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It’s a shame Serena didn’t find her Justine Henin or Jennifer Capriati toward the end of her career. I always felt she was at her best when she had that one person in the draw driving her because she hated losing to them.
 

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It’s a shame Serena didn’t find her Justine Henin or Jennifer Capriati toward the end of her career. I always felt she was at her best when she had that one person in the draw driving her because she hated losing to them.
You mean Pova. :face-with-tears-of-joy: I kept waiting for her to treat everybody across the net like Maria.
 

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Ons Jabeur on pairing with Serena in Eastbourne,

"Still over the moon with the news.Really lucky that she picked me.I cannot wait to play with her.I always loved Serena, the way she plays, the way she is on court and outside the court".
 
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Or the 2007 AO final. I think Maria won 3 games? It was a demolition.
I just remember Mary Carillo during the SF AO 2005 match saying “this kid’s better,” and I remember thinking Serena’s going to make you eat those words. Serena sure did shut down Mary and Maria.
 
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Berlin Tournament, Wednesday,

Standout matches,
K.Pliskova (4) vs B.Andreescu
C.Gauff ( 7) vs A.Li
 

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Birmingham Tournament , Wednesday,

2 matches to be completed, suspended due to darkness on Tuesday.
C.Giorgi vs T.Martincova Giorgi 1st set 76(7)
S.Zhang vs J.Fett Fett 1st set 75

Interesting match ups, below

S.Halep (2) vs H.Dart
C.Garcia vs K. Boulter
C.McNally vs D.Vekic.
 

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Serena is hoping for a perfect storm..a great draw where a lot of the seeds fall out early.. Playing doubles is good practice but it's is nowhere aa taxing mentally and physically on a 40 years old body as singles.. Serena would have been better served for lack of a better word if she would have spent a month playing challengers on the grass just to get some match play.. I don't have high expectations for her to make it to the 3rd round. Running, hitting with male players cannot supercede match play against females who are pretty much human backboards who can very the change of pace which has been Serena's kryptonite whenever she has reached the late rounds of a grandslam tournament. Serena needs to be honest with herself instead of living via her ego. I hope I am WRONG.
 
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I think my favorite stat for doubles is Serena and Venus are 14-0 from memory, someone can correct me if that stat is wrong
 
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