Ailing knees, Father Time and even a resurgent Victoria Azarenka hinder Serena Williams securing her seventh Australian Open title and giving her one more shot at an accomplishment that would top her storied vocation.
Williams, officially thought to be one of the unsurpassed greats, has 21 thousand pummel singles titles, four Olympic gold awards and more than $74 million in vocation income however the 34-year-old is undoubtedly expecting to wind up the best of every one of them.
She had the open door a year ago to secure the main deed missing from her resume and turn into the first female player since Steffi Graf in 1988 to catch a timetable terrific pummel at the US Open.
Triumph at Flushing Meadows would have moved her into a tie with Graf on 22 thousand hammer titles, the most in the Open period, and two behind the unsurpassed pioneer, Australia's Margaret Court.
Rather, knees that were always bringing on her agony and a sore elbow that decreased the force on her serve and groundstrokes, finished her trusts in the semi-finals.
She skirted the rest of the year to recover, additionally demonstrating the mental weight to accomplish the terrific pummel had taken a toll as she conceded her heart had been broken by the thrashing to Italy's Roberta Vinci.
The rest, undoubtedly offered her some assistance with refreshing physically and rationally, however of more prominent concern is her inclination to self-destruct — as she beforehand has done in Melbourne — and the proceeded with issues with her knees.
Mentor Patrick Mouratoglou said a year ago she had 'next to no' ligament left in the joints and she was constrained out of the Hopman Cup in Perth a week ago with more knee torm
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