Siniakova now with a whopping 8 slam titles in ladies doubles and gets in front of her former partner Krejcikova as well as Hsieh who both have 7.
Only Venus Williams has more doubles titles on tour that is still playing (Queen Vee has 14).
As I said, Siniakova was able to finally carry Gauff over the line. It may seem like Gauff was doing more "work" and Siniakova doesn't catch your eye in spectacular fashion, but she is obviously a great doubles player (like Hsieh) who was finally able to get a win for Coco. Also, looks like Gauff is going to stop playing doubles now (or at least take a break), so looks like she will get nowhere close to Venus' 14 titles. Yet another reason why people need to stop putting Gauff in the same sentence as either of the Williams sisters.
And according to the Tennis Podcast, it was Taylor Townsend who setup the Gauff - Siniakova pairing, as Gauff was supposed to play with Townsend, but Taylor was injured and suggested Siniakova. So another Gauff thank you should go to TT.
I explained her behavior and body language , what bothers me. Many people don't like that at her, because she is like robot.
As talented as Iga is and theres no denying it, however she's the beneficiary of competing against a fairly weak group of players both in terms of talent and mental strength.sorry..
Yep. When Iga first came onto the scene, with her whole "nerd" persona and dressed like a nun, I sort of liked her quirky vibe. But since then she has shown her true colors (or lack thereof) and honestly it is really hard to root for her or like her.
And yes, the field is really weak right now. Very few truly strong players, and even fewer with a strong mental game.
The same situation was during Graf’s reign until Seles came. There was almost no competition. Sanchez and Sabatini were no real thread. The only interesting WTA era was when Clijsters, Henin, Sharapova and Williams sisters were competing and they had the bunch of Russians like Dementieva, Petrova, Kuznetsova, Stosur and so on in the mix.
If Sanchez V and Sabatini weren't a real threat to Graf, it's only because Graf was so good. Those were two very competent players that would thrive on today's WTA tour. Sanchez in particular would carve up the 2024 field, simply because she knows how to play smart tennis and wouldn't get rattled.
A bit of clarity: Sabatini did defeat Graf at the 1990 USO final to win her only major, and had her chances against Graf from time to time (taking Graf to 3 sets in the 1991 Wimbledon final). Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario defeated Graf in two majors finals (1989 French Open and the 1994 USO), so they too were real competition before and into the Seles period.
Yep, see above. Those were good players simply eclipsed by the domination and amazing play of Graf and Seles. Look at how well Ash Barty did before retiring. She was like a modern day, slightly inferior version of players from that era, and she was still world #1 (often on a part-time schedule).
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