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With Venus Williams on Friday at Wimbledon, the eighth of the top ten players has already been eliminated. This opens unsuspected opportunities for young players, but most importantly, it puts Serena Williams in the limelight
Serena Williams shows up at Wimbledon as a master of efficiency. (Image: Ben Curtis / AP Photo)
If you want to get a lesson in efficiency, you need to get one Listen to a press conference with Venus Williams. No seconds are wasted, no words are spoken too much. Question: "Have you ever thought about what will follow?" Answer: "No" Question: "What does the opportunity for you here in Wimbledon mean to you?" Answer: "I deserve it." Question: "Thank you, we'll see you again next year." Answer: "Yes." The ghost lasted barely three minutes, when Williams left the auditorium again.
The 38-year-old American was born in 1998 first time at Wimbledon. Since then, she has missed the tournament only once. She has heard all the questions countless times. If she loses like Dutchman Kiki Bertens on Friday, then her desire for information is weak.
And yet the WTA tour is happy that she and her sister, who is one year younger Serena still plays. Too much circus lacks concise figures, too arbitrary are the results. In the first five days of the Wimbledon tournament, eight out of ten players were eliminated. Only Romania's Simona Halep (1) and Czech Karolina Pliskova (7) hold the position. Venus Williams (9) was also the last to miss reigning Spanish champion Garbiñe Muguruza (3) on Thursday.
The many favorites open the table for young players like Belinda Bencic, who reaches the third Saturday (around 14h CEST) Tour of the Spanish Carla Suarez Navarro meets. Of course, they are also focusing on Serena Williams. The 37-year-old plays at Wimbledon only her fourth tournament after the baby break. In Paris, she retired before the knockout stage against her old rival Maria Sharapova due to shoulder problems. In the standings, she is still ranked 181st. The organizers of the All England Club have facilitated their entry into the tournament, exercising their rights and always putting it on because of their past success as number 25.
Serena Williams obviously loves to be back on tour. At the beginning of the week, she was joking that her goal was to keep playing as long as Roger Federer. "We came on tour at the same time, I will stay until he leaves." Federer and Williams are also in the midst of an unofficial duel: the American holds 22 titles Major, the bidder of Basel 20. She feels her breath on the neck, Williams joked Friday after their victory against France's Kristina Mladenovic.Federer was the first contender to the title before the tournament, Serena Williams rose to favorites after the defeats of the competitors – if not more.
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