Serena Williams v. Maria Sharapova - Australian Open 2007 Final Highlights

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  • Women's championship match between Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova at the Australian Open 2007.

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  • @queenswilliams
    @queenswilliams  Před 4 měsíci

    Watch other highlights: www.patreon.com/QueensWilliams
    Watch my archive of highlights and future releases: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zSc-MTjuqHIcDXoGxzulBjDG0cgTPs_Nb64nGYy5Cfk/edit#gid=0

  • @theinformed4629
    @theinformed4629 Před 5 měsíci +111

    No matter how many times I watch this match I am amazed at the conviction and concentration!

  • @Maddiix
    @Maddiix Před 5 měsíci +70

    This slam run alone made Serena one of the greatest. But, her performance here is what solidified her as the goat.

    • @marfu1119
      @marfu1119 Před 5 měsíci +2

      From the beginning at the time I had a feeling that Serena was going to win the tournament especially when discovered that she already won the title before in 2003 & 2005 I said 2007 is hers. She had that quirky streak going as she won the title again 2 years later in 2009. I remember how disappointed she was when she lost in the quarter finals to a player she said had never heard of at a small tournament a week before the 2007 Australian Open to think that loss gave her that extra motivation to step her level back up.

  • @mrrogers302
    @mrrogers302 Před 5 měsíci +36

    One of the best slam final performances in tennis history.

    • @erlandemetayer8685
      @erlandemetayer8685 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Indeed

    • @fundhund62
      @fundhund62 Před 3 měsíci

      And one of the worst from Sharapova.

    • @magnetmac1
      @magnetmac1 Před 2 měsíci +2

      @@fundhund62
      Sharapova lost to Serena 19 times in a row.
      She lost 17 out of 19 in straight sets.
      Sharapova was never at her "worst" against Serena.
      She was simply not at the same level with the American.

  • @ddot9566
    @ddot9566 Před 5 měsíci +79

    I never get tired of watching Serena demolish Maria. I just wish we had more to watch.

    • @user-ot5vq3xf5l
      @user-ot5vq3xf5l Před 5 měsíci

      this suggests that Serena had a bad opposition, weak. she is not the greatest with such competition and such weak opponents as Sharapova, Azarenka, Kvitova, Li, and other two-time slam champions like Zvonareva and Safina and Wozniacki. Now Serena wouldn't benefit from half of what she has. Osaka, Rybakina, Iga, Sabalenka, Gauf and others, now they would wipe their feet on her. Serena is not the greatest, she is the queen of the weak, slow court era.

    • @jobuck879
      @jobuck879 Před 5 měsíci +18

      @@user-ot5vq3xf5lSurely you jest. Serena faced more competition than anyone else has faced. The thing you ignorantly ignore is that these ladies couldn’t win because Serena was just that tough to beat. Graf had the weakest era of all time! Serena started off facing Venus, Capriati, Henin, Hingis, Clijsters, Davenport--so many others and she beat most of them into retirement (Henin twice). Then came the new batch of girls who were much younger that couldn’t defeat Serena. You’re obviously a hater but in the end, Serena is the GOAT.

    • @adamlarsson3828
      @adamlarsson3828 Před 5 měsíci

      such trash. Chris Evert, Monica Seles and Lindsay Davenport said that Serena played in /by far/ highest quality era of women’s tennis. the Graf era was sterile because the best player in the world was brutally removed from the game. the era since Serena got old witnessed seen player after player come and go, with truncated periods of success. i listen to what PLAYERS have to say about greatest players they knew.
      Russian 🤖 trolls, working from Saint Petersburg make youtube look increasingly like a playground for misinforming hateful imbeciles.

    • @adamlarsson3828
      @adamlarsson3828 Před 5 měsíci

      Zvonareva and Safina won ZERO slams and never came close to winning a slam - despite coming from a despicable terrorist state country that uses every conceivable mechanism to corrode the world in its image.
      doing its athletes every day for Russia is like drinking water in the rest of the world.

    • @seensay2132
      @seensay2132 Před 5 měsíci

      That volley at 1:51 🔥🔥🔥

  • @ItsJayYork
    @ItsJayYork Před 5 měsíci +40

    Serena made it look so easy, but 07 Sharapova was no joke. Serena was just on another galaxy here!

    • @Brandon-qr2or
      @Brandon-qr2or Před 5 měsíci +7

      Venus then took a buzzsaw to her at Wimbledon later that year.

    • @krishnakumar2390
      @krishnakumar2390 Před 5 měsíci +5

      @@Brandon-qr2or grass was Queen vees surface no wonder in the results

    • @stuartperry1047
      @stuartperry1047 Před 5 měsíci +4

      You're right about Sharapova. If Serena hadn't been around, she probably would have won several more slams.The same with Venus.

