2017 Australian Open WTA Final: Venus Williams v Serena Williams

[the next guy]

Hingis was good until the Williams sisters blew up with their power game and Hingis went into hiding.

Hiding right in a pile of the white dust

 

[yoyoyo1]

not one time in this thread, during which people suddenly became dementieva experts, do you see the name justine henin except for slander

2007 FO - RG QF Clay Justine Henin Serena Williams 6-4 6-3
2007 Wimbledon QF Grass Justine Henin Serena Williams 6-4 3-6 6-3
2007 US Open QF Hard Justine Henin Serena Williams 7-6(3) 6-1

 

[Gyasi85]

The Parisians have HATED her and Rafa since they both showed up. They use to give Rafa HELL his first few years at Roland Garros

This was 2005 against Sebastian Grosjean (who's French)



Then the next year against Paul-Henri Mathieu (who's French too)

 

[FaTaL]

not one time in this thread, during which people suddenly became dementieva experts, do you see the name justine henin except for slander

2007 US Open QF Hard Justine Henin Serena Williams 7-6(3) 6-1
2007 Wimbledon QF Grass Justine Henin Serena Williams 6-4 3-6 6-3
2007 FO - RG QF Clay Justine Henin Serena Williams 6-4 6-3

i aint going to lie, henin had the goat muscular forearm

her retirement is still sketchy

 

[Gangstar8]

Hingis is the only one who could beat Serena rest of them don't have a chance

 

[R=G]

In an on-set interview with ESPN, Serena received a letter of congratulations and a pair of shoes from NBA Hall of Famer and legendary No. 23 Michael Jordan. One shoe was red and black -- the Chicago Bulls' colors -- and the other was a more Serena-esque pink.

"Thank you, Michael. I can't believe I'm saying thank you Michael Jordan," Serena said. "He's the greatest."

 

[Maxine Shaw]

Stand out? She was a perennial journeywoman, the one grand slam she made the final where there wasn't a Williams she wins and then calls it a career, coward

Seems like she got out when the getting was good to me. Homegirl saw the writing on the wall and said "fukk it, I still have my health".

I'm heartbroken that Venus lost (not surprised, just heartbroken), but if she keeps playing the way she played in this AO, this will NOT be the last Williams/Williams final we see. The VEliever in me was pissed that Serena didn't let her sister win, but I got over it in a heartbeat. The elusive #23 is on Serena's shelf. I think #24 is going to be the easiest. It's #25 that's going to elude her.

Steffi Graf

actually Steffi is pretty chill so I won't throw salt her way

Steffi and husband Andre both have declared Serena to be the GOAT. When Serena won #22, Steffi put on FB that she looked forward to Serena winning many more.

I hope Serena doesn't fukk it up and gets that Golden Slam this year.

A Golden Slam can only happen in an Olympic year (all four Grand Slams plus the Olympic God medal). Only Steffi has ever done that - and truth be told, it'll probably never happen again in the history of tennis. You might mean a calendar Slam, where you win all four titles in the same year. Serena has held all four titles twice (the "Serena Slam"), just not all in the same year.

 

[Spyro]

 

[El Bombi]

Greatest Athlete of our lifetime.

 

[yoyoyo1]

i aint going to lie, henin had the goat muscular forearm

her retirement is still sketchy

if anything i find player in current tennis having such longevity as sketchy

old tennis used to be full of 5 year primes and retirements. borg and such. and thats why this "most slams" thing is sketchy too. borg had 11 slams at 26 and didn't even play the australian

 

[Lord_Chief_Rocka]

Greatest Athlete of our lifetime.

 

[El Bombi]

 

[Lord_Chief_Rocka]

 

[FaTaL]

if anything i find player in current tennis having such longevity as sketchy

old tennis used to be full of 5 year primes and retirements. borg and such. and thats why this "most slams" thing is sketchy too. borg had 11 slams at 26 and didn't even play the australian

Athletes have better training today nutrition etc

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Yll know what's crazy????

During her career, Serena missed 11 grand slams in her career

Yeah, but when your career is 20 years long, you really can't complain. If she doesn't sit so long for such long stretches and skip so many tourneys, I'm betting she would have had to retire years ago. Same way that Jordan skipping seasons kept the miles down and made him more effective for longer.