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@bweb6 Жыл бұрын
17 years old and beating Clijsters, Seles, Martinez, Davenport and Hingis on her way to lifting her first Slam. Serena is/was such a special athlete. 👑
@DM-bk9mn Жыл бұрын
I don’t know anyone currently who has had to play even a quarter of the caliber of those players to win a slam.
@esjay0249 Жыл бұрын
What a stride my girl had. Full confidence..
@malcolmnorman5694 Жыл бұрын
These girls today would have loss in the 2nd round not the queen👸
@jefferoni19848 ай бұрын
It was amazing. Although Clijsters was younger than Serena and wasn’t a big player yet. But obviously already very good.
@carrerau71383 ай бұрын
@@DM-bk9mn Clijsters was only #98 then, Martinez far over the hill and only #16, Seles's peak years (1990-96) long gone.
@DM-bk9mn Жыл бұрын
And tennis was never the same after this! What an incredible start to an incredible career!
@carrerau71382 ай бұрын
Tennis wasn't the same either after Schiavone won the FO 2010.
@sanctuary70 Жыл бұрын
To those who said SERENA became GOAT because she had no competition. Take a GOOD look.
@calm10478 ай бұрын
Betty what are you talking about? A goat is someone with a long successful career! Coco is great and she could be in the conversation one day! Like many you have hate for Serena!
@marcusgraham50848 ай бұрын
@@calm1047 COCO GAUFF 2.0, 2023 US OPEN CHAMPION has entered.
@sighfly29287 ай бұрын
@@calm1047Comparing Coco and Serena is like comparing God to Jesus lol
@carrerau71383 ай бұрын
Serena never became GOAT. And she had no competition after Henin's retirement in 2008 (Serena won 15 of her 23 slams after that!).
@AdyHh-up9ez2 ай бұрын
@@carrerau7138 serena 23 over Graf 22 aid d by seles stabbing who owned her in slam finals.
@quinley7877 Жыл бұрын
Extremely rare talent she is. The fact that for every era of tennis she was in, she adapted her game style to that era. It’s going to be a long time till we see a female player like her on the wta.
@estelalopez35638 ай бұрын
This is why I don’t like people dying because if people die everyday that means no good athletes
@wilcoxdaniel98257 ай бұрын
People talk about these girls and only power tennis. These girls were ahead of the new game. Their readiness to hit the ball, the incredible angle shots drop shots. Volleys they had it all. They redefined the game. As Graf Said, they have no weaknesses.
@carrerau71382 ай бұрын
Which girls?
@roter13 Жыл бұрын
Serena's serve at 17 was already massive.
@kimanimzalendo3678 ай бұрын
She was also all woman at 17
@andrewkinsman1466 Жыл бұрын
To see the look each players face after she beat them is priceless, they knew they had to get to the gym and work harder, that's why there was so much aminosity between the top players and venus and serena, absolute queen's of the tennis courts ❤
@faithchambers56988 ай бұрын
😅💯
@carrerau71382 ай бұрын
Even more priceless was the look on Serena's face after Roberta Vinci beat her in the USO 15 semis.
@AdyHh-up9ez2 ай бұрын
@@carrerau7138 priceless look of Graf and her father when they got monica stabbed to help Graf career
@carrerau71382 ай бұрын
@@AdyHh-up9ez Sadly Parche botched this, let the grunter live.
@AmanSS89011 ай бұрын
I remeber being in high school in 1999 she was killing it so much talent Serena you can tell hits the gym hard you need to have power to hit that ball hard and fast. so much talent SERENA is the GOAT of TENNIS
@carrerau71382 ай бұрын
Thank God Serena never killed anyone. Even though she threatened to do it.
@bdr5518 Жыл бұрын
She beat some of the best at 17 🙌🏿🙌🏿
@TennisJunkiez242 Жыл бұрын
I always say Alcaraz come up reminds me of Serena’s . This title started it all and the rest is pure history of dominance, determination & never give up attitude
@mwelb52517 ай бұрын
The world had absolutely no idea what an incredible talent they were watching and how she changed women's tennis
@carrerau71383 ай бұрын
How did she change women's tennis? How would it be different today if she had never existed??
