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Message: [QUOTE="eebmg, post: 2831528, member: 7548"] The only reason the Women's Tennis Players of today are not intimidated by the Williams sisters (and I guess I mean Serena really), is that she is not as good as she was in her prime and she can be beaten even if she is playing reasonably well. You can not convince me that her movement is significant;y less than it was early in her career. In her prime, the combination of physical power, good speed, sublime serve and competitive spirit was unmatched. The players of today's generation may have some of her gifts but not all 4 but that does not mean, a player cannot aspire to reach that level of greatness. There is no apriori reason it can't happen again and you would not have the situation of today where no player can win more than 1 grand slam and the second they have some success, they regress. Chris Evert was making this point very clearly in the Serena match and I agree. There always seemed to be a true generational player from Evert, Navratalova, Seles, Graf, and S. Williams but no one else has revealed themselves yet. On the other hand, I agree with the UConn assessment that the playing field is much more even than ever with multiple teams able to win a Championship in any year because multiple programs have gotten as good as UConn has been and that is here to stay [/QUOTE]