Serena Williams, Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova: The New Big 3

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Published: June 13, 2013

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Over the past two years, the majority of the talk in the tennis world has surrounded the dominance of men’s tennis’ big three (now four) composed by Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and its most recent inductee in Andy Murray. The dominance of those four giants of the sport has been exhausted in every media outlet in the planet, and it still does not do it justice.

For the past year-and-a-half, another big three has been in its creation process, and it's time it is given its due as a dominant force in women’s tennis. This big three is composed of the top three women in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings: World No. 1 Serena Williams, World No. 2 Victoria Azarenka and World No. 3 Maria Sharapova.

The beginning of the formation of this new big three can be traced back to the 2012 Australian Open, in which Azarenka raised her first career major title. Not only was it the Belarusian’s first Grand Slam trophy, but she also took over the No. 1 ranking the Monday after it ended, stealing the top spot from Caroline Wozniacki, who had held it throughout the previous 67 weeks.

Since the 2012 Australian Open, five more major tournaments, as well as the Olympic Games and that year’s WTA Tour Championships, have been contested. All seven trophies have been raised by either Williams, Azarenka or Sharapova. Sharapova took home the 2012 French Open, as well as the silver medal in the Olympics and the runner-up trophy in the WTA Tour Championships. Azarenka, on the other hand, repeated in 2013 as champion in Australia and took the bronze in the Olympic Games.

Williams, meanwhile, has been the most dominant of the trio by far, obliterating most of her competition, which includes both Sharapova and Azarenka. Williams took home the 2012 Wimbledon Championships, the gold medal in the Olympic Games, the WTA Tour Championships and the 2013 French Open, defeating Sharapova in each final. She ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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