Posted on 01/24/2020 10:53:27 AM PST by Conserv
Perhaps Serena Williams, now 38, will win a 24th Grand Slam title someday. And maybe Coco Gauff, still just 15, never will earn her first major championship.
Sure felt, though, as if a generational shift was being signaled Friday at the Australian Open, with a pair of monumentally significant third-round results hours apart in the same stadium: a surprising first-week loss by Williams, then a historic victory by Gauff.
First, Williams faltered down the stretch for her earliest exit at Melbourne Park in 14 years, a 6-4, 6-7 (2), 7-5 loss to 27th-seeded Wang Qiang of China. It pushed Williams' gap between Slam trophies to three years.
Serena gets beat in 3rd round.
38 is up there.
She had an incredible number of dominating years.
Be careful Coco. Stay aware of your surroundings.
Imagine an angry Serena throwing one of those tennis rackets like a Discus. USO = Unidentified Spinning Object.
I had a chance to go the Oz Open....back in 1996 or so...I should have done it. I was there in Melborne...
Ah, you got to think of it that you’ve been to Australia man. some of us will never get within thousands of miles of it :-) I bet it was great!
Is Serena losing her ‘gorilla moves’?
Woooohoooo!
Some day I will return....
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