Serena Williams is more and more committed to finally win her elusive 24th slam and match Margaret Court’s record. The American legend was extremely close to equal the tally of the Australian player, but she was stopped 4 times in a major final after giving birth to her daughter Olympia.
Serena Williams’ schedules
Serena Williams’ coach Partick Mouratoglou acknowledged that the American legend has to do something different to win a slam and probably she has to play more warm-up tournaments before engaging in a major. For this reason. Serena agreed to play the WTA event in Lexington to possibly compete also at the Western & Southern Open before playing the US Open.
The competition in Lexington has a rather exceptional field for an international event with the presence of some other top players such as Aryna Sabalenka, Garbine Muguruza, Sloane Stephens, Venus Williams, Cori Gauff, and Amanda Anisimova.
Here the updated entry list.
9 Williams, Serena (USA)
11 Sabalenka, Aryna (BLR)
14 Konta, Johanna (GBR)
16 Muguruza, Garbiñe (ESP)
28 Anisimova, Amanda (USA)
33 Putintseva, Yulia (KAZ)
36 Linette, Magda (POL)
37 Stephens, Sloane (USA)
39 Jabeur, Ons (TUN)
43 Bellis, Catherine (USA) SR
47 Bouzkova, Marie (CZE)
48 Brady, Jennifer (USA)
50 Watson, Heather (GBR)
52 Gauff, Cori​ (USA)
56 Tomljanovic, Ajla (AUS)
58 Azarenka, Victoria (BLR)
60 Pera, Bernarda (USA)
61 Blinkova, Anna (RUS)
62 Davis, Lauren (USA)
63 Teichmann, Jil (SUI)
64 Diyas, Zarina (KAZ)
Alternates
67 Williams, Venus (USA)
73 Townsend, Taylor​ (USA​)
76 Doi, Misaki​ (JPN​)
79 Brengle, Madison​ (USA​)
80 Pegula, Jessica (USA)
Serena Williams in 2020
Currently the world no.9, Serena played her last match on the 8th of February when she surrendered to Anastasija Sevastova 7-65 3-6 7-64 in the Rubber 4 of the Fed Cup.
At the moment, this season Serena has a 8-2 win-loss record. The American clinched 1 title in Auckland.
Garbine Muguruza in 2020
Ranked world no.16, the Spaniard played her last match on the 27th of February when she capitulated to Ashleigh Barty 6-1 6-74 6-2 in the quarter in Doha.
Garbine Muguruza’s most significant achievement of the year was reaching the final at the Australian Open.
Serena Williams and Garbine Muguruza played each other 6 times. The head to head is 3-3. The last time that they competed against each other, Garbine Muguruza won 6-3 1-0 ret. in the 3rd round in Indian Wells (BNP Paribas Open) in March 2019.
Cori Gauff in 2020
Ranked world no.52, Cori played her last match on the 26th of January when she lost to Sofia Kenin 6-75 6-3 6-0 in the 4th round of the Australian Open.
Amanda Anisimova in 2020
Now ranked no.28, Amanda was supposed to play on the 26th of February. However, she conceded a walk over to Svetlana Kuznetsova in the 3rd round in Doha.
Amanda Anisimova’s most significant result of the year was getting to the semi-finals in Auckland.
Cori Gauff and Amanda Anisimova have never played each other.
