SLAM TIME FOR SERENA

“I’m not surprised she’s still at the top. To be mentally ready for the challenge, that’s what’s so admirable about her.”

ROGER FEDERER “I think she’ll have a bit of stress going back to Wimbledon, as she did at the French Open. I think it will be the same thing again, but she’ll get past it.”

PATRICK MOURATOGLOU “He’s (Patrick) atrick) a great coach,ach, and I’m a great eat student, andd we push each other.” er.”

SERENA WILLIAMS

SW19 is abuzz — this time for two great champions, both 33. Swiss maestro Roger Federer’s eighth title may be a bridge too far, but Serena Williams can be queen of all she surveys. A look at the American’s dream...

CALENDAR SLAM

Serena enters action three weeks after her French Open triumph, making it two out of two titles this year. A sixth victory at Wimbledon will leave her one short of her first-ever calendar Slam, a feat not achieved since Steffi Graf’s Golden Slam of 1988, winning all four Majors and the Olympics.

SERENA SLAM

Tennis fans though are equally excited over the prospect of a second ‘Serena Slam’. It refers to her having won four Majors in a row, albeit not in the same year. The last time she did that was in 2002/3. The run began at the 2002 French Open and lasted till the Australian Open the next year. Her current run began at last year’s US Open.

THEHE REVIVAL

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