@AdyHh-up9ez2 ай бұрын
@@carrerau7138 she changed women tennis with more focus on athleticism and physical game. William sisters changed it said by countless professionalism whereas ur fave grafs game isn't played anymore as it doesn't harm in modern game. Cope
@carrerau71382 ай бұрын
@@AdyHh-up9ez You think Navratilova and Graf focused less on athleticism? What else did they focus then in your opinion? You think Steffi Graf with today‘s racket technology would not dominate Swiatek, Rybakina, Sabalenka, Gauff?? 😂
@AdyHh-up9ez2 ай бұрын
@@carrerau7138 yes why not? Game has changed. Mavartilova was facing fat housewives. Swiatek topspin is deadly against one handers. Like nadals was against Roger. She would eat that backhand. And rybakina sabalenka will outpower Graf. Graf lost to slow Davenport in slam final. Lmao
@AdyHh-up9ez2 ай бұрын
@@carrerau7138 swiatek is super fast can slid on every court. Why won't she beat them? Lmao. Graf has to run away after losing to Davenport as she realiz d her future is dark 🤣🤣
@FernandoHernandez-mv9zo Жыл бұрын
It's tough to see Venus in the stands watching her little sister winning her 1st major. Venus was expected to be the first to succeed.
@Tied34810 ай бұрын
Why is it tough. Venus has won many grand slams. It would be tough if she never won a grand slam. It's just serena did it first
@horse-45988 ай бұрын
It’s tough if you’re a Venus fan. I’m sure she was happy for her sister.
@youngtoday765122 күн бұрын
Oh you better believe that Serena's win motivated Venus to go after hers the following year
@sammcbride2149 Жыл бұрын
Big fan of both sisters even before they hit the big time.
@swamp50508 ай бұрын
It's obvious Serena brought a new level to women's tennis that left the other players stunned at the shot making and power. A Champion was born, no other player has come close to what Serena has accomplished!
@carrerau71382 ай бұрын
Losing in slams to giants like Craybas, Srebotnik, Cornet, Makarova, Razzano in slams even in her peak years? Imploding against a Roberta Vinci at the threshold of a Grand Slam? Losing in almost 70 % of the tournaments she played? Having an embarrassing match winning percentage of only 84.6 %? You clown.😂🤣😂
@carrerau71382 ай бұрын
Actually the level of tennis went down step by step during the 00s and 10s. Why do you think an overweight Serena could win 10 slams in the 2010s??
@doksh57408 ай бұрын
The queen of tennis 🎾🎾🎾. She is really missed
@keeganthorpe3 ай бұрын
20 years later she was in another U.S. Open final. Amazing.
@kimanimzalendo3678 ай бұрын
Amazing confidence and poise in a 17 year old
@taylorhenderson76748 ай бұрын
Serena 😮 ! She was soo small, just like Venus. By the time I was old enough to know her , she was beast! She bulked up , got so much more power !
@adrianrichards8 ай бұрын
she was so young and so talented. ...that serve
@rockrasheed7507 Жыл бұрын
Serena Williams = SIMPLY THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@user-or2gp7gd9m26 күн бұрын
She was Awesome!!! The 🐐
@oscarboulden-wo3kx Жыл бұрын
Serena Williams is the best tennis player in the world the Goat.
@b.u.dmusic9424 Жыл бұрын
Yes. Serena is the greatest female tennis player
@dreamland20227 ай бұрын
@@b.u.dmusic9424 nah greatest period. Next time take your triggered misogyny somewhere else
@b.u.dmusic94247 ай бұрын
@@dreamland2022 "NAH" she ONE of the greatest female players for sure but you can't compare her to the men. Nope. She herself said that she would've gotten killed. She and Venus played a guy and got DUSTED badly. Have several seats and for the record, she has not won the most titles of the women, that's Martina N. now go back and read before posting, thanks. Now Novak has 24 to her 23....hush
@carrerau71382 ай бұрын
I don't think she is even the greatest in her home country. Just too many losses and too few wins.
@bfcake51558 ай бұрын
And to think 22 more grand slams after this one. Most players dream of winning 1 in there career. Believe in your dreams they will come true.
