{"id":40339,"date":"2015-09-10T02:42:19","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T02:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=40339"},"modified":"2015-09-23T01:46:23","modified_gmt":"2015-09-23T01:46:23","slug":"steffi-graf-and-serena-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=40339","title":{"rendered":"Steffi, Monica and Serena"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having watched the sisters’ terrific match last night, at the net they embraced tightly. I was tearing up. They faced each other in the US Open five times, grand slams 13 times and 27 times in total over their career<\/a>\u00a0so far.<\/p>\n

My gut feel is, this moment would not happy too often in the future.<\/p>\n

The talk of grand slam, which means winning all four slams in the same calendar year is filling the air. On the eve of Serena’s much anticipated win at the US Open this Saturday, a comparison to Steffi Graf<\/a>, the woman who last accomplished this in 1988 is due.<\/p>\n

I was a Graf fan and, I’m still is one now. I loved her single hand backhand. Her quietness. Her shyness. Graf was the last woman who collected all four grand slam trophies in the same year. And more. Because of the 1988 Summer Olympics @ Seoul, South Korea. She won the gold medal too, hence the Golden Slam. To repeat this, it’s nearly impossible.<\/p>\n

Talking about Graf’s achievement without mentioning Monica Seles<\/a> is, just simply not fair. All three top players have some issues. This google sheet<\/a>\u00a0shows the three most recent dominate female players<\/p>\n