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[Omzz]

Serena getting annoyed from these questions lol

 

[Milchmann]

Lesson of the day: Learn to slice and play at the net.

 

[dubc35]

Nice, glad she lost after her yelling and screaming tantrum.

 

[John Dunbar]

Steffi, do you want to marry me?

we don't have enough money between the two of us. but maybe in the next life we can come back as her shoes.

 

[zero_suit]

Graf always and still the best ever. As it should be.

If Seles never got stabbed and Steffi still won 22 slams, you would have a point.

 

[Troy]

Serena as ungracious as ever in defeat. You choked. Own it.

If Seles never got stabbed and Steffi still won 22 slams, you would have a point.

Oh look, it's the "if" game.

 

[Kiever Sher]

 

[John Dunbar]

If Seles never got stabbed and Steffi still won 22 slams, you would have a point.

if hingis had kept away from coke and kim hadn't started a baby factory serena would not have had 21. what ifs don't count.

 

[oti]

If Seles never got stabbed and Steffi still won 22 slams, you would have a point.

Dat Salz

Spoiler

you're right but it doesn't matter

 

[miserable]

well at least the women's side had some interesting moments

now it's time for Djoker and Roger to routinely win *yawn*

 

[Omzz]

If Seles never got stabbed and Steffi still won 22 slams, you would have a point.

These kinds of reasonings never make sense to me

 

[Dreams-Visions]

She'll probably win 3 next year too. No big deal.

 

[zero_suit]

if hingis had kept away from coke and kim hadn't started a baby factory serena would not have had 21. what ifs don't count.

Hingis fell off at age 23. And Serena was 7-2 against Kim.

 

[LuuKyK]

Serena being disrespectful in her press-interview. lol Whats new? She is such a sore loser.

 

[Laz-E-Boy]

Fucking Drake of course its his fucking fault. Probably tried to give her her a uplifting speech that someone else wrote to her.

lmao

 

[derExperte]

steffi still the queen. that is what matters.

She always will be. Or at least until women's tennis gets back to where it was and someone then beats her records. And isn't acting like a child while doing it.

 

[szaromir]

well at least the women's side had some interesting moments

now it's time for Djoker and Roger to routinely win *yawn*

GOATrin Cilin and Stan GOATrinka would like a word with you.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Serena being disrespectful in her press-interview. lol Whats new? She is such a sore loser.

Can't think of too many people who lose and should have won that are particularly enjoyable when being asked repeatedly about how badly you played.

 

[zero_suit]

well at least the women's side had some interesting moments

now it's time for Djoker and Roger to routinely win *yawn*

Easy win against Stan? LOL

If Stan plays at the level he does against Djoker, he'll win in 4.

 

[oti]

Germany had to sacrifice Lisicki for Steffi's legacy and I'm OK with that.

 

[totoro'd]

People talking about Serena being a sore loser, have you seen some of Steffi's post match handshakes? She was the queen of sore losers

 

[oti]

She always will be. Or at least until women's tennis gets back to where it was and someone then beats her records. And isn't acting like a child while doing it.

Oh come on. Serena is amazing and it's not her fault that most of her opponents seem like amateurs compared to her.

 

[hbkdx12]

Can't think of too many people who lose and should have won that are particularly enjoyable when being asked repeatedly about how badly you played.

I know its probably too soon but i need a youtube or a clip of this.

She say anything worth noting?

I'm not sad that serena lost im just sad she lost the way she did. The last bit that i caught of the match she just looked beat down and way off her game. Tons upon tons of unforced errors.

 

[Trey]

I hope this puts to rest the talks of Serena being GOAT. Evert, Navratilova, Graf, Court would have never lost that match.

Serena will go down as the greatest of all time. No one has had such a dominant vice grip on their sport, for as long, as Serena has had on women's tennis. Her beating Graff's record is just a formality at this point.

 

[oti]

Serena will go down as the greatest of all time.

Serena will go down as the most underappreciated player of all time. The hate she gets - mostly by Americans for whatever reason - is unparalleled for a living legend like her.

 

[MIMIC]

Interesting that after the last "Serena Slam", Serena also lost in the SF when she went for the 5th major.

In 2003, she lost in the SF of RG. This year, the SF of the U,S, Open

 

[Pyroclastic]

if hingis had kept away from coke and kim hadn't started a baby factory serena would not have had 21. what ifs don't count.

is this a joke? those things were their own doing. seles didn't choose to get stabbed by a nutter. It's about a fair enough 'what if' as you could ever possibly get.

 

[John Dunbar]

Interesting that after the last "Serena Slam", Serena also lost in the SF when she went for the 5th major.

In 2003, she lost in the SF of RG. This year, the SF of the U,S, Open

her last lost at the us open was also on september 11th, which was the final against stosur in 2011.

 

[totoro'd]

I think Serena will absolutely go down in history as one of the greatest of all time, but as long as she is missing the calendar grand slam, there will always be questions unfortunately of being the definitive greatest of all time. I have no doubt that she will equal and probably top Steffi's 22 slams though. Its a shame though that the 2 players that are above her on the most slam titles ever both have won the grand slam (Margaret Court and Steffi)

 

[Jack Remington]

Can't think of too many people who lose and should have won that are particularly enjoyable when being asked repeatedly about how badly you played.

I really enjoyed watching LeBron answer those questions.

Fake edit: I missed the "should have won" part.

In that case, Tony Parker and Tim Duncan in 2013.

 

[John Dunbar]

is this a joke? those things were their own doing. seles didn't choose to get stabbed by a nutter. It's about a fair enough 'what if' as you could ever possibly get.

unfortunately we live in a deterministic universe and nothing is really our own doing.

