As Serena fights for the throne, a duchess watches


  • Tennis
  • Sunday, 08 Sep 2019

Sept 7, 2019; Flushing, NY, USA; Meghan Markle greets Oracene Price as she arrives to watch the women's singles final match between Serena Williams of the United States and Bianca Andreescu of Canada on day thirteen of the 2019 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Amid the excitement of Serena Williams' latest bid for U.S. Open glory, some off-court news buzzed about the plaza at Flushing Meadows: a duchess had come to Queens.

Meghan Markle, the wife of Britain's Prince Harry, sat in the player's box of her good friend Williams as she took on Canada's Bianca Andreescu in the women's final on Saturday.

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