Serena Williams at every Grand Slam since winning her last at the Australian Open in 2017, when pregnant. Four finals have followed since but without Margaret Court’s record number of Grand Slam singles titles matched, the 24.
There has been no final since the 2019 US Open and, with every passing Slam, the doubts grow both externally and within Williams herself despite her insistence otherwise.
Like Roger Federer, the opportunities are thinning out, the pair both days away from the their 40th birthdays. The glaring difference is that Federer has not had to go through childbirth during that quest, making Williams’ position still towards the very top of the women’s game all the more impressive.
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