"I feel like to me she's always been that upbeat and happy person. Obviously we're all in the zone when we're about to compete, and so that's different when you don't play anymore," said Caroline Wozniacki, Williams' longtime friend.
"Even though we met before and for, like, couple of years we have been on the same sides and on tour together, she's still, like, star-striking me," Swiatek told reporters.
Williams was seen chatting with world No. 1 Iga Swiatek at the players' gym ahead of the Pole's third-round match against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, which she won in straight sets, 6-4, 6-2.
The tension of competition was gone on Saturday, August 31, as Williams stepped on to the blue carpet decked out in a denim ensemble, all smiles and at ease as she flashed peace signs and smiled for the cameras.
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