PredictionGame
Tournaments this week




USO19: 20th Anniv. of Serena's 1st GS and USO Triumph!

All General Discussion concerning WTA and ATP
Post Reply New Topic
Grossefavourite
Accomplished
Accomplished
Posts:6807
Joined:Jul Sat 27, 2013 8:53 am
USO19: 20th Anniv. of Serena's 1st GS and USO Triumph!

Post by Grossefavourite » Aug Thu 22, 2019 8:47 am

SERENA’S 20 YEARS AT THE US OPEN

http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/ ... rs-us-open

If you want to know when the legend of Serena Williams began, you have to go back to Sept. 11, 1999. The then-17-year-old Williams beat No. 1 Martina Hingis to capture her first Grand Slam singles title in Arthur Ashe Stadium at the US Open.

Over the next 20 years, Williams won another 22 major titles, including five more in New York. She has regaled fans with her game and fashion; she has earned more than $90 million in career prize money. But she also has become an icon, evolving into one of sport's and culture's biggest and most important advocates for racial and gender equality, on and off the court.

Amid all of her success, many of her career highs and lows have come in Flushing Meadows. As she vies for a record-tying 24th Grand Slam title, we recount two decades' worth of memories in the Big Apple.


1999
A STAR IS BORN
At 17, Serena became the fourth-youngest woman in the Open era to win the US Open and the first African American woman to do so since Althea Gibson in 1958.


2001, 2002
SISTER ACT(S)
The Williams sisters met in back-to-back finals, with Venus winning in 2001 (the first Grand Slam final between sisters in 117 years) and Serena taking the 2002 title to claim her third straight major en route to her first Serena Slam.


2002
FASHION FORWARD
Serena's fashion at the US Open has been as trendsetting as her game, perhaps none more so than her Puma catsuit, described by Venus as "really fun, really exciting and very sexy."


2004
IN OR OUT?
Serena lost to Jennifer Capriati in a quarterfinal plagued by several questionable calls. It led US Open officials to apologize and, later, introduce the Hawk-Eye replay system.


2008
SHE’S BAAAACK
Between January 2005 and December 2006, Williams saw her ranking drop to as low as 140th. But she gradually rebounded and capped the monthslong comeback with a 6-4, 7-5 victory against Jelena Jankovic to regain her No. 1 world ranking.


EVERYTHING’S NOT FINE
Serena directed a profanity-laced outburst toward a line judge, who called Williams for a foot fault on a match point for Kim Clijsters in the 2009 semifinals. She received an $82,500 fine, believed to be the largest in a Grand Slam.


2011
COME ON!
Down a set in the final against Samantha Stosur, Serena was assessed a point penalty after yelling "Come on!" before the rally was over. Stosur would go on to win in straight sets. "You're a hater, and you're unattractive inside," Serena told umpire Eva Asderaki.


2014
ELITE COMPANY
Serena won her third straight US Open and 18th Grand Slam title to tie Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova for fourth place on the all-time list.


2015
SEMIFINAL STUNNER
Vying to becoming the first player since Steffi Graf in 1988 to win the calendar Grand Slam, Serena lost to unseeded veteran Roberta Vinci of Italy. After forcing a third set, Vinci rallied from 0-2 to win 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 in one of the most shocking upsets of Williams' career.

2018
SERENA TOPS VENUS IN SIXTH US OPEN MEETING
[Serena] I don’t cheat to win.
2018
SERENA-NAOMI OSAKA FINAL MARRED BY CONTROVERSY AND CODE VIOLATIONS

BETTER WITH AGE?
Most players would consider Williams' early US Open career alone a success. Serena's second half? Well, that has been even better.

Grossefavourite
Accomplished
Accomplished
Posts:6807
Joined:Jul Sat 27, 2013 8:53 am

Re: USO19: 20th Anniv. of Serena's 1st GS and USO Triumph!

Post by Grossefavourite » Aug Thu 22, 2019 9:59 am

Who thinks Serena will 'random'y draw Coco in the 1st round?

User avatar
djmm1962
Accomplished
Accomplished
Posts:3716
Joined:Jan Sun 25, 2009 3:36 pm

Re: USO19: 20th Anniv. of Serena's 1st GS and USO Triumph!

Post by djmm1962 » Aug Thu 22, 2019 10:08 am

It will be a tough draw, no doubt about that!!

Post Reply