Originally Posted by
EaglesPhan36
I don't think she will play long enough to win anything close to that 5-7 number. She's seven away from Graf's all-time Slam record. She would have to win almost every Slam for two years to get close to that. I think she will continue to be a force in Slams for the next year, maybe two. But age is going to catch her and catch her quick IMO. If she is smart, she will continue to play very few tourneys outside of Slams. Ranking doesn't mean shit obviously at this point and regardless of the fact that her draw can be made better or worse with a better ranking, I think she would rather win Slams than fukk with ranking points.
I think maybe her goal might be to get the most Slams by an American. Chris Evert holds that with 18. Maybe it's a goal, but at this point in her career - there is no major milestone within her reach in the next two years. I think it is just simply a case of how long does she want to keep grinding. She's 30 and has nothing to prove. You can say the same for Federer who is 31, but I think he would like to lengthen his lead over Nadal for Slam titles. He's six up on him right now. I think at this point though with Nadal's health problems, Nadal is going to get to a point where he wants to win the French every year and then if he's healthy compete to try and win the other Slams - but not worry too much. He's only 26, but his body probably has the wear of someone a couple years older. I think the French is Rafa's baby and that will be the thing he holds most dear.
With Murray + Djokovic, Rafa's chances of winning the other Slams will get smaller and smaller, I think so his chances of catching Federer will be fairly small because I can't see Nadal playing into his 30s unless he starts becoming Serenaesque and just specializes in Slams. I'm honestly surprised more players don't do that as they advance in age. What the fukk is the point of playing Masters events if you've won multiple Slams? Stay healthy, play a warm up for a Slam and try to win another Slam.