September 8th, 2015 at 8:11 PM ^
September 8th, 2015 at 8:13 PM ^
Venus has been in form lately, but idk if she still has enough left. Serena's just been on another world lately with her play.
The competitive side of Venus probably can't wait to beat her sister at a major again.
September 8th, 2015 at 8:28 PM ^
September 8th, 2015 at 8:33 PM ^
These Williams sister major matches almost never live up to the hype. If I remember right, there was a time when they were both winning everything (early 2000s) and people suspected their dad would dictate who would win when they met in Major finals because the matches were rarely tight. At this point with her illness, I doubt Venus has the physical stamina to win tonight and I'm sure it would be really difficult to be the one to deny her sister a shot at the historic grand slam.
September 8th, 2015 at 8:41 PM ^
September 8th, 2015 at 9:01 PM ^
September 8th, 2015 at 8:52 PM ^
Richard Williams sounds like such an asshole.
September 8th, 2015 at 8:47 PM ^
September 8th, 2015 at 9:04 PM ^
September 8th, 2015 at 9:06 PM ^
I would honestly be afraid of disappointing her. I've disappointed many women over the years but never one who could kill me with a look. Venus has no shot.
September 8th, 2015 at 8:50 PM ^
September 8th, 2015 at 8:51 PM ^
September 8th, 2015 at 8:56 PM ^
It's women's tennis... you're not gonna see much running around or super long rallys in general.
Not to mention Venus seems to be falling off in the first set atm.
September 8th, 2015 at 9:01 PM ^
I'm saying this having not watched any. But Venus and Serena have never, not once, played a good match together. And Venus is 35 and past her prime. Serena will take it easy on her but win in two sets. Hope I'm wrong for those who are invrsted and watching,
September 8th, 2015 at 9:04 PM ^
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September 8th, 2015 at 10:00 PM ^
September 9th, 2015 at 2:36 PM ^
I hope to never hear Azeranka's unnecessary shriek the rest of my life. The fact that she not only is unapologetic, but defiantly says she's going to do it no matter what makes it that much worse. Her matches are unwatcheable.
September 8th, 2015 at 9:08 PM ^
not sure I've ever disliked an individual athlete more than serena. She's such an ungrateful bitch.
go blue.
September 8th, 2015 at 9:15 PM ^
Lol okay bro.
September 8th, 2015 at 9:34 PM ^
How so?
September 9th, 2015 at 6:29 AM ^
September 8th, 2015 at 9:12 PM ^
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September 8th, 2015 at 9:15 PM ^
Well this is a match now!
September 8th, 2015 at 9:27 PM ^
That look on Serena's face isn't right.
September 8th, 2015 at 9:34 PM ^
September 8th, 2015 at 9:36 PM ^
I'm telling you. Serena looks like she's about to come unraveled, regardless of the score.
September 8th, 2015 at 9:41 PM ^
John McEnroe just destroyed Patrick with no remorse.
September 8th, 2015 at 9:50 PM ^
It seriously does look like that second set was predetermined.
September 8th, 2015 at 9:45 PM ^
She's got it. Oh baby, she's got it.
September 9th, 2015 at 9:29 AM ^
I see it.
September 8th, 2015 at 9:56 PM ^
September 8th, 2015 at 9:58 PM ^
So...Serena got pissed off early in the 3rd and reality set in. When she takes it to that next level no one can stay with her.
Which is amazing considering for womens tennis she should be past her prime as well.
September 8th, 2015 at 10:08 PM ^
I don't want to take away from them, but you do have to wonder about the current quality of the division when two women who are closer to menopaus than they are to high school graduation can be so dominant.
September 8th, 2015 at 10:09 PM ^
Like most women's sports. Garbage competition.
Still doesn't take away from their achievements tho.
September 8th, 2015 at 10:12 PM ^
When other female tennis greats were winning the sport wasn't available to as many women around the world (not just the US)...so you can argue that the competition wasn't as good then either.
It's like with golf. There are many who say guys today would dominate way back when.
I choose to just say you have to beat who they throw in front of you and try to put a little context on the situation.
For example, I'd say the opposite about boxing. In the mid-1900's boxing was the premier sport in the country. Today it's football. I can't in good faith say that today's champions would be champions if some of these football players grew up wanting to box rather than play football.
I don't see such a contrast in women's tennis...while the sport probably isn't as popular as it once was (or maybe it still is, I don't know)...regardless, there are more people able to play it today, which I would think makes up for any loss in popularity.
Serena and Venus are beasts, they'd dominant any era and any time.
September 8th, 2015 at 10:50 PM ^
I'm pretty sure baseball was the biggest sport in the mid-20th century.
September 8th, 2015 at 10:32 PM ^
I won't bore you with Tom Brady's age or that Usain Bolt will be knocking on the door of 31 at Rio or that Phelps is thirty, or that LeBron turns 31 next season, but that must mean the quality on the men's side is even more worrying.
WTA top ten:
- Williams 33
- Halep 24
- Sharapova 28
- Kvitova 25
- Wozniacki 25
- Safarova 28
- Ivanovic 26
- Pliskova 23
- Muguruza 21
- Suarez Navarro 27
Mean age is 26
ATP top ten:
- Djokovic 28
- Federer 34
- Murray 28
- Nishikori 25
- Wawrinka 30
- Berdych 29
- Ferrer 33
- Nadal 29
- Cilic 26
- Raonic 24
Mean age is 28.6
September 8th, 2015 at 10:45 PM ^
Hasn't this historically been the case though? I thought the women generally peaked at younger ages.
September 8th, 2015 at 10:55 PM ^
I don't really want to break out the second grade math textbook again, but from looking at the basketball USWNT roster it looks very similar to the WTA distribution and the men's roster looks significantly younger than the ATP top ten, with Kobe being the only one over thirty on the London roster.
I doubt it's correlated with gender as much as sport. Baseball and hockey skew so much older than basketball and football because they're looking for different things (we see this in football with QB age vs. WR or RB age). I'd guess tennis falls in between baseball and basketball but slightly leaning towards baseball.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_United_States_men%27s_Olympic_basket…
September 9th, 2015 at 6:44 AM ^
September 8th, 2015 at 10:03 PM ^
She greatest female athlete of all time? Does it put her in the top 5 with MJ, Ali, Ruth, Brown, and Gretzsky? Jesse Owens, Jim Thorpe, etc.
September 8th, 2015 at 10:06 PM ^
Barry Sanders > Jim Brown
September 8th, 2015 at 10:06 PM ^
September 8th, 2015 at 10:18 PM ^
She'll be ahead of both.
Sidenote, let's not forget Jackie Joyner.
That said, I don't think it puts her in the top 5...but I think she'd be near the 10 with those gentlemen I mentioned all ahead of her.
Probably Jack Nicklaus, Joe Louis, Carl Lewis ahead of her...then I can't think of anyone else. Wilt? Jackie Robinson? Willie Mays? Hank Aaron? I see her and Babe Didrikson in that group.
September 8th, 2015 at 10:28 PM ^
September 8th, 2015 at 10:39 PM ^
Joe Louis was the first black man to golf at a PGA event, playing in the San Diego Open. Another big time accomplishment for Louis.
Ultimately these lists are pointless, but I can't get behind Mr. Yost not including one of Gretzky, Howe, Orr or Lemieux depending on what "athlete" means to him here.
September 8th, 2015 at 10:52 PM ^
When you talk pure athletes Bo Jackson has to be in the discussion.
September 8th, 2015 at 10:55 PM ^
September 8th, 2015 at 10:58 PM ^
Brown said he was a better lacrosse player than football player. If true, that's just scary.