let's speak with facts, shall we? and look at their form on that tournament itself
Maria oppoenet:
Final: Henin: Finalist at every tournament except FO
SF: Mauresmo: Slam Champion at AO and Wimbly, SF at USO. Clearly on fire, her best season.
QF: Golovin : furthest she went in slam, QF for the 1st time in USO, clearly on fire.
Kim opponent:
Final : Wozniacki: Finalist at USO (fluke one at that)
SF: Serena Williams: Slam clampion at AO and Wimbly
QF: Li Na: a ticking time bomb who'll explode herself if you just hang on long enough
4R: Venus Williams : 4R against her lofty standard of frequent champions, finalist and SF sppearance, clearly off-fire, in a slump. can't be used to infer how strong kim opponent is, because she's so weak during that tournament.
So there you go. Maria thumps Kim in 06 USO !!!!!!
You are an idiot if you think Venus in a year she is a major contender (which she clearly was in in 09) is ever an easier opponent at the U.S Open than Mauresmo even in her best year ever. A fast hard court is Mauresmo's worst surface and she was never ever a real threat to win the U.S Open. Venus or Serena would have won the 2009 U.S Open hands down without Kim. And the only reason Venus lost in the 4th round was she had the bad luck to play Kim just coming to tour and obviously with barely any ranking points and unseeded. And Serena is obviously tougher than Henin overall, especialy in a year Serena was dominant Henin would lose every non French Open final. And Wozniacki is obviously far better than Golovin.
Continue your delusion that Maria's 06 U.S Open win was more impressive than Kim's 09 but it will never make it so.
Anyway the fact you wont even argue Kim's 05 U.S Open draw was tougher than Maria's 04 Wimbledon (thus you concede), that we arguing the 06 U.S Open draw of Maria vs Kim of 09, and one other we concede was tougher for Maria, then that already shows Maria did not have tougher competition to win her slams than Kim. At best it was on par.
And I notice you didnt even bother to acknowledge my pointing out Maria at her best losing 5 straight slam semis between slam wins. So how can you mock Kim (especialy with wandering motivation, coachless and soon to retire) for losing 4 slam semis in a row when Maria during her uninjured peak even tops that streak, LOL! Kim has not proven herself capable of dominating a strong field, but Maria sure as heck has never come close to doing it either. At best Maria at her best is the same as Kim in that regard, mostly a pretender to #1 who might get there briefly with little conviction against a strong field, and someone incapable of dominating and running up slams even agaisnt a weaker one.
Kim was just as much a force when the field was really strong as Maria ever was. Kim was a major contender the entire 2001-2005 period. She most played second fiddle to people like Venus, Serena, and Henin, but Maria did the same during her days as a contender too, she was NEVER the top dog as her never winning a slam title in back to back years (nor more than 1 in any given year) proves. Maria won 2 of her 3 slams after the field began to think out in 2006 as well, just like Kim, and won her U.S Open with Kim unable to defend her title due to injury. 2006 had both Williams sisters barely playing and not even contenders at all, and someone like Mauresmo the #1 most of the year, and you mock Kim for beating them when they are atleast a force again. What a joke.
