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Just now, Monzanator said:

 

She wants Margaret Court's GS singles titles record (24) first and foremost. She has the Olympic gold already.

 

Federer (102) wants Jimmy Connors all-time ATP singles titles record (109).

 

Everything else is just PR, smoke & mirrors.

 

Obviously I was cheering for Andreescu tonight. I'm tired of watching Serena winning titles for 20 years :rolleyes:

Right of course, but another Olympic gold would solidify Serena as one of the greats. It would also make her advertising deals just a bit better, even if she makes the record.

 

Of topic question here: Is the Olympics considered a Grand Slam by people, or is it in a special catagory to tennis fans?

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Congrats to Bianca Andreescu on becoming the first to win a tennis singles major!    What a moment for tennis in this country!!

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No male player born in the 90s has yet won a GS.   This girl was born in 2000...

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I'm quite into tennis and then-16yo Laura Robson gave a pretty clear indication about some of her female colleagues back in 2010 already.   But she herself admitted she had a crush on Marat

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I wish we could see new face on the men's side but I think Rafa will deconstruct Medvedev easily.

Medvedev is the villain we all need though :p (His words, not mine)

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A lot of big titles were won by young(er) players this year:

 

Australian Open - Osaka (1997)

Dubai - Bencic (1997)

Indian Wells - Andreescu (2000)

Miami - Barty (1996)

Roland Garros - Barty (1996) while finalist Vondroušova was born in 1999

Canada Open - Andreescu (2000)

US Open - Andreescu again! 

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Right of course, but another Olympic gold would solidify Serena as one of the greats. It would also make her advertising deals just a bit better, even if she makes the record.

 

I honestly don't see how that has even remotely as much of an influence as winning the 24th Grand Slam would have. At all. Serena Williams really does not need the Olympics.

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A lot of big titles were won by young(er) players this year:

 

Australian Open - Osaka (1997)

Dubai - Bencic (1997)

Indian Wells - Andreescu (2000)

Miami - Barty (1996)

Roland Garros - Barty (1996) while finalist Vondroušova was born in 1999

Canada Open - Andreescu (2000)

US Open - Andreescu again! 

 

We're only a few months further and I had completely, but seriously totally forgotten Vondrousova made the final at RG :yikes: 

 

I really hope Andreescu will keep it up, but for now I'm afraid in five years from now we'll be here thinking "ah yeah, Andreescu once won a GS, lol". I very much hope I'm wrong though.

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Right of course, but another Olympic gold would solidify Serena as one of the greats. It would also make her advertising deals just a bit better, even if she makes the record.

 

Of topic question here: Is the Olympics considered a Grand Slam by people, or is it in a special catagory to tennis fans?

 

Olympic gold is good for the records but is not that important. GS are waaay above that so Serena will play for that #24 and not another Olympic gold ;)

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We're only a few months further and I had completely, but seriously totally forgotten Vondrousova made the final at RG :yikes: 

 

I really hope Andreescu will keep it up, but for now I'm afraid in five years from now we'll be here thinking "ah yeah, Andreescu once won a GS, lol". I very much hope I'm wrong though.

 

Her mentality is on spot, she won't be something like Ostapenko. The only threat that can send her into oblivion are injuries, she seems to be prone to injuries.

 

Vondroušova is also fragile and I don't like her mentality often. She just got into good form and is injured again :( 

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Anyway, with players like Andreescu, Anisimova, Swiatek, McNally, Gauff, Osaka, Bencic, Yastremska, Potapova, Vondrousova, Kostyuk... there must be 3-4 consistent player at least to a certain degree. Players that won't disappear after a title (Ostapenko), players that won't ruin themselves like Muguruza and players that won't choke (at least often)....

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Anyway, with players like Andreescu, Anisimova, Swiatek, McNally, Gauff, Osaka, Bencic, Yastremska, Potapova, Vondrousova, Kostyuk... there must be 3-4 consistent player at least to a certain degree. Players that won't disappear after a title (Ostapenko), players that won't ruin themselves like Muguruza and players that won't choke (at least often)....

How kind of you to avoid naming Bertens there :p 

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