{"id":19624,"date":"2019-09-05T22:46:44","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T02:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordontennis.com\/?p=19624"},"modified":"2019-09-21T01:14:53","modified_gmt":"2019-09-21T05:14:53","slug":"serena-williams-dominates-again-onto-the-us-open-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2019\/09\/05\/serena-williams-dominates-again-onto-the-us-open-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Serena Williams Dominates Again &#8211; Onto the US Open Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The writer\u2019s adage holds that writing a short story is more difficult than writing a long story. Not so in the case of Serena Williams and the 2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordontennis.com\/us-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">US Open<\/a>. For the second time in three days, Williams dusted off a world class tennis player. This time, her victim was #5 seed and number five player in the world, Ukraine\u2019s Elina Svitolina.<\/p>\n<p>Williams sent Svitolina from the tournament with a 6-3 6-1 victory. Williams will vye for her 24th major title on Saturday at the National Tennis Center.<\/p>\n<h3>Dominating the Late Rounds<\/h3>\n<p>Prior to exiting Svitolina in the semi-finals, Williams defeated world #18 Qiang Wang in the quarterfinals 6-1 6-0. A mix of power, grace and speed were too much for both opponents.<\/p>\n<p>A long trail of adjectives is not needed. In these two late round matches, Williams utterly dominated. Williams won her quarter-final match in a brisk 44 minutes. The semi-final win over Svitolina lasted 70 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Together, Williams moved through two late round Grand Slam matches in less than 2 hours. Amazing. By contrast, Rafael Nadal\u2019s straight set quarter-final win over Diego Schwartzman lasted 2 hours 47 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>While the statistics can sometimes drown the story, two standouts are that Williams never lost her serve in the two matches and lost a combined 59 points in the four sets, that is less than 15 points a set.<\/p>\n<h3>What\u2019s Next<\/h3>\n<p>Well chronicled is Williams quest for the record of Grand Slam championships. Margaret Court holds the record with 24 Slam wins. Williams will bring her 23-9 record in Grand Slam finals into the match on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>The accomplishments are amazing, the numbers overwhelming. However, the story is short. Serena Williams is the most dominating tennis player of the modern era. It is as simple as that.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1172616813\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.66667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/1172616813?et=PHynwIgtRbx4gh_9JztyBw&amp;tld=com&amp;sig=JAMn1F91BKXIp3x2Q2eY25Nj-th13orPtc-CXuMmsyw=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The writer\u2019s adage holds that writing a short story is more difficult than writing a long story. 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