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LONDON (AP) \u2014 When Serena Williams accepted an offer to play singles at Wimbledon, Maya Joint got to thinking.<\/p>\n

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The 20-year-old Joint said before the draw was made that there was \u201calways a part of me that wanted to experience playing against her.\u201d<\/p>\n

She got what she asked for \u2014 and delivered on the biggest stage.<\/p>\n

The Michigan-born Australian showed few nerves in winning the biggest match of her life \u2014 defeating Williams 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-3 on Tuesday to spoil the 44-year-old Williams\u2019 singles comeback at the All England Club.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t get much sleep last night. I was up until like 2 a.m. just thinking about it,\u201d Joint said in her on-court interview.<\/p>\n

The 87th-ranked Joint certainly looked calm on the outside but said she had serious butterflies walking onto Centre Court alongside the GOAT of women\u2019s tennis.<\/p>\n

During warmups, she felt like her legs \u201cweren\u2019t moving.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI really don\u2019t know how I got a pretty good start in the match,\u201d Joint said. \u201cShe has such an aura, she\u2019s just a legend and this court has so many huge names that have played on it. I\u2019ve been dreaming about this moment since I was a little kid, so this is pretty crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joint notched just her third Grand Slam singles victory. By the time Joint was born in 2006, Williams had already won seven major titles, completing a career Grand Slam in the process. Williams has won 23 major singles titles \u2014 seven at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust the start was very nerve-racking and then trying to finish out the match, as well. She definitely lifted her level and she played some really great tennis there,\u201d Joint said.<\/p>\n

Joint had chances to end it earlier.<\/p>\n

At 5-5 in the second set, Joint squandered four break point opportunities as Williams held serve. Joint then won the next game to love, including back-to-back aces to force a tiebreaker.<\/p>\n

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Joint had her first match point at 6-5 in the tiebreaker but Williams hit a winner and then won the next two points.<\/p>\n

Joint got the key break to go up 4-2 in the deciding set. She sealed the win on her third match point.<\/p>\n

Slowed by a back injury earlier this year, Joint at one point lost 10 consecutive matches.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven though I didn\u2019t win many matches this year, I still felt like I could win,\u201d Joint said. \u201cI had the belief and I just took advantage of the moment and enjoyed it, didn\u2019t really think about the previous matches I\u2019ve played.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joint made her Wimbledon debut last year, losing in the first round to Liudmila Samsonova. Her only two other victories in majors came at the U.S. Open.<\/p>\n

Joint joins a list of unheralded players to have eliminated Williams in Wimbledon\u2019s first round.<\/p>\n

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___<\/p>\n

AP tennis: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/tennis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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