TheGhostOfAgassi
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I have no idea. Seems like Serena first human being (so far no men being able to get pregnant
) to ever WIN a slam being pregnant. Epic that that happened to Serena!
Congratulations Serena!!!!
Serena is Pregnant!
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I have no idea. Seems like Serena first human being (so far no men being able to get pregnant
) to ever WIN a slam being pregnant. Epic that that happened to Serena!
Congratulations Serena!!!!
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1HBH-DownTheLine
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the other wta players deep down inside are probably saying "thank god she's pregnant so that she'll be off the tour for at least ~1 year if not gone for good!"
I Am Finnish
Bionic Poster
Especially SharapovaEveryone else in WTA right now
kingcheetah
Hall of Fame
Who knows if Serena will come back, but if she does she will be relatively rested and fighting against low expectations and the norms, which she seems to have a winning record against for her career.
I think the rest of the majors are an absolute WILD CARD. Nobody is a favorite... and ratings are going to hit the fan.
I Am Finnish
Bionic Poster
Don't think Serena is coming back
Mr.Lob
G.O.A.T.
Depends on how many children she wants and how her body responds post pregnancy.
captainbryce
Hall of Fame
Slams ONLY count when they occur in the Open Era. Serena has the most slams in the Open Era, followed by Graf, Navratilova & Evert, THEN Court. If we were to include pre Open Era results in GOAT conversations, then Roy Emerson and Bill Tilden should be included in the ATP GOAT discussions.
Emerson isn't included in discussions because he won most of his slams when the likes of a Laver and Rosewall were dominating the pro tour.
Serena only has 1 extra slam which I don't think is enough to outrank Graf's golden slam.
1. Court
2. Graf
3. Williams
4. Evert
5. Navratilova
I get the sense that they've cooled the friendship in recent times. What Caro did, I think, was like a tweet from SI, no?
Serena wasn't quick to deny the last round of pregnancy rumors so I'm not gonna believe this one until she confirms in that many words. I think it's odd she's staying mum if she IS pregnant indeed. Along with her entire close circle (dad, sister, Patrick, etc.).
PDJ
G.O.A.T.
Clearly they only count for you. To suit your opinion. Which is exactly that, an opinion. It's not a fact.
Plus Rod Laver might disagree with you
jm1980
Talk Tennis Guru
PDJ
G.O.A.T.
Surely you'd just deny it straight away - sponsors etc.
However, given she tweeted photos of herself desperately ill after her Wimbledon doubles meltdown she's not adverse to media drama...
Service Ace
Hall of Fame
PDJ
G.O.A.T.
Why post such an odd photo if not pregnant? She's saying she's fat?
Mainad
Bionic Poster
But it's not what she did the last time. Instead, she stayed mum for a little bit, then said something. (Though that was more understandable since rumor got randomly started by god-knows-who and I can see how she'd be thinking to herself "hahahaha, I'm not confirming nor denying, let them guess." She doesn't have an obligation to correct every kooky rumor.)
But since this rumor is sth she personally sparked, yeah you'd think she'd clarify quickly.
IDK. I think deleting the pic is an odd move if she's indeed pregnant and wanting to tell the world. And I don't get why her entire circle is mum. Where's Alex, Venus, Patrick?
Not gonna believe it until they formally confirm personally.
jm1980
Talk Tennis Guru
Real talk here, if Nadal won 4 more RGs and Fed stayed at 17, would you rank Nadal above Fed?
PDJ
G.O.A.T.
If she's not pregnant she's going to look rather ridiculous - and out of shape.
Personally, I think she is pregnant but enjoying playing the media.
Ok so no comeback.
It's my opinion that the golden slam achievement outranks 1 extra slam. 2 extra and we can talk.
The problem is that the Open Era didn't have the same impact on the slam rosters in the women's game that it did in the men's game. Before 1968, men's tennis was typically divided between a small, "cream of the crop" group of pros and a larger group of purported amateurs, some of whom were fine players but just not as good as the best pros. The top players graduated from the amateur circuit to the pro circuit as their financial needs became paramount. Women's tennis simply did not suffer from this divide. Women's professional tennis before 1968 was largely limited to exhibitions, and was never a serious rival to the amateur circuit that included the slams. How many Wimbledons or U.S. championships did Billie Jean King have to miss in the 1960s because she was subjected to the ban that guys like Laver and Rosewall experienced? Answer: Zero.
Gary Duane
Talk Tennis Guru
Well, she's playing the media for sure by staying silent.
I wouldn't say she's out of shape based on that pic. I've had my worst "food babies" while running 60-70 miles per week. They tend to stick out more when the person's otherwise fit. And they go down quickly, in an hour or two.
As to ridiculous, well......That's already the case, no?
Because announcing, then deleting, if it's true is, well, ridiculous. In a situation like that, you say something quickly one way or another b/c it all came from you to start with. Very different from a situation where a kook randomly "announces" on your behalf (I wouldn't be in a rush to correct rumors from random internet people either if I were a celebrity).No opinion on my end at this point; I'm just reserving the congrats until she or the dad (or maybe Venus or someone like that) says something.
PDJ
G.O.A.T.
