Serena Williams had to wait nearly eight months for another Grand Slam opportunity, and now two of them have come along at once. Yet you suspect that she has already missed her biggest, and perhaps final, chance to reach 24 Grand Slam titles. Serena Williams looks dejected during her US Open semi-final defeat by Victoria Azarenka'I feel like other times I've been close and I could have done better. The clay court Grand Slam is, in any event, somewhere she has not gone beyond the fourth round in her last two visits. Beating Williams for the first time in eleven attempts at a Grand Slam, with that injection of confidence, will have been the perfect way to prepare.

Source: Daily Mail September 11, 2020 15:45 UTC