Serena, Justine, Venus and Kim: Time for a Generation Re-Evaluation

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Published: February 2, 2011

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With Kim Clijsters’ win over Li Na in the final of the Australian open, she has proven herself as one of the greats of this generation.

And she has shaken up the pecking order of the greats of this generation

Surpassing Serena Williams is still out of the question for someone with just four majors, so that leaves the next two greats of this generation, Venus Williams and Justine Henin.

Realistically, she could surpass them by the end of the year.

A good fortnight at the French Open and Wimbledon would give her all four majors at once, a feat that would elevate her to a status above that of Venus and Justine, not to mention the fact that she would be the overwhelming favourite for the US Open.

Five majors in a row, it would be absolutely incredible, and extremely impressive.

But before I hype up her chances, I don’t believe that she will win either the French Open or Wimbledon, or that she has surpassed Venus with her Australian Open win.

Clijsters reached her first final on clay, and it would seem as if she could repeat the feat when she is, bigger, better, meaner and less prone to choking than before. But I don’t believe so. Clijsters loves to straddle on court (the splits) and on clay; she cannot recover from that straddle as quickly as a hardcourt, so the changes she would have had to make in her defensive game would blunt her effectiveness.

And defending champ Francesca Schiavone is not the one-slam wonder we thought she was. One of women’s tennis’ most fit athletes, Schiavone showed what she was made of in saving six match points against Svetlana Kuznetsova in a marathon four and three quarter hour match, and almost giving Caroline Wozniacki a shock defeat, being a set and a break up. It was a match that I would have expected her to close out had she not have expended all her energy the night before.

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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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