Re: Serena's retirement & Related

[meganfernandez]

On the other hand she won three GS's from a match point down. Either could have gotten away easily by a single error or a single ace from an opponent.

Nice! Do you remember which ones? I might write an article on this, so this is extremely helpful.

I only remembered that it was three times. After some googling: 2003 AO SF vs Clijsters, 2005 AO SF vs Sharapova and 2009 W SF vs Dementieva

Thanks, nice of you to Google. Next time, tell my lazy butt to do it.

[patrick]

Remember the Dementieva match point where Serena guessed correctly at net where she was below average on that day.

[meganfernandez]

Remember the Dementieva match point where Serena guessed correctly at net where she was below average on that day.

Was that the Wimbledon semi 2008? One of the best matches I have ever seen. Just one that’s burned to to my brain for the quality and tension, not because I am a Serena mega fan.

[meganfernandez]

Great piece by Zina Garrison, who has been in Serena's inner circle from the beginning
https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/zi ... ms-retires

[meganfernandez]

Muguruza's op-ed on Serena for El Pais. "I cried when she told us she was retiring, which is very rare for me. Somehow, her goodbye has shut down something inside me; something was extinguished."

https://english.elpais.com/sports/2022- ... ed-me.html