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Serena Williams vs. Victoria Azarenka (no homo).. but what a MATCH

Discussion in 'Other Sports' started by SkyrimOwnsAll, Sep 9, 2012.

  1. SkyrimOwnsAll

    SkyrimOwnsAll Member

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    anybody watch the ending

    poor Azarenka choked the match away

    but Serena is a great champion and the WTA GOAT
     
  2. ubigred

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    She is certainly the greatest of all time. Amazing she wins , while lugging around that duffle bag.
     
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    Great match. Both players had moments where they stepped up and performed when the heat was on and they both also had moments where they got tight when it mattered most.

    For the last couple of years, the WTA has been nothing short of mediocre on the whole. Caroline Wozniacki was #1 for a long time simply because she played more tournaments than anyone else and she managed to not get knocked out early in big tournaments like others made a habit of.

    Now, Serena is once again clearly the best player on tour and Azarenka has emerged as a consistent, serious contender.

    On a somewhat related note, what was the guy from LMFAO doing in Azarenka's guest box during the match?
     
  4. SkyrimOwnsAll

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    Azarenka is only 23... she will get better

    this is a match we will look back in history, when Serena is retired and Vika is dominating the WTA and compare and older great to a younger great

    kinda like when i watch young Fed play a washed up Pete at Wimbledon in 2001
     
  5. AroundTheWorld

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    That would be Steffi Graf.
     
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    http://www.tennis-x.com/stats/wtarankhist.shtml

    WTA TOTAL WEEKS AT NO. 1

    PLAYER
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    NO. 1
    Steffi Graf 377
    Martina Navratilova 332
    Chris Evert 260
    Martina Hingis 209
    Monica Seles 178
    Serena Williams 123
    Justine Henin 117
    Lindsay Davenport 98
    Caroline Wozniacki 67



    Not.even.close.
     
  7. SkyrimOwnsAll

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    Steffi admitted herself that Serena is the GOAT

    Facts: Serena has defeated more #1 ranked players in the history of the WTA male or female.

    Serena has the rare and only platinum SLAM

    Serena Williams has the greatest shot in the history of womens tennis with her serve

    Serena Williams with her win tonight, became the oldest female to win at flushing meadows since Matina Nava.

    Serena Williams is the most complete womens player P4P in any era

    Their are womens players playing today that watched Serena as a 17 year old win the US Open in diapers lol.

    Their are womens players on tour today that would crush any of the players in that era

    The USA dominance of tennis is OVER, the europeans are making their mark BIG TIME, it has long since begun on the mens side, and when Serena is gone. The same will be said. Serena is beating players like Sharapova and Azarenka and others who could easily have 4 or 5 slams, Sharapova maybe 8 or 9( if Serena is not around)

    Steffi benefited greatly from the Monica Seles stabbing( ugh i hate bringing that up).

    But Serena is the WTA GOAT, you can check respectable websites, and her WTA Tennis average is #1 all-time Graf is #2.. thats the biggest assesment of whose greater, that average takes into account strentgh of fields and schedule.
     
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    It is close in fact, being number 1 that many weeks means nothing, if you are playing againist a weak field. Their are players playing today that would smoke a prime Chris Evert, and Steffi Graff. The Womens Game has moved to more or a power game, and not that soft stuff back in the day

    these younger players were influenced by the Williams Sisters.. Sharapova fathers admitted that he changed Maria style at young age to mirror Venus Williams. The game is more of a POWER game on the womens side

    Also Serena has been injured a LOT

    Serena has beaten more #1 ranked players in the HISTORY of tennis male or female
     
  9. AroundTheWorld

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    You cannot spell and you have no clue about tennis.
     
  10. SkyrimOwnsAll

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    explain how i have no clue about tennis
     
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    So by that logic Hingis and Seles are greater than Serena Williams lol
     
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    Proof of this statement?

    Proof? Plus, that only means that she was not ranked #1, for some reason, when she beat other good players, so she was apparently not consistently as good as others who were #1 and beat the #2, 3, etc.