    • @krishnakumar2390
      @krishnakumar2390 Před 5 měsíci

      @@stuartperry1047 correct

    • @chazzprinceton84
      @chazzprinceton84 Před 5 měsíci +3

      This was the height of Sharapova's game she was mentally tough and could beat anyone. However, Serena Jameka Willams was imperious that day and wasn't going to be deterred by any means. This goes down as one of the greatest beatdowns in women's tennis history.

  • @TheOrbofTime
    @TheOrbofTime Před 5 měsíci +13

    Serena was unbelievably good. Just an absolute GOAT. That backhand was so accurate, powerful and reliable.

  • @scottcole6093
    @scottcole6093 Před 5 měsíci +21

    Still one of the best matches a human has ever played. Imagine being able to hit that backhand @ 3:50

  • @seensay2132
    @seensay2132 Před 5 měsíci +21

    Sharapova was a spectator like the rest of us! 🤣🤣

  • @amb817
    @amb817 Před 5 měsíci +13

    It didn’t even matter that Serena was unseeded and facing the world number one Sharapova. Serena was so focused and gave Maria absolutely nothing to work with. Serena’s serving was incredible too. Much different match than the Australian Open 2005 Semifinal between them

    • @dosensadif6585
      @dosensadif6585 Před 5 měsíci +6

      Maria was NOT the world number 1 in that tournament. Just the number 1 seed.

  • @pablofrank2466
    @pablofrank2466 Před 4 měsíci +3

    I never get tired of watching this masterclass. Serena silenced her critics forever with this performance.
    She was ranked 81 at the start of the tournament and when she reached the final, people like Pat Cash said 'A great run but it's over now'.
    She made Pat Cash (and others) eat their words that day!

    • @DanielSong39
      @DanielSong39 Před 4 měsíci

      People probably said the same thing when Pat Cash made the Wimbledon final LOL
      To be fair he did what Serena did here

  • @marfu1119
    @marfu1119 Před 5 měsíci +6

    Never get tired of watching this match. Cannot believe this match was 17 years ago. I remember staying up late watching it live as a 18 year old. The match finished so quick.
    After this match Sharapova knew she would never defeat Serena again. Most of their matches 2007-2019 Serena won all of them and they were very one sided only in 2008 Charleston on clay it went 3 sets which Serena won 6-1 in the 3rd.

    • @magnetmac1
      @magnetmac1 Před 2 měsíci

      You forgot Miami Open 2013. That went to a 3rd set too.

  • @tjr4459
    @tjr4459 Před 5 měsíci +9

    I remember watching this match. Serena had poor form and was recovering from injuries. A lot of people were writing her off and saying Sharapova was the favorite. Serena wanted to prove them wrong in the most brutal way possible 😂

  • @Jaijaisinger2727_
    @Jaijaisinger2727_ Před 5 měsíci +6

    Yeah this the yr the troll commentators were saying she was out of shape, not fit at all. Which is absolutely ridiculous because she was in perfect shape body was AAAAAAAAAMAZING!

  • @krishnakumar2390
    @krishnakumar2390 Před 5 měsíci +16

    Though this is a brutal smack down from serena to Sharapova, I still say the intensity of this match is different level. Queen Serena vs princess Sharapova.

    • @Maddiix
      @Maddiix Před 5 měsíci +5

      ‘Princess’ Sharapova? That’s hilarious.

    • @krishnakumar2390
      @krishnakumar2390 Před 5 měsíci +3

      @@Maddiix why hilarious, I know politics better than you, she's certainly a princess for sure, okay if you go for the drugs issue I can say Williams sisters does taken tues with the help of wada and that's US based. Thanks for the court of arbitration of sports for serving justice in Sharapova case concluding her as unintentional doper.

    • @krishnakumar2390
      @krishnakumar2390 Před 5 měsíci

      @@Maddiix serena Venus loves Sharapova than any other wta players, what else as a Sharapova fan wants?

    • @Maddiix
      @Maddiix Před 5 měsíci

      @@krishnakumar2390 “Serena Venus loves Sharapova more than any other wta player” that statement alone tells me you most be on drugs, like your ‘princess’. Good day.

    • @henryv.macadamia6423
      @henryv.macadamia6423 Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@Maddiix Why not, "meldonium queen, Sharapova?"

  • @user-ks3vw6zj9o
    @user-ks3vw6zj9o Před 5 měsíci +15

    What a revenge for Maria’s 2004 winning in Wimbledon!…. and for her bad mouthing Serena any chance she got….

  • @johnpearson2501
    @johnpearson2501 Před 5 měsíci +7

    A Clinical DESTRUCTION!!!👊🏿

  • @dayzour123
    @dayzour123 Před 5 měsíci +15

    I was 16 when I saw this match living in Uk at the time stayed up late so nervous for my girl Serena wasn’t sure if she could do it boy did she shut me up!!! And I was gladly to shut up was at edge of my seat best feeling ever seeing this win 🏆 Serena proved when she is at her best and focus. Nothing will stop her and that’s what I love about her.

  • @user-wz6yx5pq6h
    @user-wz6yx5pq6h Před 5 měsíci +7

    this match is purely a piece of art !

