Wow Serena won 7 Australian Open titles. Serena won the same amount of Australian Open titles as her sister Venus 7 grand slams titles. Most players never even manage to win 7 grand slams in their careers much less to win 7 titles at one grand slam. Amazing champion Serena is.
These 2 played 2 amazing matches in back to back Quarter finals that year. This and the French open quarter finals. Their matches are usually interesting. I wish Kuznetsova had Sharapova's mental strength. She could have achieved so much.
Not necessarily Kuznetsova has a poor head to head record against the very best like Venus, Serena, Henin, Clijsters and even Sharapova has a leading head to head record against Kuznetsova. Kuznetsova don't get the recognition she deserves she won 2 grand slam titles and made 4 finals in her career in a very competitive era with great players just mention. Don't think she under achieved she just wasn't good enough for the very best. She wasn't mentally weak when she beat Serena at the 2009 French Open although clay was never Serena best surface despite winning the French Open three times.
Serena pretty much went near god mode after being 5-7 3-5 0-15 down as Kuznetsova only managed to win one other game of the match. It never occurred to me before that Serena made an amazing comeback in this match 💪
Thank you for taking the time to upload these highlights for us to watch. I hope I may speak on behalf of others and say that we are greatly appreciative.
I like that you included pre & post match interviews.24:49 This is what I keep saying to the US ATP players, but only Shelton seems to truly understand the stakes. The rest of the current lot will never win a Slam. Serena ALWAYS understood that tennis is not just tennis. It's a form of soft power. When US plays against them you are required & expected to win. No excuses. Win or else you're useless to what's really at work here. That's why Serena always made sure to beat Masha down after the latter's '04 gloating.
I have no idea how she won this match. The other player was playing the lights out tennis I was shocked this is one of the reasons she is the goat 🎉🎉😍😱
How many times did we see Serena come back like this? When her back was up against the wall, her arm loosened up and her level went too high for her opponents to live with.
Serena definitely didnt enjoy playing players with heavy tospin forehands. Whereas sharapova enjoyed them because of her height. The story of matchups. I think iga would be touch match for serena because of her heavy topspin. But serena can play absolute flat to beat her
