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WWW: 2017 AO Dream R2: [2] Serena Williams vs Lucie Safarova

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#1 · (Edited)
FO 2015 Final repeat in 2nd round of 2017 AO

The dream baseball contest between two of the top hard-hitters in WTA

Serena "forever rusty" Williams vs Lucie "rise like a phoenix" Safarova

Will Serena shake off the rust to roll towards her 23rd slam title in chase of making up for lack of calendar slam with more slam titles overall than Steffi?

Or maybe matchpoint defense specialist Lucie Safarova will perform the first ultimate exorcism of 2017?

What do you think? Who will win? ;)
 
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Sometimes one win can change your whole behaviour on court. If she gets pumped by those 9 saved match points with thinking "9 mps were not enough to beat me, so even Serena won't beat me" and plays inspired game, she has a chance.

Schiavone played out her heart and her mind and defeated Stosur in FO 2010, when in reality Stosur's overall performance should allow Schiavone to win 3 games in this final. Kerber also defeated Serena with "you won't stop me" attitude.

The problem is Safarova is one of those persons that are scared of Serena. It showed when she was outplaying Serena in that FO 2015 Final and suddenly folded like a cheap tent because of fear.

If those girls were paying no respect like 2004-2007 field, Serena would be out of top 5 today.
 
#16 ·
We've seen Serena play passive or error-strewn tennis many times on big points in recent years, including when trying to close out Safarova in the RG final.

But unlike Wickmayer, even if that happens, what Serena won't do is completely fold and get breadsticked in the decider.

Something wise Henin said after she choked the Miami final to Serena: she wasn't angry at herself for choking the MPs, she was angry with how she reacted to losing the MPs.
 
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