Serena Williams (USA) reacts on day six of the Western and Southern Open tennis tournament at Linder Family Tennis Center on August 16, 2014. USA TODAY Sports/ Aaron Doster
(Reuters) - Serena Williams will once again be counted on to wave the Stars and Stripes at the U.S. Open as she takes centre stage at New York's Flushing Meadows with the next generation of American tennis hopefuls waiting in the wings.
The world number one has always made a point of how special it is to play at home and there is no bigger stage than centre court at the U.S. National Tennis Center during the year's final grand slam.
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