Australian Open 2013: Chris Evert on Serena, Fed and Other Topics

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Published: January 12, 2013

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As the Australian Open, the first major of 2013, gets underway Sunday in Melbourne, there are a number of interesting questions arising. When the 2012 season came to an end tennis fans saw very interesting storylines beginning to take shape.

Last week just before she left for Melbourne I spoke to ESPN analyst Chris Evert, the winner of 18 Grand Slam singles championships. Evert counts among those titles two Australian Open wins in 1982 and 1984.  

During the conference call Evert had a chance to set the stage for the Australian Open as well as preview the 2013 season. 

She is part of the round-the-clock coverage that begins on ESPN2 Sunday at 6:30 p.m. ET. (Click here to to find out how to follow the Australian Open on all media platforms.) 

 

Can Serena Williams win the calendar year grand slam in 2013?

Evert: Is it possible?  Absolutely.  It's absolutely possible. I think she's got the motivation, there's no doubt about it, because she's been out of the game so many different times, either for injuries or for other interests in her life, whatever, so she's still a fresh older player.  So I don't think that motivation will be a factor.

To stay healthy in this day and age is, as we've seen Nadal and other players, I think more difficult, especially for someone like Serena who is such a physical player and has a tendency to get injured.  When she's on, she's unbeatable.  She's dominant and unbeatable.  I don't know if anybody can really stop her.  But you have to remember that we're talking Grand Slams in the same sentence, and they're two-week tournaments and have always provided surprises for us.



So, the big question is for those two-week periods, can she keep the high level of focus and fitness for 14 days in a row.  There's no easy matches anymore, as we saw last year here when she lost, and also ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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