Look at us momm wrote:
Anyone who says Tennis obviously has never played the sport at any competitive level.
Serena would lose to most highly ranked juniors, much much less ANY pro.
I myself, who was just a decent high school player, was able to beat my college friend, who was the #2 ranked player on her college women's team. She even went on to play some pro tournaments with some success. I had a pretty good serve, and it was something she had a hard time handling. And that is at this micro lower level.
Tennis has requires everything from strength to speed. It isn't chess or billiards, which require only skill or brains. It requires all the things that separate women from men athletically.
The Williams sister's once claimed they could beat any male outside of the top 200. One random tennis guy ranked in the low 200s challenged them, and beat them like 6-1 and the sister 6-2, while he was holding back to make the match more interesting and using mostly trick shots. He said even a rank 500 male would be more of a challenge. The William's sisters then said they can beat anyone outside top 350, but never had a match vs a male again after their defeat.
Then the guy who beat them said males can chase better and put spin on the ball that women simply can't handle.
Lindsay Vonn wanted to race males in downhill skiing, but the general opinion was that she would have had absolutely no chance, and just wanted to do it for publicity reasons.