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Michael Stich - Women's tennis will be fine without Serena

Michael Stich sees a bright future for women's tennis even after Serena Williams' resignation.

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last edit: Mar 01, 2021, 01:58 pm

Michael Stich, Wimbledon winner 1991 and long-time tournament director at Hamburg's Rothenbaum, is certain that women's tennis would regret a resignation of Serena Williams, but would definitely survive well. The sport is bigger than any athlete, said Stich in a short interview that can be seen on ZEITOnline. And even earlier, tennis would have coped well with the fact that Steffi Graf or Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert would have withdrawn from active action at some point.

In fact, Serena Williams said goodbye to the audience a little longer than usual after her elimination at the Australian Open 2021 against Naomi Osaka , possibly a sign that the almost 40-year-old American made her last appearance in Melbourne. Williams is still striving to set Margaret Court's Grand Slam record, which is 24 successes with the majors.

They will of course be missed, continues Michael Stich. But at the same time celebrate the new, decisive faces in women's tennis. And with Osaka or the young Grand Slam champions like Iga Swiatek , Sofia Kenin or Bianca Andreescu there are quite a few.

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