She's quite adorable.
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I’m not gonna lie, i just made up a football type song using her name, Wimbledon, and the tune of “My Sharona” in my head.
Picking out a really short match as an excuse to make what would be to me a completely backward rule would be wildly stupid.
As for Tomic using that match....I'll just refer back to my "wildly stupid" remark above.
I meant the 3 out of 5 sets bit.
Nadal got asked whether him playing in Court 1 while Ashley Bartey the number 1 woman's player (didn't even fecking know who she was tbh) should have to play on court 2. Journalist got the appropriate answer to a nonsensical question 
God Williams is a fraud of a GOAT player, the minute the field caught up physically she is a joke contender. She is present day Ronaldo put into 1960s football. Glad Graff will carry on as the real GOAT.
As for equal play Djoko was correct if you want the same pay then play 5 sets. Today it only would have meant an hour instead of 45 mins considering that the better tennis players can now match Serena's physicality. Will never forgive her encouragement of the US crowd to hate in Osaka. She's the same as Federer humble in victory and a bitch in defeat. Never forget Roger labelling Nova's return in the US open on match point as "lucky" even though he was facing who was already the best returner of all time.
As for equal play Djoko was correct if you want the same pay then play 5 sets. Today it only would have meant an hour instead of 45 mins considering that the better tennis players can now match Serena's physicality. Will never forgive her encouragement of the US crowd to hate in Osaka. She's the same as Federer humble in victory and a bitch in defeat. Never forget Roger labelling Nova's return in the US open on match point as "lucky" even though he was facing who was already the best returner of all time.
The WTA have offered to play 5 sets and the 4 Grand Slams have refused, from memory.
No White text? Oh dear.
That's fair enough, I hadn't heard that. They should have to play 5 sets to be honest.
What's wrong with that? Fed is the 'GOAT' because of his titles so why is Graff any different?
Maybe. I’m not bothered really. I think the 5 set argument is somewhat artificial. Supporters don’t pay by the minute or have an entitlement to a base level of entertainment. But I’d certainly be interested to see how playing 5 sets affects the women’s game, if at all.
Why should they have to? Because you require them to play for exactly the same time as men?
A best of 3 sets match can easily outlast a best of 5 sets match.
Well, if you’re going off that... Serena > Graf right off the bat.
Secondly, had Seles not been stabbed...
Thirdly, the field had to catch up to Graff also.
Fourthly, Graf retired at 30 to get married and have kids. Serena has won 10 grand slams after turning 30, won the 2017 Australian Open while 8-9 weeks pregnant, and has made grand slam finals since almost dying during child birth.
Fifthly (is that a word?), Serena not only passed Graf’s all time slam total, she also won 8 slam finals in a row, surpassing Graf’s record of 7 and tying Pete Sampras.
So yeah... I honestly expected some white text.
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You guys are just looking Grand Slams?
Graff has 35 more other tournaments, Navratilova and Everett close to hundred more!
Graff has 35 more other tournaments, Navratilova and Everett close to hundred more!
We're talking about equality here. If both sides want equal pay they should perform the same amount work.
Often left out of the discussion is that the Williams sisters at one point quit tennis to pursue their fashion interests then came back and took over again. Also, Serena's pregnancy kept her out for a good bit.
True!
@Raoul I agree with that.
@Carolina Red shit man hope you can read my reply don't now how it went like that.
Also @Carolina Red would stopping at 30 not favour Graff considering she left in her prime and lost out on titles that Serena didn't?
All you did was put the response inside the [/QUOTE]
In regards to Court... 11 of her titles were Australian Opens that were small fields and almost exclusively Australian players, through no fault of her own.
Graf has a better argument to be over Serena than Court does, in my opinion.
Fair play this is one of the worst posts on here in a long time.
So Graff had as many GS as Serena despite retiring at 30. That's incredible.
It’s a great achievement, but there’s also the caveat about the woman who won 7 of 8 grand slam titles in 2 years getting stabbed by a crazy person with a knife at the age of 20.
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Serena won 8 slams in a row?! Sweet Jesus, I knew she was dominant, but that's silly.
Sorry, that should say
“8 slam finals in a row, breaking Graf’s record of 7 and tying Pete Sampras...”
I’ve edited the original
When did this happen?
Fake news.
Ah okay, was wondering how I missed that.
Just watched the ladies final.
Halep was simply amazing. “Faultless” was how one of the commentators put it. And she really was! They showed a stat during the match that Halep won 100% of >9 shot rallies.
Hopefully she can push on now and grab a few more majors now that she’s clearly got control of her head.
Halep was simply amazing. “Faultless” was how one of the commentators put it. And she really was! They showed a stat during the match that Halep won 100% of >9 shot rallies.
Hopefully she can push on now and grab a few more majors now that she’s clearly got control of her head.
Her shot placement while on the run was just unbelievable today. She was hitting angles that didn’t look possible.
Is Serena really considered better than Graf or even Seles?
Well, she beat Graf when she was 18 and Graf was #3 in the world.
Yes.
She's considered the greatest ever by most at this stage. Moving ahead of Graf in slams more or less sealed the deal.
She just never seemed very consistent for me. Although I don't follow Tennis too closely.
I'm shaking my head at the sheer ignorance here...
If that was what you believe, why quantify it by saying from the semi onwards?
I fully agree. People want to use this loss to demolish her but instead, she deserves all the respect in the world for even getting to the Final. Lots of people wouldn’t have returned to even play after her health issues.
I'm not. They should play the same number of sets the men do in all tournaments.