Less buzz at the U.S. Open as the show goes on without Serena Williams

With the curtain having come down on the Serena Williams show, the U.S. Open woke up to an empty feeling on Saturday as the tennis world began to adjust to life without the sport’s biggest star.

For the first time since the U.S. Open began on Monday, the Williams name did not appear on the Flushing Meadows match schedule.