12/21/24
July 26, 2004
Can't win for losin'. : Serena Williams drops another final, this one in the JPMorgan Chase Open, part of the US Open series (a sort of road-show of smaller tournaments leading up to the US Open in Flushing Meadows starting at the end of August). The winner, a newly resurgent Lindsay Davenport, defeated both Williamses in the tournament, which is quite the reversal of fortune.
I only saw it from the end of the first set, but I saw Serena make a lot of unforced errors and fail to win service games (sometimes by whopping margins), and Davenport play a lot of rally points to set up some winners that Serena didn't even try to reach. After Wimbledon, I predicted that Serena would be loaded for bear in the US Open, but she's gonna make a liar out of me if she doesn't pull things together.
posted by lil_brown_bat to tennis at 06:13 AM - 2 comments
Own worst enemy. But hey, between acting careers and fashion labels, who has time?
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 08:54 PM on July 26, 2004
She was listless out there. Davenport looked pretty good, but Serena just didn't even bother to show up. She beats herself more than anyone else beats her. Health aside, when she tries even just this much, she is brilliant, and well-nigh unbeatable. And we all thought Venus would be the one to get bored with the sport first. Maybe they're both not long for the game, especially with an apathetic performance like this.