Chanda Confident Serena Can Deliver On Record Equalling 24th Grand Slam

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Chanda Rubin beleives fellow American  Serena Williams can win a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title, despite losing  all  four  of her most recent major finals.

Serena’s  last Grand Slam success came in early 2017 when she grabbed  the Australian Open title to move within one of  Margaret Court’s all time record however since her victory in Melbourne, the mother of one has failed at every  attempt to reach a Grand Slam final.

 

She finished runner-up on two occassions at Wimbledon [to Angelique Kerber in 2018 and Simona Halep a year later] and twice at the US Open [to Naomi Osaka in a dramatic final and then Bianca Andreescu in 2019] but despite the disappointment, Rubin, who lost to Williams in the fourth round of Wimbledon in 2002, feels the enforced lay-off will help her refocus in time for Flushing Meadows, which starts on August 31.

“I think she can [win it] and I certainly think this period of having time off, being able to spend time with her family and her daughter and not having another tournament looming will help her,” said Rubin, who reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open in 1996.

It’s been a different kind of thought process for players. I’ve felt it and I’m retired but it’s just been a different way of living, and in a way, for Serena, that could help.

Williams ended her title drought on the WTA Tour with victory at the Auckland Classic at the start of the year but she branded herself “unprofessional” after losing to Wang Qiang in the third round of the Australian Open.

“[The time off] could certainly help her in those big moments in those big matches. We’ve seen her time and time again do unbelievable things in getting to finals and in the final not playing her best.

 

I think, if anything, that could change. And this time period, this process of having to go through some of these uncertainties; I think that can help her relax just a little bit more which might help her get over that last hurdle,” Chanda added.

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