The thing in women's tennis that has somehow deteriorated is the serve. I'm not sure why this has happened. The players mentioned above (Capriati, Clijsters, Davenport, Henin, Hingis and even Venus) had decent to good serves. Obviously not as good as Serena's but enough to trouble Serena on returns.
Today nobody except Serena can serve worth a damn. Sharapova, Radwanska, Wozniacki all the way down to Bouchard have terrible serves that Serena just punishes.
Vika is the only other player with a decent serve and game. Lisicki has a great serve but can't do anything else.
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