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Martina Navratilova VS Serena Williams

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#1 · (Edited)



Martina:

"I Would be inspired if I could play Serena Williams on that US Open stadium court.
The atmosphere with both of us in our primes would be electric.
The key for me would be to neutralize her power and get into the points on her serve, to make her hit more balls than she is used to hitting in most of her matches.
I would need to keep the balls as low as possible, and I would tr to hit short to bring her forward, and then come in deep going the other way.
Now she is going backwards as I come in to the net.

On my serve I would not be able to serve-and-volley all of the time, but I would do it a lot.
I would serve into her body, mix it up a lot.
I served-and-volleyed a lot against Monica Seles and she had the best return in the game then, and it was effective. I believe I could deal with Serena's pace.
The harder the ball comes to me the faster it tends to come back.
And I would try to give her a lot of off-paced balls.
Getting into the rally would be another key for me.
I could see Serena and me having a very close match, something like 6-4 in the third set, with maybe a few tie-breaks before that.
There would be very few service breaks and I could imagine a set without any breaks at all.
It would be exciting because we are two of the best athletes tennis has ever seen and the crowd would respond positively to that."





Mark Preston
American journalist, USTA Magazine

"There has never been a player I've admired more than Martina Navratilova, both for her talent and her remarkable competitive ability. Born in Czechoslovakia, but most assuredly made in America, Navratilova did nothing less than change the face of women's tennis with her aggressive game, unparalleled commitment to fitness and unquenchable desire to be the best. The only other woman on par with Navratilova in terms of mental toughness and sheer fighting spirit is Serena Williams, the greatest pure competitor of this era of women's tennis. For that reason alone, it would be a joy to see these two go head-to-head on the game's biggest stage; Navratilova's precise serve-and-volley game against Williams' punishing power. The exchanges would be staggering in their brilliance; two fighters engaged in the sort of heavyweight slugfest that usually has ropes around it. Without a doubt, this one goes the distance, as neither woman gives an inch. In three, it's Navratilova."
 
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#2 ·
Martina is perfection in tennis!
:cool::cool::cool:
:hearts::hearts::hearts:
 
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#5 ·
With what Martina said? I'm not sure. I just got this article from USTA and posted it today
 
#7 ·
I didn't think Martina had so many votes!!!:bounce:
 
#10 ·
Serena at or Near her Best,has NO EQUALS. Serena in two sets.
 
#198 ·
Unfortunately, we will never know. However, we do know that both Serena and Martina are great athletes, mentally strong players and fiercely determined winners. If Martina was in her prime today, of course her game would be somewhat different, but with today's equipment and her overall greatness she would be a very tough opponent for Serena. Certainly Martina Navratilova would be far superior an opponent than anyone Serena faces today. Overall, I think prime Serena-Navratilova would be a very exciting and close rivalry.
 
#13 ·
I think with Serena at her very best Martina would have alot of trouble with her power. She never faced that kind of power in her prime, and by the time she started facing it with Graf and Seles she was mostly past her prime so it is hard to guage how she would have handled it. However the power of Graf and even moreso Seles was challenging for her. Serena overall has more power than either Graf or Seles. Her will to win is unmatched by almost any women in history, and I think her nerve is stronger than Martina too.
 
#22 ·
This
 
#28 ·
Martina's serve and volley game would give Serena fits, I think most of their sets would go to tiebreaks as they are probably the best two servers ever. Martina's style would mean she'd be far more of a headache for Serena than Graf or Evert but it would be a good match up.
 
#29 ·
I have been pondering over this for days, it would be incredible to see Serena and Martina playing in their peaks against each other. It would be great to see what they drew out of each other, would Martina's serve and volley force Serena to play a more net orientated game? Martina would be the most challenging match up for Serena IMO. I originally thought Serena, however now the more I think about the more I think about why Martina would win.

Its just to epic to process :hysteric:
 
#34 ·
Why are people even drawn into this bullshit about Serena beating male players? It's clearly for trolling purposes. :rolleyes:
 
#35 ·
Martina's H2H against Steffi DOES NOT suggest that she (Martina) would do well against the generation that came after her.

The Steffi that faced Serena/Venus and Davenport was not the same Steffi of 88.

By 96 (when Steffi reached her peak), Steffi was a much stronger player than the Steffi of 88.

Martina never faced that Steffi. Only Steffi has proven herself against both generations.

In this matchup, Serena should be the clear winner.
 
#36 ·
Martina Navratilova is the best female player to ever hold a racquet. At least that's what I think.

I'm sure if they played, Martina would initially have problems with Serena's game, but being the genius she is would always figure out ways to win and eventually would win the rest of their matches.

Pretty much Navratilova and Serena in a Serena-Sharapova type head to head.
 
#39 ·
Evert vs Serena would probably strictly come down to the time they played. In the wood racquet era Chris would probably be favored, although in the wood racquet era 3 of the 4 majors were on grass for awhile which might still tip things to Serena. In the graphite racquet era definitely Serena. Martina and Serena would be closer across either one.
 
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