That's how it feels right now..
2000 and 2001 were years of great battles for supremacy on WTA with a lot of excitement, a lot of contenders. Mostly, it was Venus Williams who was proving being the best, and a number of challengers who tried to withstand her onslaught, tried to match her, trying to be the best. Venus had to deal with a lot of major and lesser challenges ( Capriati, Hingis, Davenport, Clijsters, Henin, Seles, Dokic, at some point even Dementieva ). Venus won that fierce battle, outmuscling everyone, proving that she is the best. But the battle was hard, and it seemed to take its toll on its every participant. It took so much of physical and mental strength from each of them, that they don't seem to have much left. Not a single of above mentioned players was able to match in 2002 their best form of 2000-2001. Some got injuries, some got mentally tired and lost their mental strength, most of them seem no longer having the heart in the game. They all look weary and tired of what they are doing, they don't look hungry, don't seem to have a will to fight.
As a result, the only player who stayed aside of that battle seized the battlefield. Serena is great player, but she is nowhere that good to have a kind of dominance that she is enjoying right now. She got it as a result of 2000-2001 war, where her older sis and her sis's great opposition worn each other down to leave the crown to the younger sister. And, I must say, it doesn't look good. Most of those players might not be back to their best. Even the great Venus Williams.
2000 and 2001 were years of great battles for supremacy on WTA with a lot of excitement, a lot of contenders. Mostly, it was Venus Williams who was proving being the best, and a number of challengers who tried to withstand her onslaught, tried to match her, trying to be the best. Venus had to deal with a lot of major and lesser challenges ( Capriati, Hingis, Davenport, Clijsters, Henin, Seles, Dokic, at some point even Dementieva ). Venus won that fierce battle, outmuscling everyone, proving that she is the best. But the battle was hard, and it seemed to take its toll on its every participant. It took so much of physical and mental strength from each of them, that they don't seem to have much left. Not a single of above mentioned players was able to match in 2002 their best form of 2000-2001. Some got injuries, some got mentally tired and lost their mental strength, most of them seem no longer having the heart in the game. They all look weary and tired of what they are doing, they don't look hungry, don't seem to have a will to fight.
As a result, the only player who stayed aside of that battle seized the battlefield. Serena is great player, but she is nowhere that good to have a kind of dominance that she is enjoying right now. She got it as a result of 2000-2001 war, where her older sis and her sis's great opposition worn each other down to leave the crown to the younger sister. And, I must say, it doesn't look good. Most of those players might not be back to their best. Even the great Venus Williams.