Brutal draw for Serena which shows why she is the GOAT. She had to go through Kvitova, Stosur, Azarenka, Li and Henin to win this Slam while carrying TWO injuries throughout the tournament. What’s even more insane is that she was able to win the doubles title with Venus which was their third Slam in a row (they would later win the French Open that year to hold all four majors in doubles). Absolute master class tennis from Serena this entire tournament- she knew she had to play her best and serve well if she wanted to have any chance to win, and she did. Like Djokovic did this year. Legend stuff.
Stosur and Li lost to 39-year-old Kimiko Date in 2010. Henin never made the top 10 again during her ill-fated return in 2010. Kvitova was not even top 50 at that time.
The draws they’ve thrown at Serena over the years are why I stopped believing they’re at random. I get the way the seeds are placed but too many coincidences on stacking the deck with specific players hoping to trip her up.
Yes Serena had to beat Kvitova, Stosur, Azarenka, Li Na and Henin to win the title. All these players are grand slam champions plus she was carrying an injury in the tournament too so was a tough Grand Slam win for her. It took her five years to win title again because of injuries. She didn't play in 2011 and 2012, 2013 & 2014 she was injured.
@@marfu1119she got pretty lucky to get past vika, vika choked a couple games and to Serena’s credit she turned on the burners after and was able to run away with the rest of the match. The final against Justine was awesome, I think Justine won like 12 straight points in the second set right after coming out of retirement
Serena had to work to get this win and Li always does well in Australian Open. She deserve the final she won in later years. Great highlights. Thank you .!
@@db200508 I agree. The fit of the dress is very suspect and the material looks cheap. Also, contrary to popular opinion, I was never a fan of block coloring on Serena (one color dress, a different color headband and wristbands). I always preferred more ambitious designs and cuts on Serena as opposed to the really basic ones.
I thought Serena might win her 8 Australian Open this year. Although she played good by getting to the Semi final it was not the old Serena and Osaka exposed that. She looked slow and her serve was not like what it was
