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Originally Posted by Mango
Just speaking for myself, but I really miss the mid to late 2000s with the likes of Kim Clijsters, Lindsay Davenport and Justine Henin. There was this sense of balance. It was intense and entertaining, but has now faded into the sunset.
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And Capriati for a while too. It's not so much the dominance per se, it's the particular brand of dominance. Serena's just a genetically superior human being in terms of tennis; it's almost not fair, as if it's an adult playing against teens.
Watching Roger play in his prime was a matter of just pure skill - even in a straight sets win you'd see a bunch of stuff that was totally unexpected just because you didn't think it was possible to do what he was doing. The result would be predictable but you'd still spend half the match shaking your head in disbelief. I think that's why that was entertaining.