Serena Williams continues to be decided to match and even beat the document of 24 Grand Slam titles held by Australian Margaret Court docket. The American misplaced a beneficial alternative to match this document over the last Australian Open, the place she fell within the third spherical of the event in opposition to the Chinese language Qiang Wang.
Talking to the BBC, Patrick Mouratoglou, coach of Serena Williams, analyzed the present state of affairs of the Saginaw participant in her problem to attain Court docket. “We have to settle for the truth that this isn’t working. Maybe with one other perspective, one other technique and totally different aims Serena can obtain its 24th Grand Slam. She feels optimistic but in addition detrimental, since she considers it a failure when she loses in a Grand Slam. We have to settle for actuality, however Serena is optimistic and believes she will be able to do it. If not, I wouldn't be taking part in on a tennis court docket. “
Mouratoglou believes that, in the end, Serena will attain that determine, though she has not received a Grand Slam for the reason that 2017 Australian Open though she has performed 4 Grand Slam finals (two in Wimbledon and two within the US Open since then ). “She thinks she will be able to do it and I believe so too. It's not far, however we have to change some issues. It's arduous to know what number of alternatives she is going to have. I don't understand how lengthy she might be in a position to play. However having been in a position to attain the finals in 4 Grand Slam says rather a lot about her, and isn’t removed from reaching the twenty-fourth. “