Davenport and Mary Pierce hit the ball hard but can't move like the Williamses. Martina Hingis hits the ball well but, despite a better effort in the gym, can't match punch for punch. Only yesterday it looked as if Hingis could be the next Steffi Graf, but she has been knocked out of the past four Grand Slam events by S. Williams, Davenport, Pierce and V. Williams. In the new millennium, big girls only need apply. There's another advantage for the Williamses.
Tennis is an individual game, and they come as a team.
As Hingis lamented, she often gets softened up by one, finished off by the other. Furthermore, each Williams sister derives an inner strength from being a Williams sister. Which brings us to Richard Williams. He said he would raise champs by keeping them off the junior circuit, and everyone said he was nuts. But look closely.