Serena’s win in Melbourne comes on the heels of her U.S Open title last September. Justine Henin was the last to win back-to-back major singles titles at the 2003 U.S. Open and 2004 Australian Open.
Having won back-to-back Grand Slam titles for the first time since her 2002 U.S. Open and 2003 Australian Open success, Williams is in position to eclipse the “Serena Slam” (her 2002 French Open, Wimbledon and U.S. Open triple and her 2003 Australian Open triumph) and win all four majors in a single year.
Can she do it?
It all depends on her commitment. She must make a pledge to herself. She is talking about history, not about being No. 1. Williams moved ahead of Monica Seles and sits one Grand Slam title behind Australian legend Margaret Court. Billie Jean King has 12 and Serena says that winning 12 is “do-able”.
Based on the way she played against Safina, I would agree. The match was over in 59 minutes, and in that time she made only seven unforced errors. She dominated a very good player and did it the way she has always done it, playing Serena Williams tennis. It was indeed quite a show.
Williams opened the match with a wide serve to the forehand and hit a backhand winner off the return, almost like she was warming up. Safina’s serve can be erratic because her toss is so high. She has a tendency to pull her head down and this led to a problem in her first service game when she served three double faults.
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