Halep is in the zone, playing herself out of that net point ice cool.
Tennis 2019
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
No shame for the GOAT Serena, motherhood & age has definitely gotten to her.
Would love for her to win one more Grandslam but it's looking unlikely
Would love for her to win one more Grandslam but it's looking unlikely
She's in the final of Wimbledon, so it wouldn't be a stretch to see her do the same at the US Open and beyond.No shame for the GOAT Serena, motherhood & age has definitely gotten to her.
Would love for her to win one more Grandslam but it's looking unlikely
The women’s field is so volatile that she’s likely to reach a couple more finals at least.No shame for the GOAT Serena, motherhood & age has definitely gotten to her.
Would love for her to win one more Grandslam but it's looking unlikely
Finish her.
Indeed, she's always loved Wimbledon so I think she wanted to win one more, but a US Open win would be great to bow out on.
Finals mean nothing if you're a relentless winner like she is.
Looking good. Although I’d die of happiness if it turned out to be wrong.
Incredible from Halep. Totally deserved..
Deserved!
Swept aside in under an hour. Where's your shouting now?
YES!!!!
It means she will have her shots, it’s a matter of taking it.
My opinion is if she doesn’t meet a good returner like Halep/Kerber/Osaka in such matches she’d have a pretty good chance.
YESS Well in Simona!!!
Wow, what a final from Halep.
Only the second GS? I really thought she had more. 
Halep played great, but Serena completely self destructed. The amount of unforced errors was so strange.
She also needs to limit her mistakes, she's gifting too many points to her opposition.
That was a brutal demolition.
"In the zone from start to finish" says McEnroe and that sounds bang on for me.
She lost a lot of finals. Bit nervy usually. No chance for that today though. No chance for Williams whatsoever.Only the second GS? I really thought she had more.
Serena looked knackered from about 5 games in.
Venus there, savouring her sister's loss with a photo.
Nerves. Since her last GS she’s always tightened up and made mistakes or lost her tempers in GS finals very early on.
Sue Barker taking a dig at the French 
Halep fantastic, stone cold final. High quality throughout, no hesitation.
Agree with @villain that the motherhood break and now age have taken a strong toll on Serena. She still has technique but her footwork has gone downhill and she is now very slow, her agility is shocking. And with her becoming over reliable on hitting winners she's making a lot of unforced errors.
However as other's have pointed out, the women's field is super volatile, just half a year ago Osaka seemed unbeatable and look where she's now. Reckon she still has one or two slams in here given that she has reached 3 finals in the last year.
Agree with @villain that the motherhood break and now age have taken a strong toll on Serena. She still has technique but her footwork has gone downhill and she is now very slow, her agility is shocking. And with her becoming over reliable on hitting winners she's making a lot of unforced errors.
However as other's have pointed out, the women's field is super volatile, just half a year ago Osaka seemed unbeatable and look where she's now. Reckon she still has one or two slams in here given that she has reached 3 finals in the last year.
Nice words from Serena:
56 minutes.
Jesus fecking Christ. The equal pay debate will rise on. Take in consideration the first set in the second semi final lasted that long last night.
I’m sure Tomic is going to use that final as example as to why he shouldn’t be fined all his prize money.
Jesus fecking Christ. The equal pay debate will rise on. Take in consideration the first set in the second semi final lasted that long last night.
I’m sure Tomic is going to use that final as example as to why he shouldn’t be fined all his prize money.
I'm sure proponents of equal pay wouldn't mind the women playing 3 out of 5 to even things out.
Almost perfect tennis from Halep, while Serene self-destructed. Not a classic match though as was so one-sided and brief. Very surprised with Serena, she played much better in the Semi.
Well they should if it’s a final. There’s no excuse for TV companies. Make them play 5 sets in finals and it would be far more interesting. Rarely do players keep that sort of level Halep showed in three sets in the men’s game. There’s always a drop.
I cannot imagine these women arent able to do a best of 5 either.
She almost died during childbirth too which is something that's often not spoken about, her health hasn't been great for years so for her to even return to this level after all that, at 37 is simply remarkable.
At least one more title for her to retire on a high, she absolutely deserves it - one of the most inspirational athletes ever imo.
If equal pay happens then women should have to play the same amount of sets (finals or otherwise) as men do. I think its possible but somehow I don't think it will happen.
It has happened!
Halep will take the same prize money as the winner of Djokovic and Federer tomorrow.
You’d have to reduce court size for that to be feasible.
The quality of the viewing experience won’t improve if they are too tired and just mope about on the court for 4 sets instead of 3.
56 minutes for a final.
That's shite
That's shite
Yeah her legs were such a weakness compared to Halep. Then halfway through the 2nd set you could see her strides getting longer and longer.
I think I really fancy Halep