Serena Williams has been sent packing from the Tie Break Ten US maiden Tournament held at the Madison Square Garden in New York.

Williams who had earlier beaten Marion Bartoli 10-5 in the quarterfinal couldn’t close things out against a resilient Shuai Zhang in a 13-11 loss in her first singles competition in 2018.

The 23 Grand Slam winner had led 6-4, and after joking about a review, scored back-to-back aces to go up 9-8. Unfortunately, she couldn’t take advantage of match point and a pair of double-faults allowed Zhang to take advantage.

This is only the second year this event has featured female competitors, with Simona Halep winning in 2017 in Madrid. This version included an even better field, with five players ranked inside the top 40 in the world, including big names like Svitolina,Venus Williams and New York City native CoCo Vandeweghe

The eight-woman competition at Madison Square Garden was a winner-take-all tournament for $250,000 to the victor. Each head-to-head battle was scored in a tiebreak format, with the first to 10 points (with at least a two-point margin) moving onto the next round.

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I dont understand the hurry in getting back to tennis. It's not like a traditional job where u are only given 6 weeks leave or are hard up for money. Be a mother, take at least a year off.

Does she honestly think that the ladies on tour will allow her to come back and dominate after having a baby?

She has nothing else to prove, pls go and take care of your baby.