Federer vs. Venus and Serena

[Mr. Zero]

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Can you explain why the singles player has the advantage? Because I was leaning towards the Williams sisters on all of these.

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If Shaq in his prime went up against two star WNBA players, do you honestly think the WNBA players would ever come close? How could they ever stop him? The gap in athleticism between the sexes in basketball translates almost identically to tennis.

[damaniac]

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Can you explain why the singles player has the advantage? Because I was leaning towards the Williams sisters on all of these.

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If Shaq in his prime went up against two star WNBA players, do you honestly think the WNBA players would ever come close? How could they ever stop him? The gap in athleticism between the sexes in basketball translates almost identically to tennis.

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It may, but I don't see how. In tennis having two people really makes it much easier to cover more ground, which goes a long way towards negating his speed, as well as conserving energy and such. In basketball, on defense anyway, it doesn't matter. Shaq is a beast, and unless you are allowed to use foreign objects two smaller not very talented women aren't going to be much better than one.

[stealthcow]

Do either of the Williams sisters have an excellent net game? by excellent i mean on par with someone on the mens tour? If both Williams sisters stayed back, yea, they could cover more ground, but all of Federers strokes are arguably the best in the world. His forehand especially would just over power them, imo.

Also on serves. Yea Federer's serve isn't 150 mph. But he gets a lot of aces because he has one of the most disguised serves out there. Also his second serve has an insane kick to it.

I think this match would be an awesome one to watch, and would put money on Federer just because he does it all.

[BreakfastBurrito]

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Do either of the Williams sisters have an excellent net game? by excellent i mean on par with someone on the mens tour? If both Williams sisters stayed back, yea, they could cover more ground, but all of Federers strokes are arguably the best in the world. His forehand especially would just over power them, imo.

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Keep in mind that it would be exponentially easier to volley in a 2 on 1 scenario. Any reasonable groundstroke is a good approach shot, there is only half the court to cover once they're up there, and being positioned to the side makes it much easier to find wide angles on the volleys.

[Thremp]

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Can you explain why the singles player has the advantage? Because I was leaning towards the Williams sisters on all of these.

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If Shaq in his prime went up against two star WNBA players, do you honestly think the WNBA players would ever come close? How could they ever stop him? The gap in athleticism between the sexes in basketball translates almost identically to tennis.

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Shaq in his prime would lose to 2 high school guards over 48 minutes and it wouldn't even be close.

[PokerFink]

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Shaq in his prime would lose to 2 high school guards over 48 minutes and it wouldn't even be close.

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What? Care to explain that?

[heater]

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Can you explain why the singles player has the advantage? Because I was leaning towards the Williams sisters on all of these.

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If Shaq in his prime went up against two star WNBA players, do you honestly think the WNBA players would ever come close?

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Yes. They would win.

Shaq with the ball at the top of the key and he's double-covered. How often is he able to dribble into shooting range without having the ball stolen?