14:47 this one tho

What about the shot @ 6:10. It’s like a bullet from behind the baseline

Davenport had such a big return game. She would go for the lines like this shot if the second serve was weak and in her Strike Zone which this one was.

So true. Such controlled aggression. I think a lot of it comes down to mental toughness and I feel as though this generation of players was much more tough mentally compared to the current one.

The grass plays a lot slower now too.

@@jasonthomas4872 I wonder why they are making the courts slower. I liked the agressive players more than the defensive ones.

Exactly my same observation after watching it

@@mikeg8375 Back then, the top players were motivated to be the best they could be. And they weren't just happy to have one good week and make a lot of money. They also had much more developed games besides hitting hard. They could come to the net to put away points or play the defensive point. Now, every player wants to hit the ball hard. They miss, they just hit harder. There's no control. And then we get disaster slam finals like the 2017 USO final. And the players today become too complacent after just one good tournament. They win a slam or 1000, and then they can't even reach a QF for months. There's not a hunger to dominate and be the best they can be.

should have won AO 2001, Wimbledon 2004, USO 2004, AO 2005 and Wimbledon 2005

Grass is not the favorite surface of Clijsters to play on, she moves more confidently in clay and most specially in hard courts.

I agree that Clijsters was an overall better player; but when Davenport was on, she was the queen of first strike tennis whether it was off her serve or return. And it's tough to win from a defensive position, especially on faster surfaces.

@@drtslim but I’ve also heard over an over the grass at Wimbledon is really not that fast anymore post 2001 Anymore.. the courts at Us open are faster actually.. plus now they use heavier balls on grass ..

@@justineandserena I think that they were still using lighter balls in 2005, so play would be a bit faster than today. Plus grass is also slippery (in a different way than clay) making it more difficult to play defense (especially changing direction)

I agree. Kim was always the better player. But let's give her break, she was recovering from an injury if I'm not mistaken. Plus, she had just returned at the beginning of the year and did amazing by winning IW and Miami.

@@daniolitheone u are right.. but , clijsters was really only amazing on hardcourts.. that’s it.. she had two careers an neither did she make a Wimbledon final in neither... Even in 2001 she had a golden chance to win the French open only having capriati in the finals an blew it.. Justine henin made her debut in the Wimbledon finals but everyone knew there was next to zero chance of winning playing the most dangerous player Venus Williams .. there was no shot there