Margaret Court: 24 Slam Record Will be Broken But May Not Be by Serena Williams

Serena Williams lost at the Australian Open on Friday - which means that she will have to wait till at least the French Open to equal Margaret Court's record of 24 Grand Slam singles titles. The Australian legend herself, who will be recognised for her 1970 Grand Slam run by Tennis Australia next week, says that she thinks her record will be eventually overtaken but Serena Williams may not be the one to do it.

According to The Australian, the 77 year old Court says that even some of the male players like Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic could break her record. “I’ve always said the record was there to be beaten, the 24 (singles). Even some of the guys (Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic) are going after it, but they’ll never beat the 64 (combined singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles). Today, they don’t play doubles and mixed, the top players. I won a grand slam in the mixed (with Ken Fletcher in 1963). We always played three events and they don’t today. That will never be beaten but the 24 has always been there to be beaten. I don’t ever think about it unless someone asks me so it’s not something I lose sleep over or will ever lose sleep over.”

Speaking whether Williams will break the 24 Slam record, Court says,  “I don’t know. It’s interesting. She may equal it but she’s still got to pass it. It’s an ask. There’s a lot of young players coming through. Bianca Andreescu and Naomi Osaka play well. Ash Barty. It’s one thing to win one. The hard thing is to stay there. That’s what makes real champions. The players who have won more than one have stayed there and that’s what makes them champions.”

from Tennis World USA https://ift.tt/36qtQUz