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Why Roger Federer and Pete Sampras should fear Venus and Serena Williams

Fri, Mar 28, 08 20:08 Abe Battjes
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The Williams sisters - a match for the top men (Gettyimages.com)The sister are in a league of their own when they are on court, and they could give their male counterparts a run for their money.

'One characteristic that sets Venus and Serena apart from Federer and Sampras is their domination at doubles'It’s hard to imagine many tennis players being able to take down the likes of Pete Sampras and Roger Federer, especially when they were playing in their prime. But there are a few likely candidates who have what it takes, and they aren’t even on the ATP Tour. I'm looking at the WTA tour.

Serena and Venus Williams may be women competitors, and most would assume that they wouldn’t be able to conquer two of the greatest players of all time. But despite their gender, the powerful sisters have what it takes.

Some may argue that neither of the sisters compere to Federer or Sampras when it comes to Grand Slam victories. For the most part these four players are fairly even in most aspects. But Serena has been able to accomplish something that Federer hasn’t, by winning the French Open to complete a career Slam.

Rankings can’t be a huge factor either, because all four players have at one time in their career ranked No. 1 in the world. Do they all know how to compete on the various surfaces? In the past, the four players have struggled on clay, and produced their best tennis on grass.

Not many factors can determine who the most dominant player would be. They could play on any surface, at any event and still be fairly even in competition. Serena or Venus could easily defeat Federer at Wimbledon, but then again they could fall against one of the two men on clay.

One characteristic that sets Venus and Serena apart from Federer and Sampras is their domination at doubles. Together they have completed a doubles slam, and won an Olympic gold medal together. They have also shown that they can compete when there is a male across the net; both winning two mixed doubles titles.

Not only are they great doubles competitors but also they have proved time and time again that they can return to action after spending months away due to injury, and still be victorious. When Serena entered the Australian Open last year ranked 81st in the world, no one would have expected her to run away with the crown, but nothing could stop her. Then later that year, elder sister Venus triumphed at Wimbledon after missing most of the season with a wrist injury.

A great number of spectators would assume and argue that just because they are women they wouldn’t be able to push the two men. But both Venus and Serena have the powerful serves, the ability to always fight and never relent, and dig deep to produce high quality tennis.

Many would bet against them, but personally my odds would be with the Williams sisters. It doesn’t matter if they were to take on Justine Henin, Maria Sharapova, or even Federer, Sampras, and Andre Agassi; the tough sisters could battle their way past just about anyone.

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Good grief, wherever can you start with stuff like this... :shrug:

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Who on earth is this deluded being?

Clearly grammar isn't a strong point either!

And the earth is flat,elephants can fly,and George Bastl is the GOAT.

Federer should not be scared he has no worries...but Pete :P

only joking. ATP standards are about 1000000 higher than WTA.

I would love to see Venus pound Federer into the ground :D roflmao

But it wont ever happen and this man deludes himself into thinking it :lol:

careful what you say fed-wil. don't want a sexism war to break out. :hide:

I'd love to see it too :D

When I have seen Serena play at her best I have often thought that she would beat some of the ATP - not Fed or Sampras, but I can see some of the other struggling against her and getting much more than they bargained for :lol:

Roddick's backhand would be even more exposed when Serena's ripping winners past it roflmao

I can picture Serena playing Safin and her just completely crushing him and demoralising him even further :lol: ...

Precisely, I want to see it. :ok: They should get them to have a Battle of the Sexes for fun. :D OK so Roddick has a great serve, and when it's on the guys can;t return it either so she'd have as much chance in the tie break as anyone else. :lol: Roddick might not like her serve too much either.

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Hmmm.What about Karlovic against Serena or Venus? Would they win a point on his serve? ;)

Serena or Venus would not beat any guy in the top 100. This article is ludicrous.