Serena Williams cries before retiring from the final in Toronto and Bianca Andresco is the first Canadian to win the championship in 50 years (video)

Serena Williams put an end to her first US Open tennis tournament when her tears dissipated before retiring from the Rogers Cup final in Toronto with back cramps while she was hanging out 3-1 against young Canadian Bianca Andresco Sunday.

Serena, who broke a record, won her 24th Grand Slam title at the US Open. She looked good on the ground but suddenly sat in her seat and cried before deciding to retire 19 minutes later.

"I'm sorry I did not finish the game today, I tried it but I did not understand it was a difficult year, but we will continue to go." from the front, "she said impbadively.

Andresco strengthened her opponent's break to lead 3-1 when Serena went to sit down and called the doctor before she cried.

She said the contractions had started when she beat Czech Maria Bozkova in the semi-finals on Saturday. She explained that these contractions deprived her of sleep and immobility, but had finally decided to try to challenge the finale. "I was just trying to try to play this game. I just wanted to at least try, I think I would have at least regretted not seeing the possibility of a miracle," she said. Her knee, completely healed before the tournament, she hoped to become a preparation for the season on the floor.

The six-time US Open champion, Serena, who has not won a trophy since returning in 2018 after giving birth, faces another setback two weeks before the kickoff. of last year's Grand Slam. Serena, who will be competing in Cincinnati next week, said she had suffered a lot of back spasms during her career and that if she looks like the previous spasms, she should miss any upcoming tournament. "I feel intolerable pain, but it ends after 24, 36, or maybe 48. The pain at first becomes so intolerable that I will not sleep.

"I feel very badly hurt for Serena last year," said the 19-year-old, unhappy with injuries. Sometimes you can not push your body and she can not that day and wants her to recover quickly. "

Andresco, who won the title at Indian Wells in March and participated in the first tournament since her withdrawal from the French Open due to a shoulder injury, became the first Canadian to win the tournament in 50 years.