She's a professional athlete (some of the time) why would she post a photo with her looking fat unless pregnant? And given that she's had photoshopped pics in the past, it makes less sense.Well, she's playing the media for sure by staying silent.
I wouldn't say she's out of shape based on that pic. I've had my worst "food babies" while running 60-70 miles per week. They tend to stick out more when the person's otherwise fit. And they go down quickly, in an hour or two.
As to ridiculous, well......That's already the case, no?
No opinion on my end at this point; I'm just reserving the congrats until she or the dad (or maybe Venus or someone like that) says something.
I'll guess we'll know soon enough.
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NewOrder
Guest
So that is the new doping frontier
Hopefully, no one will "use" it as a new doping method. I only said that because some people see pregnancy almost like an illness - far from it.
jm1980
Talk Tennis Guru
A lot of sources are circulating this:
“I’m happy to confirm Serena is expecting a baby this fall,” a spokesperson for Williams emailed the Guardian.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/apr/19/serena-williams-pregnant-snapchat-20-weeks
If that's true, congrats to her... and to the other girls in the WTA
“I’m happy to confirm Serena is expecting a baby this fall,” a spokesperson for Williams emailed the Guardian.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/apr/19/serena-williams-pregnant-snapchat-20-weeks
If that's true, congrats to her... and to the other girls in the WTA
Mr.Lob
G.O.A.T.
Unless she's planning on carrying that baby for 10 months, how could she be expecting in the fall? Any math majors here?
I Am Finnish
Bionic Poster
Is she pregnant or not?
?Unless she's planning on carrying that baby for 10 months, how could she be expecting in the fall? Any math majors here?
Wouldn't she be due the week of September 10th? I mean, that's kinda fall? I think of September as a fall month personally.
helennnnnn
Professional
Unless she's planning on carrying that baby for 10 months, how could she be expecting in the fall? Any math majors here?
If she's 20 weeks now, she's got 20 to go which will be September / the Autumn.
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Charlie
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Have you seen the size of the draws and quality of the fields at the Australian Opens that Court won?
Also, Serena didn't win the golden slam but she held all four on two separate occasions. Can't just ignore that.
Is she pregnant or not
She's gotta be. I mean, no way the spokesperson would mess around.
Snapchat pics are one thing, spokespeople's formal statements another.
Mr.Lob
G.O.A.T.
Autumn falls..get it?..starts on September 22. Still quite hot here in September. Usually think of October as the beginning of fall. So would have been more accurate to say due in late summer.
I know it's still hot in September but I've definitely always been in the habit of considering it a fall month.
Fall: September, October, November
Winter: December, January, February
Spring: March, April, May
Summer: June, July, August
So it makes sense to me.
As a fan, I wish she'd waited until next year (I thought this was her last year on the tour anyway). Take one more slam this year, call it a career, go have babies.
I personally don't think she can come back from it. AO 2017 would probably be too early, and by FO 2017....well, the world might change by then. She's just too old for this kind of absence.
Mr.Lob
G.O.A.T.
Yeah, I thought Serena would wait till next year as well to start a family. Thought she'd try to make another run at the CYGS, pass Court on the way, then rstire.
Racqueteer
Rookie
Congratulations to Serena and Alex. This is wonderful news. And amazing that she won AO17 while nine weeks pregnant. That's a time when a lot of women are feeling really sick and you've got to be careful not to get too hot, etc. Apparently she is planning to return in 2018, so I think she's still got her eye on Court's record.
This might explain the Auckland result as well.
This might explain the Auckland result as well.
every7
Hall of Fame
This is one of the biggest tennis stories in 2017 that is already full of amazing results and surprising stories!
What else is in store for us in one of the all-time great years????
The WTA is threatening to be really interesting from the clay season onwards this year. Sharapova will be returning for clay, we will hopefully have Muguruza and Kvitova back at their best for Wimbledon, and then once summer hardcourt season begins we will have the emergence of Azarenka back on the scene!
Don't worry about Serena, she will be back after pregnancy. She will get advice from Clijsters, then come back and win USO and AO consecutively.
What else is in store for us in one of the all-time great years????
The WTA is threatening to be really interesting from the clay season onwards this year. Sharapova will be returning for clay, we will hopefully have Muguruza and Kvitova back at their best for Wimbledon, and then once summer hardcourt season begins we will have the emergence of Azarenka back on the scene!
Don't worry about Serena, she will be back after pregnancy. She will get advice from Clijsters, then come back and win USO and AO consecutively.
Fedeonic
Hall of Fame
Congratulations to Serena, now it's clear for me the reason why she was withdrawing from the tournaments.
No, she lost to Evonne Goolagong 46 16 in Wimbledon 1971 final.
Serena did win the CAREER Golden Slam, not the CY Golden Slam like Steffi. Also Graf held all four twice, 1988 and 1993-94.
Yup, same. I didn't think she'd make CYGS, but I figured she might pick up one more slam, either at W or USO, and call it a career.
I'm guessing she'll want to be back to prove herself one more time, and ordinarily I wouldn't doubt her ability to do so, were she in her late 20s or sth.....but at 36, I'm really not persuaded.
I would guess she'd want to come back for a year/year and a half, see what she can do, then exit for good. I mean, plenty of famous women have kids at 40/in early 40s these days, it's not like IVF isn't an easily available option for them.
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