00:00What makes her so good, better than most, at winning when the stakes are down?
00:05I think she is maybe the best competitor I've seen in my lifetime. I mean, one of the best.
00:10Obviously, Serena, and there are great competitors, but she's one of the best.
00:15She's one of the best players who plays her best tennis when crunch time comes around, and that's very rare.
00:20Even if she's playing, and we've seen that, a horrible match with double falls and forehand.
00:25Five all in the first set, and all of the sudden, she can't mess anymore.
00:30I think that's just from the mentality aspect. Tennis-wise, having played her, she makes the court feel better.
00:35She's very small, but at the same time, and this is an underestimated part of her game, when you do drop any...
00:40...or anything short. She's very quick up to short balls, so she takes time away from you, and so...
00:45...you have the feeling that you have to redline it. At the same time, you cannot just put the ball in.
00:50...because otherwise, she will attack you, and so that's, I think, her biggest essence.
00:55That she makes the opponent feel incredibly uncomfortable on the court.
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