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Is Serena Done Winning Majors?

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Is Serena Past Her Peak and Will Never Win a Slam Again?

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#1 ·
Is Serena Done?!
 
#7 ·
Leave Rena alone. She can still surprise you.
 
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#8 ·
Yes she's past her peak but can certainly win Slams no doubt about it. Just because she played one crappy match against a player playing out of her mind in Oz doesn't mean she is done. She's a ferocious competitor and can win at the US and Wimbledon, whether she will or not....time will tell.
 
#10 ·
No, she isnt done. She has some more fight in her. All the greats lasted a pretty long time.... Graf was winning slams at 30 and Nav was getting to Fs in her late 30s. Serena is more physically gifted than either of the other two ladies, so I cant see why she cant continue for a while longer. Whether she wants to or not, thats a whole different story.
 
#16 ·
Graf won her last slam just before her 30th birthday, and it was a gift from a self sabatoging Hingis. Her first major title in 2 and a half years, obviously now well past her prime. Then soon after turning 30 she was badly overpowered by Davenport in the Wimbledon final and retired.

No player since 1990 has won a slam in their 30s. The game was nowhere near as physical back then as it is today.

I could see Serena winning anywhere from 0-3 more slams. However the more I think about it the most likely answer is probably 0.

Serena is not more physically gifted than Graf and Navratilova. She is a more gifted ball striker than either probably, and more gifted server, but in terms of pure athleticsm those two are the best in history. Serena isnt even the most physically gifted of her own era, that would be Venus. Even if you disagree she is about 30% as dedicated to fitness and staying in shape as Graf and Navratilova, has had more injuries than Graf and many more than Navratilova, and as a result at this stage of her career is nowhere near as athletic as they were. Watching her matches since her return to injury her movement around court is now average at best, and she looks clumsy at times. She also tires easily, and doesnt have an abundance of energy in the tank if needed. Even when she wins like in Canada it has nothing to do with athleticsm anymore. Her groundstrokes are still solid and effective, though nowhere near as overpowering as once. She mostly wins on her GOAT serve, sheer will to fight and win, her experience and improved point construction, and excellent return of serve. When someone is either overpowering her, getting everything back, or mixing patience with hitting early and accurately enough to move her, she becomes almost useless now as she did in her mostly one sided losses to Bartoli, Stosur, and Makarova since her return.
 
#12 ·
Not worry about Serena at all she will win at least 5-7 more slam before her carrer over if not more. As far her past her peak. She always pick up her game when it time for majors so she peak again lol. I more Worry about Venus due to the fact her health problem and Losing early in the slams.
 
#17 ·
Why not? Every great career comes to an end at some point, and it's not disrespectful to wonder whether she will ever win another slam. People are wondering the same thing about Federer without Fed fans getting all huffy about it. Why is Serena always treated as so sacred?

My own opinion on whether she'll win more slams: she could, but it won't surprise me if she doesn't.
 
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Your life ain't over at thirty. It all depends on how much she still wants it and if she can find something to motivate her. For the last one and a half years or so most people still thought of her as the best player in the world, even though she didn't play much (or at all). But now people are starting to refer to Kvitova and Azarenka as the best players in the world. That may motivate her - the desire to make one last big statement.
 
#20 ·
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.
 
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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.

Covering your ass. Can I call 'em or what? :lol: Don't worry, if Serena was still playing at 50 people would still be covering their asses by saying, "you can never completely count Serena out" because the minute everybody says that, she'll make them once again look foolish. Look at all the ass covering in this thread and nobody knows who anybody is in real life. But then everybody here knows about thread bumping. :lol:
 
#21 ·
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.
 
#46 ·
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.


*subscribes*
 
#22 ·
I'm not a Serena fan, but you are a fool to rule out her ability to win slams while she is still an active player.
 
#30 ·
:lol:

Well, we know who is gonna be bumping this thread!


Yet again with the over exaggerated end of the Williams'
People will never learn. :cool:
 
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