Is Serena Done?!
After this year, she is done. With the Olympics coming up, she may win that one...but thats not considered a Grand Slam.
LOOOL I am amazing.(Personally I think she will win about 4 or 5 more.)
Someone (can't recall who) said recently on one of the many threads on this topic (can't remember which) that the days when Serena can just turn up at a slam and play herself into form are over. I think this pretty much sums it up. If she can have a good run in lead-up events (like she did in the USO series last year) she can still be very nearly unbeatable. If she continues to go AWOL for long periods, she is no longer quite good enough to be a strong contender when the slams come around (although even then she can't be completely ruled out). In short, she needs to start planning her schedule better than she has been doing up till now.
She's definitely past her peak but it would be silly to rule her out of winning another slam. I'm hesitant to say the Serena chapter is done based on two bad 2012 matches played while injured, one against a fearless Makarova in goat-mode, plus two others in 2011 against similarly goat-mode but higher ranked opponents.
Just watch her confound the critics by winning Wimby or the USO this year.
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