OT ESPN Ecstatic - Serena in Finals on Saturday
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Zero chance of Radwanska beating Serena Saturday.
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The serve is the tennis version of the FT line. It is the one shot that you should have complete control over. Serena's shooting percentage may have been down but her FT percentage was way up!
Serena had 45 winners to 14 unforced errors. That would be a darn good assist to TO ratio. Even without the 24 aces her winners to errors ratio was not that bad. Azarenka had 9 unforced errors to 14 winners. I think that sometimes Serena's errors are so ugly that her numbers seem to be worse than they really were.
Serena had 45 winners to 14 unforced errors. That would be a darn good assist to TO ratio. Even without the 24 aces her winners to errors ratio was not that bad. Azarenka had 9 unforced errors to 14 winners. I think that sometimes Serena's errors are so ugly that her numbers seem to be worse than they really were.
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I think she has a few more good years in her. With that serve she can compete for another 5 years, barring injury.
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And for an encore she goes from Azaranka to the doubles court.
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Have not gotten to watch the match yet, but that's a big, big win for Serena. She just took out Kvitova and Azarenka in straight sets. It's really bad news for the rest of the women's tour if she's rounding back into form because she's the one player who's not afraid of being ranked #1 and having a bull's eye on her back.
IF she is able to win Saturday and seize a fifth Wimbledon title, that would be an incredible accomplishment. She doesn't have that wingspan that her sister does, but she's been equally effective on grass by sheer force of will. The greatest serve in the history of the women's game doesn't hurt either.
IF she is able to win Saturday and seize a fifth Wimbledon title, that would be an incredible accomplishment. She doesn't have that wingspan that her sister does, but she's been equally effective on grass by sheer force of will. The greatest serve in the history of the women's game doesn't hurt either.
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We need to be thinking about the state of American tennis post Venus & Serena. There has not been an American female Grand Slam singles champion not named Williams since Jennifer Capriati won the Australian Open in 2002.
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It will be a mirror of the state of America men's tennis, I'm afraid. We simply don't devote the resources necessary to support it like the national federations in other countries do, and the best American athletes are generally not drawn to it relative to the big three.
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There are some decent players on both sides. For some reason Donald Young never became the next big thing, and Roddick is supposedly healthy again, but there's also Fish, Isner, and Querry. not great. but several of those guys are, or should be, in the top 20.
On the women's side, there's McHale and Stepehens. I don't know if either of them will ever be in the top 10 - but Alex is correct in that there won't be any Americans making it to the semifinals any time soon.
On the women's side, there's McHale and Stepehens. I don't know if either of them will ever be in the top 10 - but Alex is correct in that there won't be any Americans making it to the semifinals any time soon.
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