- 01:48 AM
- 11/18/24
Watching both play throughout this tournament and the French before says that yes, they are that damn good. They simply are outhitting, outserving and outrunning the other women on the tour. Now, if all of the female power players were completely healthy -- Hingis and Davenport, specifically -- this may not be the case, but it might be regardless. They've got a combination of speed, stride, strength and skill that is hard to reckon with. Of course, I'm a fan, especially of Serena. I'm thrilled with their success.
posted by Dreama at 10:14 PM on July 06, 2002
Is this a dynasty in the making?
I often wonder if we'd see these kinds of objections if all things were equal, but one of the sisters had chosen not to play professionally. What if one of them had come up in the last few years, just as strong, same attitude, same ferocious play, winning six major tournaments as each of them has -- would there be such derision for Venus or Serena on their own if one of them was only known because she was frequently in the grandstands cheering for her sister? It makes me wish that Patrick McEnroe or the Maleeva sisters had been better players, so that there could be some precedent and some grounds for comparison. As it stands, worldciup2002's questions ring louder and louder the more they are decried for their excellence, and especially when people feel free to tar the #1 and #2 female tennis players in the world with ridiculous comments like "they're practically men", winky smiley appended or not.