Will Venus win the French?

What do you think? It's a public poll. :p

We can say nothing about a player who has just played a unique tourney and lost in the 1rst round..But in shape she surely can,I think

no

Venus is not as bad on clay as some people make it out to be, maybe should could have won last year if not from that girl cheating, but we will never know. I think if she gets into good shape she has a slight chance, but my picks are.

1. Justin
2. Kim
3. Lena D
4. Hingis
5. Patty
6. Serena
7. Momo
8. Venus
9. Maria S.
10. Petrova

Venus is pretty good on the clay, has won many titles on clay and has reached the finals of the French once and quarters on three other occasions.

The only trouble is the key to winning on clay is consistency which is not Venus's strong suit, especially if she is not match tough going into the clay court season.

no and never, too many errors on the slow clay.

They say one shold never say never. But I will say never. But does it actually matter? Surprisingly there are people I know who haven't heard of Justine who has won it twice, but sure know who Venus is!

No offence or anything but if Venus wins the French open I think pigs will start flying

I'm a huge Venus fan, and I think she can, but if I'm being realistic, I don't think she will. Hopefully she will surprise me one day. :)

Venus is good on clay, but she sucks at Roland Garros. However, I doubt if she'll have a third consecutive fluke loss at the tournament.

No offence or anything but if Venus wins the French open I think pigs will start flying
i think the pigs are getting ready to fly :)
i think many people forget that venus was a finalist there

no

Not the way this year is going...she has ONE official tour match, which she lost. But, if Mary can do it, Venus surely can.

theres no way she can beat henin on clay no affence

:lol: :lol: :lol:

No. I would probably say never.
She hasnt evolved her game enough towards the clay.
She slides better on clay than any American I have ever seen. That part does seem very natural to her.
Other Americans need to take a lesson from Venus.
Other than that she doesnt have too much margin for error on her groundstrokes which hurt her a bit.
She doesnt have exceptional upper arm and shoulder strength which doesnt help with the topspin used on clay.
She doesnt come in enough on clay to use her arm length as an advantage.
2 of those three can be fixed with a slight grip change.

theres no way she can beat henin on clay no affence

Theres NO way? :lol::lol::lol::tape:

I was hoping the options would be:

Yes __
No __
Hell No __

No. I would probably say never.
She hasnt evolved her game enough towards the clay.
She slides better on clay than any American I have ever seen. That part does seem very natural to her.
Other Americans need to take a lesson from Venus.
Other than that she doesnt have too much margin for error on her groundstrokes which hurt her a bit.
She doesnt have exceptional upper arm and shoulder strength which doesnt help with the topspin used on clay.
She doesnt come in enough on clay to use her arm length as an advantage.
2 of those three can be fixed with a slight grip change.

Evert didn't slide well?
And Venus' footwork becomes VERY suspect on clay. Serena slides better than her. (Well maybe not anymore - but the last time I saw Serena on red clay, she slid better)

Theres NO way? :lol::lol::lol::tape:


no there seriously isnt.shes not gunna win on clay

Evert didn't slide well?
And Venus' footwork becomes VERY suspect on clay. Serena slides better than her. (Well maybe not anymore - but the last time I saw Serena on red clay, she slid better)

I look at it this way.
For most Americans its already hard to slide side-to-side well.
Chris Evert was probably better at it than Venus from side-to-side.
Venus is better with her front slide towards the net.
Chris Evert was always a bit hesitant to come to net during her career.
It was something that Navritilova took full advantage of.
It shown in her footwork and also in her slides towards and around the net.
Venus even has a diagonal back slide she uses on her backhand sometimes.

No offence or anything but if Venus wins the French open I think pigs will start flying


That will only happen if Lindsay wins.

I dont know if she will. But she certainly can if she wants to

Why not? With Venus you never know.

That will only happen if Lindsay wins.

As a fan of hers I totally agree. If she wins the French I think the sky will cave in

Venus has as good a chance as anyone not named Henin hardenne to win the French Open. She has won many titles and has a very solid record on clay. However, what is so funny about Venus is that these days she's just as capable of losing to a french qualifier at Roland Garros as well :lol:

With the way things look for Venus at this point, I think a better question should be "Will Venus win her first-round match at the French?"

I sincerely hope she is playing good tennis. We'll see in Miami, I guess.

Hmmm... in terms of tournament wins, Venus is probably #6 or #7 on the tour, at worst.

Anyone below age 25, who has won the French, has to be ranked above her. That's three. Throw in Clijsters. Mauresmo is better on clay, but not at Roland Garros. Pierce .... oh what the hell, props to an ex-champ.

Venus has won Rome, and been a finalist a Roland Garros. That's way better than most. Of course, a player that's played one match all year can hardly be favored at Roland Garros.