‘I wouldn’t be Serena if there wasn’t Venus’

With tears streaming down her face, 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams paid tribute to her older sister as she yesterday called time on what’s seen as the greatest tennis reign of all time – in her words ‘‘the most incredible ride and journey

I’ve ever been on in my life’’. Three hours was enough to for her to be eliminated from the US Open in the third round by Ajla Tomljanovic – but the sisters’ legacies will last as long as the sport.