Congratulations: STEFANIE GRAF has been announced has the world female tennis player that has ……

STEFANIE GRAF: Well I think that it will be fun to see. I don’t know. But I think for her to make the decision that she wants to come back she must believe that – I mean obviously I don’t know what her goal is, but I think if you’ve been at the top the way she has been – and she has come back once before, so she knows what it takes. I would assume that she believes that she is capable of it and it will be fun for all of us to watch and see how she will be able to – being a few years away from the sport, it’s very difficult, and she’s got family and kids, but we see it out there happening a few times now. So it will be a big challenge, but she seems like she’s looking forward to it.

 

Q. Why do you think women or WTA events are so unpredictable. When you compare it to the ATP, if Federer, Nadal, Djokovic are in the competition, they’re immediately clear favorites. When the WTA, it’s the same high level, kind of why so difficult to replicate the dominance. Especially since Serena?

 

STEFANIE GRAF: Well it’s obviously different periods in the evolution of the sport, in the different times. I mean, there’s been times we had a lot of rivalries and then there’s times when you don’t. So I think the fun thing has been that it’s been keeping it interesting, it’s been – a lot of players that play on the high level maybe sometimes struggle to keep it up all year long, but they’re always capable. And seeing especially the younger girls now just being less afraid and going out there and going for it. I just think it’s become a lot closer, the level, and I think that’s what makes it kind of interesting that you do not always know.

 

Q. Which WTA player playing today do you think plays similarly to you when you played back on tour?

 

STEFANIE GRAF: Oh, I always feel it’s kind of, you know, to look for similarities, I mean I’m probably not the best to judge that. I think you probably watch maybe more tennis than I do live, I’m seldom at courts now days anymore, so it will be a lot harder for me. But the single-handed players are rarer and rarer out there. Ashleigh Barty, she did so well here last year and to have seen her pull her last year and a half together the way she has been a whole lot of fun. But there are just very few one-handers out there anymore.

 

Q. I wanted to ask you if you had a chance to meet Coco Gauff and what advice could you give her?

 

STEFANIE GRAF: I have not met her. But I did see her play here and there a little bit at some of the televised matches. So it doesn’t seem like she needs a whole lot of advice (laughing) I mean she’s, I mean just watching she seems to – talk about somebody that’s enjoying herself out there, you can see her intensity and, I mean, incredible athleticism. So it’s going to be incredible to follow her the next few years. I mean she’s got such an effortless style and such raw talent. So I don’t think she will need, she needs anything, any advice, the way I’

m thinking.

 

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