But if you look at the last 5 years, there's no single women who dominated the game such as those names. We have Osaka, but after her triumph in the grand slams, she lost traction already.
And last year we have Raducanu, same thing happen, changes coaches and now nowhere to be found in the top 5. But we could have Swiatek already, that might take the ladies division for then next coming years as I don't see anyone getting close to her at this point.
Yes, Iga Swiatek will surely be dominating the women's division. She is just 21 years of age and that too an advantage for her long career in tennis. Already won 3 grand slams, and in the past I've heard elder brothers of me saying today's match is going to be a win for Serena Williams just because she's is playing. Soon Iga Swiatek name will have such a saying.
What about Barty? She is the one to mention before Swiatek, she won almost everything she played and then retired from tennis. Raducanu was one tournament wonder which I said even then, you can find my post somewhere here. She will need much more work before she can keep her form for longer periods of time.
Swiatek is without real opposition at the moment. Yes she looses matches on lower level tournaments but I belive that is motivation thing since she takes Grand Slams without dropping sets in more than one match.
But I agree, nobody stayed on top long enough to really become legend.
Barty though retired so early, so we didn't see how good she will do against Swiatek.
But I do agree that Swiatek is the new face of womens tennis. Raducanu or even the other teenager she faces in the finals, Leylah Fernandez was one hit wonder. But it's really hard to reason why is the women side like this one? No one stayed on top like the previous era.
Barty v Swiatek could have turned into what happened over the last 15 to 20 years on the mens side,
basically dominating the tour and sharing grand slams between them.
Maybe Jabeur can bridge the gap? and there is very little seperating the next 5 closest with 60% less
points than Swiatek.
I think the buzz around Raducanu has well and truly faded, unfortunately. She has a massive amount of
development to do, currently she is back down in #66 position, Raducanu at #38.
On Sonego at the Sofia Open in Bulgaria, he lost his match against Holgar Rune in 3 sets and Rune really
hasnt been lighting up the courts recently. Unfortunately I had a bet on Sonego
how many thimes have
we seen this happen. Anyway Sinner is through to the Quarter finals and is looking like the strongest
to take the title and is seeded #1 anyway.
