US OPEN - Vainqueure de la numéro 2 mondiale Anett Kontaveit au 2e tour de l'US Open, Serena Williams semble retrouver ses plus belles heures. John McEnroe est convaincu que l'Américaine est en tout cas la meilleure des meilleurs et l'illustre notamment par le soutien des plus grands, comme Tiger Woods ou LeBron James. L'US Open est à suivre en intégralité sur Eurosport.
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00:00 - It's pretty nice when you can be known just by your first name, number one.
00:04 I love their post-match comments.
00:06 You know, look, I got nothing to lose.
00:08 Absolutely right.
00:09 She's already the goat of goats as it is.
00:12 People are flocking to see her.
00:14 I was actually surprised at how well she moved.
00:18 I didn't agree with Contivate's, what her plan was.
00:22 Like, it seemed like she was, wanted to go toe-to-toe with her,
00:25 which I think was a big mistake.
00:27 You've got to try to get longer extended rallies if possible.
00:31 You know, use angles, which I didn't think she did.
00:34 Maybe she can't do it.
00:36 But Serena was the one that was mixing it up.
00:39 She waited for the chance.
00:41 I mean, you got a second serve, watch out against her.
00:43 But she was actually playing some good defense as well,
00:45 which really, I think, surprised her opponent.
00:48 - Yeah, she played extremely precise.
00:50 Max and I, we talked about it yesterday.
00:52 But in that statement on the court, at the Encore interview,
00:54 she also said this is the first time she can play free since 1998,
00:58 which I thought was really-- and that's a long time ago.
01:00 That was in the last century, Max.
01:02 - That was in the last century, yeah.
01:04 I cannot imagine-- well, I can imagine it in a way, I suppose.
01:07 But I can't imagine feeling that way for 22, 23 years,
01:11 that I am the one, I'm the one that everybody wants to beat.
01:15 So is that going to last? I don't know.
01:17 Can you play tennis, win matches at the US Open,
01:21 and have that attitude for a very long time?
01:23 I mean, I guess you can compare it to Emma Raducanu winning last year.
01:27 There's no X on her back, and it was just confidence and having fun.
01:30 Serena, I mean, at some point, is it not going to be that much fun?
01:33 - You--you-- - What do you think?
01:35 - You used to do that. Like, you know,
01:37 Max would come in, he'd be ranked number one,
01:39 and he'd be like, "I'm not the favorite.
01:41 I don't think I can win this."
01:43 And, you know, you were throwing that--
01:45 - Yeah, that's right. - Ziggler all over everyone.
01:47 - He tricked them all into thinking that.
01:49 - And a little bit, Serena, I mean, of course,
01:52 she feels, obviously-- did you see her in the first set
01:55 of the first round? She felt a lot of pressure.
01:57 She wanted to be able to do her thing.
01:59 But I think she's absolutely right.
02:01 - Yeah. - And it is a great--
02:03 God, it's such--I just feel like she's in such a great place in her life.
02:06 - And it felt like-- - And it's coming through right now.
02:08 And now it's sort of gone into her tennis.
02:10 That's the great part.
02:12 - Now she's probably turning into the favorite here for some people.
02:15 And the whole world felt like-- was in the stadium at Tiger Woods,
02:18 for example. He was in the players' box
02:21 of Serena Williams. A lovely tweet there
02:24 from him right after the match.
02:27 And there it is. "It was a privilege to watch greatness.
02:30 Congrats, Serena Williams."
02:32 Wow, that's pretty nice. - Not bad.
02:34 - I mean-- - See, that's what I'm saying.
02:36 She's at that level, you know, the goat of goats.
02:39 You got Tiger Woods, you got LeBron James giving her love.
02:43 You got all types of people, deservedly so, by the way.
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