WTA: Next big rivalry?

Lastly, there was a bit of chaos at the top of the ladies – also because Serena Williams was missing. She is now planning her comeback for 2018. And if it goes to Chris Evert, the future big duel is called: Serena Williams against Garbine Muguruza.

“She has everything in her game that she needs. In the past, her head was too often in her way to win more matches and be a real leader,”Evert said during a discussion about the current situation in women’s tennis.

Muguruza had won her second Grand Slam title this year in Wimbledon, having already won last year’s final against Serena Williams in Paris. The Spaniard had already won against Williams in 2014 in Paris, which was the second round of the tournament, and attracted a great deal of attention for the first time.

“When you look at their game, their physique, their serve, forehand, backhand…” She knows how to play a volley, she’s fast for someone that big. She’s got all the weapons. But something’s holding them back. And I sometimes see some fear in her eyes, a bit of panic,”Evert continues. Now that she’s won Wimbledon, she might be able to do it by 2018. It would be great, because Serena needs someone.”