Queen of Tennis again asserts her claim as G.O.A.T

So what if she is a power player? Pete Sampras was all about the power serve and volleying if the opposing player managed to return the ball. Now That was kinda boring to watch

I don't know about who is considered the greatest in tennis, but Serena has to be close to the top of list. Her latest major win was impressive.

Drugs,Drugs,Drugs! wrote:

Do you ever stop trolling. Please tell me that you celebrated Steffi Graf's run of titles too. Oh yeah she is Nordic looking and must be a drug cheat. But Serena with arms like a man and the bulk of man is clean. Also don't say that is the way she is built, look up Youtube and watch her first win. Or better yet look at her sister.

Yeah, because sisters are ALWAYS built pretty much the same.

Seles needs to be removed from tennis history for introducing grunting to the game. Curse you foul wench, way to ruin women's tennis forever.

Drugs,Drugs,Drugs! wrote:

Do you ever stop trolling. Please tell me that you celebrated Steffi Graf's run of titles too. Oh yeah she is Nordic looking and must be a drug cheat. But Serena with arms like a man and the bulk of man is clean. Also don't say that is the way she is built, look up Youtube and watch her first win. Or better yet look at her sister.

Yes, how does Williams get a pass at all? Roided-up she-beast. Don't they have drug testing in tennis.

Graf couldn't hit a topspin backhand.

Yeah, they have drug testing. This guy Cilic who won the men's title just served a four-month suspension.

Graf is the Goat without a shadow of a doubt. Won more titles than Serena in a much more competitive era; Evert, Navratilova, Seles, etc.

She won on all 4 surfaces and did the golden slam, something no other woman has done since.

She takes a lot of time off and is extremely inconsistent when she's on tour, but somehow she manages to rack up a record number of Slams in her career. She's still in her prime, too. It's incredible.

No, she's not a power player. All of Women's tennis today is baseline, cross-court grinding. Men's tennis is only slightly less so. There aren't any truly aggressive players today.

Deanouk wrote:

Graf is the Goat without a shadow of a doubt. Won more titles than Serena in a much more competitive era; Evert, Navratilova, Seles, etc.

She won on all 4 surfaces and did the golden slam, something no other woman has done since.

Graf played in a more competitive era?!

Navratilova was past her prime by the time Graf came along, Evert would struggle to take more than a few games against modern players, and Seles was consistently beating Graf until she was assaulted by an unhinged Graf fan.

Graf was very good and she would have been competitive in the current era because of her forehand, her serve and her court coverage, but her lack of a topspin backhand would be a serious liability [as it already was against Seles back in the day.]

I dunno about this. I remember when Navratilova was in her prime, it was inconceivable that anyone would ever be better than her. Then Graf put that idea to the test; then Seles, and now Serena........

Though personally, I loved Henin most of all. The heart of a lion in the frail body of a house cat.

Where's Jamin ? He knows his tennis. GTFIH

4th grand slam title in a row.

6th career wimbledon title

21 grand slam titles total.

On her way to G.O.A.T.

memphistn wrote:

On her way to G.O.A.T.

Proof Michelle Obama, Serena and Venus Williams were born boys:

Serena and Roger are the goats. Enjoy them while you can; they won't be around much longer.

Sharapova would probably destroy Graf comparing apples to apples. Serena is an orange this isn't even a proper debate.

lpd wrote:

Queen Serena dominates to claim her 18th slam title and now is tied with

legends Evert and Navatrilova in slam singles won.More to come,no doubt

will threaten Margaret Courts' record.

Matching Courts was always thought of as unattainable, catching Evert and Navatrilova was always the pinnacle in women's tennis. A lot of Courts' grand slams came at the Australian Open, which up until about 20-30 years ago, was somewhat of a sub-major. Courts won a lot of Australian Opens when some of the top player were not there. I doubt Serena will ever catch Court, but I don't think that was ever her goal because most experts place Evert and Navatrilova over Courts in discussing the GOAT.

I believe Court won the Australian 11 times when almost no top Americans or Europeans even entered the thing. That's also a reason why Roy Emerson ranks so high on the men's list.