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Serena Williams is undoubtedly the GOAT (greatest of all time) women’s tennis player. But on a “like for like” basis, the top male tennis players are generally stronger, and they play more sets in major tennis tournaments.
With this in mind, perhaps the FM’s “By the Numbers” on “Tennis’s GOAT Debate” (Fox, August 25-31) may have better presented the men separately from the women?
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LETTER: Serena and the GOAT debate
Serena Williams is undoubtedly the GOAT (greatest of all time) women’s tennis player. But on a “like for like” basis, the top male tennis players are generally stronger, and they play more sets in major tennis tournaments.
With this in mind, perhaps the FM’s “By the Numbers” on “Tennis’s GOAT Debate” (Fox, August 25-31) may have better presented the men separately from the women?
David Winckler
By e-mail
JOIN THE DISCUSSION: Send us an e-mail with your comments to letters@businesslive.co.za. Letters of more than 300 words will be edited for length. Anonymous correspondence will not be published. Writers should include a daytime telephone number.
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