The GOAT American Born Tennis Player goes for #20 - All Hail Queen Serena

[sportscribe]

she retired last year

Being retired is not going to stop her from seeing endorsements. She's China's golden girl of tennis...maybe even sports in general.

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

Being retired is not going to stop her from seeing endorsements. She's China's golden girl of tennis...maybe even sports in general.

yes..but the Chinese gov't and her arent exactly best friends..in terms of popularity/endorsements/marketability..absolutely. thought u were referring only to active players

 

[Tony D'Amato]

I just cant look past this c@c

Gets get dig into this thang

Fukk her and her grand slams

 

[Guy Incognito]

Ehh...debatable. Sanchez Vicario was a high-class player and Graf owned her soul just off the top of my head. She probably took down Sabatini, Capriati and others at least a few times as well too.

Simmer down.. You don't know shyt about tennis..

Frank Deford

Overrated
Steffi Graf

It has become fashionable to rate Graf the best women's player ever, and that is ridiculous. Most Grafites are in thrall to her 22 Grand Slam singles titles, a figure that exceeds what Helen Wills Moody, Martina Navratilova or Chris Evert rang up.

Whereas Court, Navratilova and Evert had stiff competition—Martina and Chrissie went virtually head-to-head—Graf caught an easy wave. For much of her career the best she had to contend with was Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, a game little terrier, and Gabriela Sabatini, a frail competitor. Of even more significance, there's this little gap in Graf's resume the size of the hole in the ozone layer: It's called Monica Seles. Graf had won eight of the previous nine Grand Slam titles when Seles surfaced as a champion in 1990. For the next three years, until she was stabbed by a deranged Graf fan, Seles won eight Grand Slam titles while Graf won two. As soon as Seles was eliminated as competition, Graf started winning the big titles again.

Was Graf the best female player of all time? She wasn't even the best in the heart of her career.

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

Simmer down.. You don't know shyt about tennis..

Frank Deford

LOL eat a fat one. U said I dont know shyt about tennis then post an article basically sayin the same shyt and dropping the same names I did off the top of my head..cuz people who dont know about tennis know vicario right?

and i quoted "only" world class player then noted some others who could be argued to be solid historically...not that i disagreed with the premise. Gtfoh

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

her tennis career

other than her looks she was weak and generic

had a decent, albeit short career actually but clearly a huge bust and disappointment.

retired at 21 "due to injury" but she got to top ten ranking in singles and #1 in doubles..won 2 GS in doubles

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

this shyt right here.....

How the hell is a natural advantage unfair?

So Jordan was unfair cause he's 6'6 and the next man was 6'3 or some shyt?

Like what the fukk is unfair about height? Cause anything else like size, weight, speed etc goes to training and not being born like that

 

[muzikfrk75]

 

[Guy Incognito]

Wall of text

Serena's body count includes

Prime Venus
Sharapova
Henin
Li Na
Hingis
Azeranka
Clijsters

For debate sake lets ignore the likes of Davenport, Mauresmo and Capriatti (2001-)

and your counter is Sabatini and Sánchez Vicario? Like I said, you don't know shyt about tennis..

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

Serena's body count includes

Prime Venus
Sharapova
Henin
Li Na
Hingis
Azeranka
Clijsters

For debate sake lets ignore the likes of Davenport, Mauresmo and Capriatti (2001-)

and your counter is Sabatini and Sánchez Vicario? Like I said, you don't know shyt about tennis..

ive been saying in the official tennis thread serena is clearly the goat. i said it here too. all i did was say graf had a couple decent opponents..not that they were even close to serena's competition. graf isnt even 2nd all time to me.

ive played the sport for over 20 years and work as a coach. ive trained at bolletieri's camp as a junior and met venus williams in the lobby there. what do u do or have done?

 

[Rekkapryde]

2 more to tie my pawg boo Steffi....

 

[Tony D'Amato]

2 more to tie my pawg boo Steffi....

U my n1gga, but someone neg this n1gga for me

This misuse has to stop

 

[Rekkapryde]

U my n1gga, but someone neg this n1gga for me

This misuse has to stop

fell for the banana in the tailpipe :coswin:

But seriously, I did have a crush on Steffi Graf....

 

[Tony D'Amato]

fell for the banana in the tailpipe :coswin:

But seriously, I did have a crush on Steffi Graf....

I did too. That long azz ponytail and them legs. Amd she had those luscious lips. She had a schnoz on her, but I like her. Agassi was my favorite athlete behind MJ, so Im happy she found happiness w/ him.

But pawg, I forgive u.

 

[THE MACHINE]

Breh, this woman won her first slam in the 90s...the 90s. And is still cooking.