WTA: Steffi Graf:”Serena’s going to make it.”

One of the big questions for 2018: Will Serena Williams make a successful comeback? Steffi Graf is quite sure of that.

Serena Williams has won 23 Grand Slam titles over the course of her career, one more than Steffi Graf and one less than Margaret Court, but the record among tennis experts is not taken completely seriously. Court won much of their majors before the Open era and especially at home Grand Slam in Australia, which at the time was often similar to a national championship, as many international top players did not take the long way down under. Nevertheless: The “24” is in the record books – and probably also on Williams’ motivation sheet.

For Steffi Graf, there is no question that the US-American will break the court record.”Absolutely. Much of it depends on how motivated she is, how much she wants to do it,”said Graf at the Elite Trophy in Zhuhai,”Considering what she has shown over the course of her career, it is safe to assume that if she has something in her field of vision, she will give it all and achieve it”.

Another player also picked up some praise from Graf: Ashleigh Barty, who had interrupted her career three years ago, changed to cricket, returned to tennis last year and climbed to the top of the world rankings this year. Barty is currently ranked higher than ever before with 17th place,”The Australians have always had an interesting playing style, and she is one of them,”said Graf,”she has a lot of feeling in her hands and great potential. It’s great that she has returned to tennis.”