The American commentators used to be so effin harsh about Serena. So cringe to listen to nowadays...

@@chriscze6153 So harsh. Now I feel like they've gone the other way with her in that they are so gushing and complimentary of her because of all she's since accomplished. But back in the day, you'd think Serena was a terrible player the way they used to talk about her. Her 2004 season btw was not even bad at all by any top player's standards that year either but they made it seem like it was a total disaster lol.

@@jmiller05 The American commentators in general have always been horrible, I try to cut them out of my videos as often as possible, but the next video with Serena/Elena has British commentary. Not a single derogatory remark about Serena or her year in the entire match. They just focus on the quality of the match itself - who'da thunk it....

@@chriscze6153 Yep. It reminded me of when Venus lost to Sprem at Wimbledon that year and MJF was basically writing her eulogy after the match as if her career was over. Both Venus and Serena had a disappointing year in 2004 by their high standards but they still finished in the top 10 and had 4 titles and a slam final between them. Hardly the worst set of results ever.

This was the comment I was looking for!! 😂😂😂😂

She was a great player but injuries and personal problems derailed her short but fruitful career.

I think from the mid 2000s it became more important to have a good first and second serve to stay competitive as the game became more physical. It allowed the odd free point. You couldn’t just roll your serve in like Myskina does and have twenty shot rallies and expect to go deep in tournaments over a full year while avoiding injuries. We see how Hingis struggled on her comeback, Venus declined on slower surfaces with her weak second serve, Dementieva’s results improved as she improved her serve, Davenport stayed competitive. Kim and Justine had decent serves - certainly not weaknesses in the way it is for Myskina. Safina only had a couple of good years as she had a shaky serve. And Maria also declined for a bit after shoulder surgery. Radwanska struggled to reach major finals despite her enormous talent because of that soft second serve. Also, Myskina was a counterpuncher at the end of the day. Since her Roland Garros win only two majors have been won by such a player - Australia 2018 by Wozniacki and Wimbledon 2023 by Vondrousova

@@stefan33ukAgreed but Halep is a counterpuncher too surely?

@@FlabbyTitmuss yes Halep is similar to Myskina, maybe with a bit more power and explosive movement. Also Vondrousova proved at Wimbledon you can still win with steady no frills tennis.

You are very welcome! Please do subscribe if you have not, I post plenty of Serena matches. :)

Post more myskina wins please

@@danieldonson2904 I have a playlist of Myskina matches. I didn't post a few yet but I have 26 videos so far and 14 are wins. I already posted 8 or 9 myskina matches in a row in September/October.....more is coming.

As they mentioned in the match it's incredible she qualified at all since she basically lost 1/3 of the year. And they were still so harsh....

What was so ironic about Serena in 2004 is that her outfits were stunning but her general play was so messy and lacking in confidence. I really think she came back probably a bit too soon in Miami and she was still playing catch up with her fitness and match play all year. She made it to the Wimbledon final through sheer guts but her level was starkly different from 2002/03.

@@jmiller05 her YEC outfits in 2004 were always my favorite of hers. Absolutely love how she looked there. Im also considering to post Elena/Serena today instead of tomorrow...is it overkill?

@@chriscze6153 Hun do what you wanna do, it's your channel ha. I personally would love to see it.

@@jmiller05 then we finish the Serena content today for this year :)

Don't have that one yet. Maybe next year.

Serena Williams helped Lindsay Davenport keep the #1 Ranking with that win over Maurer on and was genuinely happy for her when it was mentioned in her press conference after that win

It was a great match.

That's exactly why I included it. Such hateful morons they were back in the day.

@@chriscze6153 They reached the peak in 2005 at Australian Open. They turned Sharapova into a Saint and Serena into a devil, especially Mary Carillo (or how it is correctly written). "This kid's better", "Sharapova is the better player"...

@@chriscze6153 they didn’t want them to win because they played the sport the way wanted to. That’s why they’re still playing twenty years later. They did it their way. Still made more money than those whose played consistently. Dominated for a hellva long time. They mad.

🤣🤣🤣🤣. Yet Maria has more slams and is one of only 10 women to hold all the slams. Yet you claim Myskina is better. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣.

@@thomasjohn6041 Maria was a copycat. At least she humbly admitted copying the Williams sisters game. Myskina was in the league of her own.

@@trommelbiel a lot of players copied. Serena admitted to trying to copy Monica. Yeah, Myskina is in a league of her own. A one slam wonder. 😂😂😂😂😂😂. Maria is only one of ten to hold all majors. Keep trying!

@@trommelbiel oh, and Myskina does not even make the list of top 50 players of all time. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂.

@@thomasjohn6041 Looks like you hate the beautiful Anastasia Myskina. Keep trying. She is now a mom. A happy mom.