Pam Shriver elated to see Serena Williams draw “out of form” Danka Kovinic in the US Open 1st round

Pam Shriver elated to see Serena Williams draw “out of form” Danka Kovinic in the US Open 1st round

Pam Shriver & Serena Williams

Running through the entire tennis community and fans’ veins is the excitement or rather turbulence to spectate Serena Williams performance at the US Open, which at any given point could turn out to be her final professional on-court gig as she plans to retire post her conclusion from the championship. However, Pam Shriver, expressing her views for the same, seems optimistic about the American legend’s first-round outcome against Danka Kovinic.

Expressing her thoughts on Serena’s first round, Pam went ahead to acknowledge the fact that, “Kovinic is much better on clay,” encouraging a cheery outcome for the American provided things stay on course, they could most definitely work in favor of the parting legend.

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“This is as good a first round as Serena could get,” Pam Shriver on highly likely winning chances

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Canvassing her thoughts for the same, Pam Shriver recognized the statistics of her US Open first-round opponent Danka Kovinic plainly as “Kovinic has won 4 games in her last 4 sets played,” further quoting that “Serena has won more matches since Wimbledon than Kovinic” having proved a high expectation from the American, while staying under the impression that she can dominate through her first round with finally concluding by saying, “This is as good a first round as Serena could get.”

Pam Shriver, who presently works as a tennis broadcaster for ESPN, is a former tennis professional of American origin was a part of the Wightman Cup Team for a consecutive 5 years and achieved ranking as high of world No. 3, winning a total of massive 133 titles during her career span.

The world waits hastily and uneasily to watch Serena Williams in action once again, although with any one of them being her last appearance at the much anticipated US Open which blows the whistle from 29th later this month, and hopefully the American tennis icon proves to perform at her level best as prayed by tennis pros and fans worldwide and as per the insight provided to us by Pam Shriver, expectantly won’t be disappointing for the first round at least.

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