo Serena 🤮🤮🤮. Both Williams sisters made WTA ugly & vulgar. Thank God they are gone.

Yeah she was too heavy and ran out of steam quickly during points. She definitely should have got lots of cardio in before Wimbledon to lose weight and to increase stamina. Her power game is not enough in today’s tennis; she has made the sport evolve into the power game it is today. If she had more energy and speed she would have walked through.

Its not even about her running. Her shots wasnt hitting for much in the match and too much top spin.

True..I always thought that she needed to get back to her 2015 shape to compete well against young players.

American tennis legends McEnroe and Navratilova looked even more foolish than her when they tried to cancel Margaret because of her religious beliefs... when Serena supports a religion that holds the same exact views. In fact, Serena and Venus have never spoken about LGBT rights.

Harmony Tan is GOOD

She played the match of her life against a 40 year old who hadn't played in a year and barely won. And hasn't done anything since. Tan is literally a statistic.

.... how far Tan came in this tournament??? Because for most of them...... winning a game of Serena was like winning the trofee already and lost the next game....