@SpiritualLifeCoach437 ай бұрын
Serena is forever the G.O.A.T
@carrerau71382 ай бұрын
Says an American boy....😂
@SpiritualLifeCoach432 ай бұрын
@@carrerau7138 Correction, American woman 😎
@carrerau71382 ай бұрын
@@SpiritualLifeCoach43 Yes, only some Americans think that Serena is the GOAT.
@AdyHh-up9ez2 ай бұрын
@@carrerau7138 na whole world think except stabber Graf fans
@carrerau71382 ай бұрын
@@AdyHh-up9ez Then why does Steffi win all those GOAT polls?
@Hickory-ez8gvАй бұрын
These girls were born with this gift and talent to change this country club sports to a global sport for all little boys and girls, and ppl don’t want to except that til this day, which is why today it’s considered power tennis with finesse and style!
@johnbarnett69247 ай бұрын
Golf was Tiger Woods Voice, Tennis was Serena Willims Voice ,They both Spoke Well for Their Generation of Sportmen❤ I wish All of them God's Best in everything else they do. JOHN BARNETT, aka A Voice In The Mall revisited October 2023❤
@AdyHh-up9ez2 ай бұрын
Serena 1999 us open can be most legendary run ever. Defeated five players who won 22 slams combined.
@carrerau71382 ай бұрын
Steffi's 1989 was by far more legendary, boy. She defeated four players who won 49 slams combined. "Ever" and "the short time you followed tennis" is not the same, I swear!
@AdyHh-up9ez2 ай бұрын
@@carrerau7138 Evert was 35. Steffi needed old women like mavartilova and Evert who had a puff game. We r talking about modern game with super athleticsm game n power. Not some old has beens where outside top ten was pathetic
@AdyHh-up9ez2 ай бұрын
@@carrerau7138 Steffi fans camping in seren comment section. 23 is more than 22. Open era record cope. Steffi won't have 22 without seles stabbing
@AdyHh-up9ez2 ай бұрын
@@carrerau7138serena faced actual competition where whole top 100 is good. Steffi faced likes of sabitini with their puff games and old every and mavartilova . Every game is so outdated,😭
@AdyHh-up9ez2 ай бұрын
@@carrerau7138 i know tennis history and I know modern tennis is way better than quality of tennis in 80s a Where outside top ten there was no good player.
@johnwebb24428 ай бұрын
Classic sports moment.
@akubablakka Жыл бұрын
So deserving with all of them to follow...
@mickeygezae590510 ай бұрын
I'm not really into tennis but she's always the good one!!!
@jacquelynn20515 ай бұрын
Serena just oozed skill, strength, foresight and confidence ❤
@carrerau71382 ай бұрын
But when the Grand Slam was on the line at the USO 2015 she folded like a cheap tent.
@AdyHh-up9ez2 ай бұрын
@@carrerau7138she won more slams than Graf who needed stabbing to win 22.
@carrerau71382 ай бұрын
@@AdyHh-up9ez Without The Stabbing Steffi would also have 23 slams since she would have won Wimbledon 1994. And I try to imagine which slam she would not have won???
@AdyHh-up9ez2 ай бұрын
@@carrerau7138 Steffi won't have ,22 slams without stabbing as she has won only two slams from 1990 french open to 1993 aus open as she needed her rival to get stabbed. Her 22 will always be counted along with seles stabbing. Serena won without any of rivals getting stabbed
@carrerau71382 ай бұрын
@@AdyHh-up9ez Seles would have peaked in 1999-2003 at age 25-29, denying Serena most of her 6 slams in those years (maybe not Wimbledon). Anyway, do you have any statistical evidence for a female player winning 7-9 slams within about 3 years (like Seles in 1990-93) also winning close to that number in the next 3 years? Come on, bring it on!
@kofipokuantwi-boateng5446 Жыл бұрын
Late in her career, her net play wasn't the best. It cost her a lot in the 2016 Australian open final. But looking at her matches at this event and some of the matches in 1999 and early in her career, her net play was amazing. I really can't figure out what happened
@theriesbenn129 Жыл бұрын
In 1999, she was still playing both singles & doubles w/ Venus in Gand Slams consistently as she won both titles at the US Open that year where as in 2016 she rarely played doubles other than at Wimbledon/Olympics which is why her net play declined over the latter years of her career.
