Women's Hoops Blog

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Thursday, June 05, 2003

Serena lost. Oh... crap. I got to watch the first two sets this morning, but then had to come to work. I thought she was gonna pull it out. Congrats to Henin.... but I'm still pretty disappointed.

One loss to a good player isn't a huge deal. But Serena might need to think a little about this one. For the past couple years, she's been killing everyone just by playing her own game. She never really adjusts to her opponents -- she admits that she doesn't study their games. And she doesn't really play any differently on grass than she does on clay.

But her opponents have been studying her, and they've been starting to figure some things out. Henin has now beaten her twice this year playing backboard tennis. It might be time for Serena to watch some film and try to tweak a few things.

Only a few weeks till Wimbledon....