Serena Williams vs Giulia Gatto-Monticone, Wimbledon 2019: live score and latest updates

Earlier in the week, Telegraph's Simon Briggs looked at how much longer the GOATs - Roger Federer and Williams - might have left at the very top. 

Billie Jean King suggested on Thursday that Williams might give herself a better chance of winning a 24th major – and thus equalling Margaret Court’s all-time record – if she committed all her focus to the game. “She’s got business, a baby, she’s trying to help gender equality,” King said. “I would like to see her put everything else aside from [tennis].”

On top of Williams’s other interests, no one quite knows what the state of her knees might be. In the days before the French Open, she was photographed in a wheelchair at Disneyland Paris, suggesting that she was keen to take the weight off her joints.

On a fast grass court, though, Williams is quite capable of racing through the first week without expending much energy. Like Federer, she racks up cheap winners with her serve, while earning free points with her reputation alone.

Williams’s draw might be unkind, with defending champion Angelique Kerber and world No 1 Ashleigh Barty floating around in the same quarter.

Source: The Telegraph

Powered by NewsAPI.org

Keywords:

Serena Williams • Giulia Gatto-Monticone • The Championships, Wimbledon • Roger Federer • Billie Jean King • Margaret Court • Gender equality • Tennis • French Open • Disneyland Paris • Grass court • Angelique Kerber • Ashleigh Barty •