@ak-xp4hp Жыл бұрын
I noticed that her net play started to go awry after she came back from the foot injury in 2011 and became very dependent on if she was playing doubles. Like she didn't play doubles at 2007 Australian Open and played some fabulous points at the net coming off very few tournaments in 2006 so her instincts there were very much in tact. They could've also gone astray in the late 00s but she was playing doubles at the slams regularly so it's tough to say. Patrick only wanted her at the net to hit smashes and only focused on the net after the 2016 AO debacle where she looked clueless against Angie lol but she wasn't good at volleying any longer when they started working together, again unless she was playing doubles at the same tournament.
@stewardlie Жыл бұрын
Also, I think it's because overall game has changed. Other female players have gotten more powerful and nowadays, it's more baseline hitting than serve and volley.
@QuadThreat85 Жыл бұрын
Weaker shots coming at her here than later in her career.
@QuadThreat85 Жыл бұрын
Plus...it wasn't really that good here either...Serena got away with half ass net play her whole career. Look at most of the double matches...Venus carried her ass and she was the first to admit it.
@johnjimenez11113 ай бұрын
La era dorada del tenis ❤
@Gradguy123 күн бұрын
WOW…
@wtfa2910 Жыл бұрын
Serena vs golovin 2004 full match plz
@carrerau71383 ай бұрын
Actually Serena looked quite beautiful as a teenager! What went wrong later??
Hingis 3 times lost on GS final 99 editions. So sad
@carloscamarena56173 ай бұрын
😊👍💪🎾🎾🎾
@Loooosszeeerrrr12316 күн бұрын
And they say black women can't do anything!!wish Serena would come back with less weight!!
@horse-45988 ай бұрын
Aww back when the world and America was so innocent.
@wilcoxdaniel98257 ай бұрын
Wish she listened to Chrissy and not drift off to the hollywood nonsense and stuck to tennis. She would have had 30 or more totled
@dreamland20227 ай бұрын
U wished she listened to Chrissy…Chrissy who?
@QuadThreat857 ай бұрын
@@dreamland2022 EVERT. Everyone knows who she is can't STAND fans like you. Maybe go check my track record of defending Serena on here for the past 16 years before you come for me. Anywhere you see QuadThreat or QuadThreat85 on here it is ME...defending Serena harder than anyone ever could. But never so much as to deny truths about her. Go find her explaining how she just lets Venus take everything at net because she's way better at it. Yeah I'm semitrolling you for this shit because you tried the wrong one.
@kasandrajames18604 ай бұрын
Chris evert
@carrerau71382 ай бұрын
What Hollywood nonsense?
@winhtut9050 Жыл бұрын
Presently watching WTA is so enjoyable to see lovely Russians, Belarusians, Czech, Polish, Uzbekistan, and East Europeans winning Championships. No more Venus and Serena.
@DM-bk9mn Жыл бұрын
WTA is so inconsistent that it’s hard to watch
@wilcoxdaniel9825 Жыл бұрын
Nice to see blondies playing and winning. Is this what you mean... well I'll be damned
@Tied34810 ай бұрын
@@wilcoxdaniel9825thats exactly what they mean. Just have to feel sorry for people like that
@horse-45988 ай бұрын
Coco has entered the chat: 🙄
@jessicagreen88838 ай бұрын
CoCo just won. It’s over for them.
@patiachapman4692 Жыл бұрын
We've been fooled to think this was a woman for 20+ yrs
@monkeyb1820 Жыл бұрын
yep!
@kimanimzalendo3678 ай бұрын
She is all woman. That derriere says it all. She also has two kids now. Do you really think with her level of celebrity one can successfully perpetrate a fraud of that nature for long? Do you know how much metabolic testing she has undergone over the years, including at Olympic games? Your supposition is in the same category of those who have baselessly claimed for years that Michelle Obama is not female. Proving such things would be career making and lucrative for many, yet nobody has done it. Not for lack of trying or motivation, though
@ToLovelyJesus8 ай бұрын
She literally had 2 babies, troll.
@pastorrosewashington77038 ай бұрын
Greatness given by Jehovah to Serena!!! Thank You Father God in Christ Jesus mighty name Amen!!
@govote20247 ай бұрын
JEALOUS,mAYBE U SHOULD GROW U SOME BALLS AND PLAY TENNIS.