Federer : Serena on her way to becoming the greatest !

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Serena Williams' fierce competitive streak is what sets up apart and puts her on track to become the greatest female tennis player of all time, according to Roger Federer.

Speaking to Sport360 earlier in the week, the 18-time Grand Slam champion spoke of his admiration for his fellow Australian Open champion's longevity.

"I admire everything she's doing and has done," he said. "I thought she was ready to check out there for a while. But she's hung on and she's found new ways of doing things. She's gotten healthy again as well, she was very unfortunate on a few occasions."

Serena's success at the Rod Laver Arena was her 23rd Grand Slam success, which took her past the Open Era record of 22 she had previously held with Stefanie Graf and to within one of Margaret Court's all-time record. Federer's victory in the men's tournament meant that both trophies were won by 35-year-olds.

"People who have done it for a long time and who are older now but are still super eager and super willing and Serena is exactly like that," said the Swiss. "She's a fierce competitor and on the way to becoming the greatest of all time. It's wonderful to see her do it for sure."

Federer's comments come little more than two weeks after Andy Roddick called Serena one of the greatest athletes of all time. The American, who grew up training alongside Williams in Florida, described her as "not just one of the greatest women athletes of all time but one of the greatest athletes of all time."

He added: "We need to enter her into the conversation with [Michael] Jordan and [Muhammad] Ali. I think that's where the respect lies and where the conversation needs to go after the acknowledgement of what she's done for women in sports."

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PS : Very gracious on the part of Federer to acknowledge Serena's efforts to make a name for herself in the history of the sport !
 
60 more tournaments won, 2 gs's and she's the goat of womens tennis.

Fed just being classy, thats what he does
 
Serena on her WAY to becoming the greatest? Ouch. A bit of a snub from the men's goat in that paragraph. BUT... Fed should know.
 
Call me when she approaches 59 MAJORS which Navratilova owns in singles, doubles, & MxD! Same when it comes to tournaments won since without looking, Serena's 100 events behind in singles alone! We really need to get off the Serena bandwagon because she wasted so many years like Andre Agassi; a lack of passion and not thinking of the consequences of slacking on and off during their careers! Serena can hang on as long as Martina, but she won't ever achieve half of what she did in the 70's, 80's, & 90's! :rolleyes: :p
 
This is what you would expect Roger to say about Serena. I mean it's a return compliment after Serena have said great things about Roger.

“I wish I could play like Roger Federer.” -Serena Williams

"The guy is the greatest male athletes of all time." -Serena Williams
 
The question mark now is whether she wants a child of her own or not IMO.

At her age she needs to start thinking about it, cause time is running out. This is especially the case now that she's engaged.
 
The question mark now is whether she wants a child of her own or not IMO.

At her age she needs to start thinking about it, cause time is running out. This is especially the case now that she's engaged.

She can always adopt. Give herself another year to pad her slam count. :rolleyes:
 
The question mark now is whether she wants a child of her own or not IMO.

At her age she needs to start thinking about it, cause time is running out. This is especially the case now that she's engaged.

Can you imagine if she gave birth to LaBron James' baby? The kid would be an athletic freak.
 
Can´t find anything arrogant here.

How disappointing :eek:
I am sure he must have said "like me" somewhere there. Maybe my friend @Octobrina can help us find something reprehensible/repugnant in his interview/comments :D

Maybe he is waiting for her to become the greatest, so he can say ".... like me"
 
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