    In addition, to add to your cluelessness, you say "in the history of the WTA male or female". Well, this may be a Freudian slip - only if you want to say that Serena is the most male player in the history of the WTA. Because otherwise, your statement makes no sense. WTA is women only.

    What is this even supposed to mean? Platinum slam? Steffi Graf won all 4 Grand Slams AND the Olympics in 1988. Serena has achieved the same thing over her career, which is good, but not as outstanding as doing it all in one year.

    How old are you? Apparently you have never seen Steffi Graf's forehand.

    How does this supposedly make her the best ever?

    You are just pulling stuff out of your ass. Serena: 80 % winning percentage. Steffi Graf: 88.7 % winning percentage.

    Serena won the US Open in diapers? Interesting. And for God's sake:

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    Blah. Again - how old are you?

    She had a 6-4 career record against Seles at the time that happened. By the way, Seles at her best would also wipe the floor with Serena.

    What is the "WTA Tennis average" supposed to be? Link? No respectable website other than one idiot at Sports Illustrated ever said that Serena is the best player ever. And "who is" and "whose" is not the same either.
     
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    Yes, they were both better. Serena has more brute force power, but they were both better players.
     
  14. SkyrimOwnsAll

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    Or she was injured

    #1. Ranked #82 in the world and destroyed then number 1 Maria Sharapova to win the 2007 aussie open final in dominant fashion

    #2 slip of the tongue, nothing more

    #3 You know whats funny, not only is Prime Serenas serve better than Steffi, but her foreheand is as well. The only thing you can claim Steffi had over Serena is that she was a better mover..(but thats also due to injuries).

    #4 You cant dispute that the current POWER players on the WTA would mop the the floor with Evert and those weak serve and volleyers, they sent Hingis packing in tears... she was the last of a dying breed. Her only only leftover seems to be Radwanska

    #5 Serena would have 20 slams if not for losing to her sister in finals, and being cheated out of 2 more by crooked umps. Serenas mental game is top-notch. She may not be better than some of the players she is beating at this stage of her career, but a lot of these power bashing euros are such headcases( they usually giftwrap her the match.. with double faults, or UE's)


    also i could care less about my spelling, i know more about tennis than you will ever know
     
  15. SkyrimOwnsAll

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    Hahahah you are a clown

    no use in finishing the debate


    WOW
     
  16. SkyrimOwnsAll

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    OK so "brute" force as you call it is what makes Hingis and Seles greater. If you knew anything about tennis, you would know that Seles was the first of her kind to bring POWER to the womens side, and would routinely kick Graf's ass until her unfateful stabbing

    Graf would struggle againist Serena, especially a prime Serena. Serena can play at an unreal level when she is on. Did you watch her career, or better yet the Olympics.. and not just the dance( that was so talked about). She beat the top 3 players on the womens side in a ROW, in dominant fashion. That is coming of the heels of just winning Wimbledon 2 weeks earlier.

    Serena is the GOAT
     
  17. LinHype

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    I am the leader of the Lin only fans and you must be the leader of the Serena only fans. So what's up SOF?
     
  18. SkyrimOwnsAll

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    no i just hate when a player gets discredits because of their race

    i think Roger Federer is the GOAT in Mens Tennis, and i think Gretzky is the GOAT in Hockey

    but whenever someone mentions a black athlete being the best in a sport other than basketball its always an issue... its hype... ITS FACTS

    and its not a bad thing to support an athlete who is of your race, i hate when people call blacks racist because we identify with black athletes, for some of us thats all we have going for us. Some young black kid may look at Lebron James as a father figure, and look up to him, and wanna somebday become a basketball player. Similar to D.Rose( who had no father). These athletes especially in the black community are sometimes as we have


    But in regards to Serena Williams she is the greatest womens tennis player of all-time, many former and current players say it all the time
     
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    *Enters thread reads the above post*

    Oh boy.


    *Exits thread before the responses to the above post come in*
     

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