Under the cover of darkness, a special guest joins one of the two big lines of players and staff fanning out from the entrance of the tunnel: Evonne Goolagong-Cawley, another Indigenous icon of Australian sport.

The stadium announcer reads a biography of Williams as a huge half-stadium tifo of yellow and green placards is held up on the far side.

Williams walks out on her own, through the two lines of applauding family and friends, and a whole stadium of adoring fans.

Goolagong-Cawley walks out of the crowd holding a cloak made of red kangaroo skins, with artwork burned into the skin telling the story of Williams’ life and family.

Williams steps up to the microphone in tears and says a short speech: she thanks everybody, says how much she loves her team-mates, and ends it with a final “go Tillies!”

I’m crying, you’re crying, everyone is crying.