The Official Tennis Thread

[Ari Gold Bawse]

@VMR how do you see the Muguruza match going

shes fun to watch but i dont think she has the style to beat Serena on Grass

 

[J-Nice]

She is far and away the best player, but styles make match-ups. Everyone is beatable in tennis on a given day. Serena has had a bunch of 3 set matches recently..damn near lost to Watson.

I dont see her losing either, but she will eventually. Watson had the blueprint IMO. Very mobile, played really smart and made serena move vertically a lot. The best way to beat her is to drop shot her a lot and sucker her into the net then be precise on lobs and passing shots. Its a gamble, but no one in the world can out-rally her from the baseline. Even if a player does that and loses a majority of the points, it could tire serena out and open the door because serena (and all players) has a tendency to get flat-footed when tired. So if you slice a lot and keep the ball out of Serena's strike zone..hit it flat to her backhand out wide and drop-shot a bunch..that takes some of the power potential out of her swings and normalizes things.

Typical weak top spin rallies from the baseline is an automatic L vs Serena because she can catch it on the rise or get it in the wheelhouse and punish it without remorse. Thats how she breaks players serves so often because they hit 80mph kick serves, which usually end up slower off the bounce (less than 60mph) and is slower than a ground stroke.

I agree. But at the moment, there isn't a player on tour who can consistently beat her in majors. The closest thing Serena had to a rival in years was Justine Henin. Everything you described is what Justine Henin could do to Serena on a consistent basis and not to mention she had a little bit of power of herself.

Serena is one of the best conditioned players in the game. Players might get to her at a few challenger events here and there, but It's gonna take a near perfect game for anyone to beat her in Major Championship matches.

 

[malbaker86]

Serena will win it in 2 sets 6-4 6-3.

Her biggest obstacle in NY will be chasing history and also fatigue.

 

[Timeis$]

You know Sharapova hates Serena with a passion and Serena isn't a kiss ass or PC so it makes it even sweeter

 

[triplehate]

Looks like czech anal amateur casting on xvideos

 

[Box Cutta]

Looks like czech anal amateur casting on xvideos

These Eastern Euro's either end up as tennis players or doing Rocco POV porn videos....

 

[El Bombi]

Why does Maria even step on the court with Serena anymore?

She might as well just forfeit before the match and save everybody time.

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

@VMR how do you see the Muguruza match going

shes fun to watch but i dont think she has the style to beat Serena on Grass

Serena win 4 and 2. But shes better than Watson so maybe she could steal a set if shes playing great but Serena should win easily in whichever two sets she wins.

I agree. But at the moment, there isn't a player on tour who can consistently beat her in majors. The closest thing Serena had to a rival in years was Justine Henin. Everything you described is what Justine Henin could do to Serena on a consistent basis and not to mention she had a little bit of power of herself.

Serena is one of the best conditioned players in the game. Players might get to her at a few challenger events here and there, but It's gonna take a near perfect game for anyone to beat her in Major Championship matches.

Not sure there ever has been really. In terms of consistently"". Was just talkin strategy. Lesser players have to pitch a perfect game and hope for an off-day.

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

Why does Maria even step on the court with Serena anymore?

She might as well just forfeit before the match and save everybody time.

During the match, Chris Fowler said everybody has seen this play and we know how it ends. Talked about the lack of enthusiasm from the crowd.

 

[El Bombi]

During the match, Chris Fowler said everybody has seen this play and we know how it ends. Talked about the lack of enthusiasm from the crowd.

 

[Made Myself A Boss]

Jason Whitlock just went full retard on PTI saying

S.Williams beat up on Maria.S because she's white

 

[Alcantara]

Jason Whitlock just went full retard on PTI saying

S.Williams beat up on Maria.S because she's white

He tries to hard on tv, he needs to stick to print.

 

[ThaGlow]

Just what is it about Serena that Sharapova cannot play high quality tennis against her. Serena's got the best serve in the WTA but Sharapova should be able to hang with her on a baseline rally right? The shyt gotta be mental. You can't tell me Sharapova can't bang winners too. She just flat out sucks vs Serena, lol.

 

[El Bombi]

Jason Whitlock just went full retard on PTI saying

S.Williams beat up on Maria.S because she's white

This fukking c00n tries to hard.

 

[Fortunate Lee]

that spanish broad is tough..she hits hard but that serve is still questionable..serena will probably destroy that second serve.

i expect a 3 set match and wouldnt be surpised if serena lost, watson almost beat her.