Serena Williams has moved level with Roger Federer, on 17 grand slams apiece, after her 7-5, 6-7, 6-1 victory over Victoria Azarenka on Arthur Ashe Stadium on Sunday night.
You could make a strong case that the two GOATs – or “greatest of all time” –
are now bracketed together.
This was the second successive year that these two had met in the US
Open final, and the second year they had served up a classic. We
should give some credit to Azarenka, who did everything she could think of
to halt the Williams supertanker, yet was simply overpowered in the end.
During the early stages, Azarenka had a little help from the elements. The
wind around the borough of Queen’s did not seem all that strong. Inside the
stadium, though, it was swirling viciously and hitching the players’ skirts
up above their waists.
This is not supposed to be a salacious point (both women had respectable Lycra
shorts on underneath) but a genuine tennis issue.
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