Serena Williams Is Cheered To Victory By Celebrity Fans As They Celebrate Her Emphatic US Open Win

Serena Williams was cheered to victory by a veritable army of celebrity fans as she pushed retirement to one side during an emphatic victory at the US Open on Wednesday evening. 

The decorated sportswoman defeated Estonia's Anett Kontaveit 7-6, 2-6, 6-2 in front of a packed USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre at New York's Flushing Meadows during the second round of the annual championship - her last as a player.