Originally Posted by The Batlord

I'll watch a match or two here and there, but female players just aren't as strong or as fast as male players so there just isn't the same level of intensity.



A large part of her domination of women's tennis is her power. She's a great player all around, but if she couldn't hit the ball so damn hard it would be a much more even playing field. If you look at Serena Williams fastest serve (129 mph, which is the second fastest ever recorded by a woman after her sister's 130) and compare it to the top serve recorded by a man (Samuel Groth 163 mph), or even Andy Murray's best serve (145 mph) it's pretty obvious that her main weapon would be completely gone. 129 mph is pretty average for a man. Wikipedia's ranking only goes to thirty-eight places, but even those serves are 140 mph. Serena Williams would get obliterated in men's tennis.