OT - Serena is on vs Radwanska

[DaddyChoc]

Tennis Channel

 

[msf22b]

ESPN 3
From Istanbul…Great fans, really have embraced Tennis.

Interesting matches: Azurenka (seemingly out of it) lost to Jelena Jankovic who is in the midst mid-career renaissance.

Serena with two wins, not completely happy with her game…which at its best, on display for segments of the first two wins is totally dominating.

 

[VAUConnFan]

ESPN 3
From Istanbul…Great fans, really have embraced Tennis.

Interesting matches: Azurenka (seemingly out of it) lost to Jelena Jankovic who is in the midst mid-career renaissance.

Serena with two wins, not completely happy with her game…which at its best, on display for segments of the first two wins is totally dominating.

Is there anyone who could make an argument that there is another tennis player that could beat/could have beaten Serena Williams when Williams had her serve and her ground game on full display?

 

[msf22b]

possibly never

 

[UCONNfan1]

Is there anyone who could make an argument that there is another tennis player that could beat/could have beaten Serena Williams when Williams had her serve and her ground game on full display?

Hard to say because fitness was so different back then and the equipment was as well. I think it's safe to say there is no one in the history of women's tennis who is as strong or powerful as Serena. I think a baseliner like Chrissy would have been creamed no matter how strong Chrissy got. But maybe someone like Steffi who mixed up her shots and had that great slice backhand, or Navratilova who had an all court game and loved to come to net, maybe.

But when Serena is as fit and focused as she is now, I think realistically no way. In the past, though, it seems that often the ones who gave her the most trouble were the clay court specialists who had lobs, top spins, slices, drop shots, changed directions all over the place, and kept Serena out of rhythm.

 

[wire chief]

Today's semis are rebroadcast on ESPN 1 OR 2 AT 5PM.