 

[theprodigy]

Serena will go down as the most underappreciated player of all time. The hate she gets - mostly by Americans for whatever reason - is unparalleled for a living legend like her.

I think it's obvious why

 

[Peru]

First rule of the calendar grand slam: It's never likely to happen until it happens. There's always a hurdle and slump you haven't foreseen. People hype it up after two slams? Pfft. Even after three you've got to keep it on the down low.

 

[Surge]

The higher ups at ESPN must be fuming right now

 

[totoro'd]

First rule of the calendar grand slam: It's never likely to happen until it happens. There's always a hurdle and slump you haven't foreseen. People hype it up after two slams? Pfft. Even after three you've got to keep it on the down low.

yep, and it's annoying how everyone kept bringing up Serena and the slam, heck there was even a commercial that kept running during the US Open that kept counting down how many matches she had left till the slam, ugh

 

[RedAssedApe]

be funny if djoker and fed lose too. both top seeds on the womens and mens side getting bounced. ratings nightmare for the finals

 

[oti]

I think it's obvious why

She should become a German citizen. We would treat her like a goddess here.

 

[RedAssedApe]

I think it's obvious why

steffi. america's sweetheart

 

[massivekettle]

Serena will go down as the greatest of all time. No one has had such a dominant vice grip on their sport, for as long, as Serena has had on women's tennis. Her beating Graff's record is just a formality at this point.

Easy to dominate when the WTA has been a farce for nearly a decade (since Clijsters, Henin retired and Sharapova stopped being competitive).

 

[MIMIC]

First rule of the calendar grand slam: It's never likely to happen until it happens. There's always a hurdle and slump you haven't foreseen. People hype it up after two slams? Pfft. Even after three you've got to keep it on the down low.

True.

At least for the fans, the hype already begins with whoever wins the Australian

(never mind the fact that no man has even won the first TWO -- Australian and RG -- since Courier)

 

[LuuKyK]

Easy to dominate when the WTA has been a farce for nearly a decade (since Clijsters, Henin retired and Sharapova stopped being competitive).

I agree the tour is weaker than it was, but tbh Maria is still competetive, just not against Serena.

 

[Battersea Power Station]

I would've loved to see Serena win, but damn if I'm not enjoying the Italians' play. Do they all come from the same school of tennis? Fognini's match with Nadal was highly entertaining as well, even if Rafa's shots lacked depth. All the Italians seem to use a lot more angles, creativity, and finesse than the average player. I've been missing it from tennis after years of just power and long rallies! I hope they manage to influence the game.

 

[MIMIC]

So Vinci and Fognini. Two Italians have done the unthinkable.

edit: Well, Vinci maybe. lol

 

[szaromir]

I would've loved to see Serena win, but damn if I'm not enjoying the Italians' play. Do they all come from the same school of tennis? Fognini's match with Nadal was highly entertaining as well, even if Rafa's shots lacked depth. All the Italians seem to use a lot more angles, creativity, and finesse than the average player. I've been missing it from tennis after years of just power and long rallies! I hope they manage to influence the game.

Dunno, Pennetta, Errani and Seppi are all dull players.

 

[Chumpion]

if hingis had kept away from coke and kim hadn't started a baby factory serena would not have had 21. what ifs don't count.

You mean if Hingis had kept away from head vampire Stepanek.

 

[Milchmann]

I would've loved to see Serena win, but damn if I'm not enjoying the Italians' play. Do they all come from the same school of tennis? Fognini's match with Nadal was highly entertaining as well, even if Rafa's shots lacked depth. All the Italians seem to use a lot more angles, creativity, and finesse than the average player. I've been missing it from tennis after years of just power and long rallies! I hope they manage to influence the game.

Well Italy has Camila Giorgi to even things out.

 

[oti]

I would've loved to see Serena win, but damn if I'm not enjoying the Italians' play. Do they all come from the same school of tennis? Fognini's match with Nadal was highly entertaining as well, even if Rafa's shots lacked depth. All the Italians seem to use a lot more angles, creativity, and finesse than the average player. I've been missing it from tennis after years of just power and long rallies! I hope they manage to influence the game.

Not really. Vinci's just playing old-fashioned tennis. Pennetta doesn't have real weapons and Fognini is just pure chaos.

In other words no, there is no Italian school of tennis.
The most common style is Bolletierry.

 

[bionic77]

Nice, glad she lost after her yelling and screaming tantrum.

To be fair the pressure on her was insane the closer she got.

She has gotten much better at the conferences when she lost. She used to be a really sore loser, but to be fair so were all the other teenage and young girls. Hingis used to be a total bitch but for some reason she got away with more (and I say this as a Hinger fan). I wonder why....

I hope this puts to rest the talks of Serena being GOAT. Evert, Navratilova, Graf, Court would have never lost that match.

One match makes that much of a difference?

Who are you, Skip Bayless?

 

[oti]

Nice, glad she lost after her yelling and screaming tantrum.

You're a bully.

 

[BlackBanditSho]

Serena being disrespectful in her press-interview. lol Whats new? She is such a sore loser.

Serena as ungracious as ever in defeat. You choked. Own it.

She said as politely as possible to not ask her about certain things. She's clearly emotional about the whole thing. She was composed and dealing. She was also SUPER gracious and complimentary to Vinci. Some days, GAF....I swear. It's an effort not to type something that will get banned.

Easy to dominate when the WTA has been a farce for nearly a decade (since Clijsters, Henin retired and Sharapova stopped being competitive).

So tired of hearing this, too. Like the only reason she's good is because everyone else SUCKS. Really? The bar of the WTA is soooooo low that the sisters dominate by default? Just wait until (insert darling non-ethnic player gets back into the game. Then you'll SEE!!)That's GOT to be the reason.