  • @keatingaaron
    @keatingaaron Před 5 měsíci +4

    Serena Williams was surely the best ever.

  • @user-hu9eq4tg1l
    @user-hu9eq4tg1l Před 5 měsíci +4

    Величайшая Серена, королева, алмаз в истории тенниса....

  • @gena1071
    @gena1071 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Please more full matches, it would be nice to enjoy the whole match if possible.

  • @AFCompany
    @AFCompany Před 5 měsíci +2

    This match was due to the commentators trashing Serena the entire tournament and saying she was out of shape and finished. She was looking to prove a point in the final and Maria just happened to be the opponent but she was looking to wipe the floor with whoever it was. Sharapova actually had the advantage in their match ups until this point and let their previous match up slip away after having multiple match points. That coupled with getting crush by Serena here and Miami a couple months later really sealed the deal and Maria no longer believed she could actually beat Serena or close her out. Should Serena have the better h2h yes, was Serena just better absolutely, should Maria still have a few more wins over her yes.

  • @user-im5wc4bn3v
    @user-im5wc4bn3v Před 5 měsíci +3

    Serena's serve looks more fluid than Roger's

  • @orbitalwarrior
    @orbitalwarrior Před 5 měsíci +2

    7:47, that reaction shows it all, it's that belief and desire that was lacking later in her career. She was hungry and ruthless here.

  • @steventramaine9387
    @steventramaine9387 Před 5 měsíci +8

    Serena did everything right here. Just so she could say her sister's name. I remember this one.

  • @mpumelelongwenya1416
    @mpumelelongwenya1416 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Please upload the full match.

  • @tking2822
    @tking2822 Před 5 měsíci +5

    I would love to see Serena come back like this again. She was on fire back then. I miss her

    • @Official.tadiwa
      @Official.tadiwa Před 5 měsíci

      She can but her family is the distraction before kid she didn’t get distracted and always played well

    • @Ayanaa_20
      @Ayanaa_20 Před 5 měsíci +5

      my dear it's called age,she is 40 now and 2007 she was in her early 20's soo there's no way she can move like that now.

    • @tking2822
      @tking2822 Před 5 měsíci

      @@Ayanaa_20 you’re so right I agreed with you

  • @cradle177
    @cradle177 Před 18 dny

    I remember this time very well. The media kept saying that Serena was past her prime and she was “washed up”. Little would they know that their beloved Russian would never beat Serena again.

  • @redroad9949
    @redroad9949 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Boy that girl could play. Good old times for women's tennis. Swiatek is the best we've got now. 😞

    • @smallville3075
      @smallville3075 Před 5 měsíci +2

      The one who got eliminated in the 3rd round of the Aussie Open last month? right😂

    • @nicolasneri7738
      @nicolasneri7738 Před 20 dny

      @@smallville3075 eat your words. 1GA Queen of RG

  • @gnnrgmlng8327
    @gnnrgmlng8327 Před 5 měsíci +6

    She was ranked 80-something right??

  • @nopimahendra8876
    @nopimahendra8876 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I think start from this match,, Serena have magically power every meet Sharapova

  • @wendarlemmota609
    @wendarlemmota609 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Swiatek nunca bateria serena, Vênus e Sharapova em seus auges

  • @amanuelreda859
    @amanuelreda859 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Serena at her best

  • @richiroo8308
    @richiroo8308 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Peak serana for me anyway!

  • @anobserver9658
    @anobserver9658 Před 4 měsíci

    These two had some good matches.

  • @gnnrgmlng8327
    @gnnrgmlng8327 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Can you make Serena into final vs Petrova, Peer dan Vaidisova HL??

  • @TheEdan9023
    @TheEdan9023 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Beautiful destruction!

  • @judyLee-ov8yd
    @judyLee-ov8yd Před 3 měsíci

    Serena had just come back from injury and had gained weight. She was ranked 81st. and Mary Carillo and her racist friends said she wasn't going to make it, she was good but Sharapova was better. An Australian former player said she lacked the attention span to succeeed, and would never win another championship. Serena made no noise and didn't respond verbally to the critics, she just let her racket do the talking and man did it talk. She however saved the best for last and it was one of the best finals I had ever seen.

  • @pauldrutz-hannahs3893
    @pauldrutz-hannahs3893 Před 5 měsíci +1

    In hindsight. This might have been her best match played. Sharapova played well, but Serena just started in fifth gear and never let up. ❤

    • @fundhund62
      @fundhund62 Před 3 měsíci

      Sharapova didn't play well at all. This has to be one of the worst performances in a major final in recent history.

    • @magnetmac1
      @magnetmac1 Před 2 měsíci

      @@fundhund62
      Serena made Sharapova look like she performed badly. She simply was at a level Sharapova could not reach.

    • @fundhund62
      @fundhund62 Před 2 měsíci

      @@magnetmac1 You can look at it from both angles. Sharapova played so badly that Serena looked like a genius, would also be a rather accurate description of this match.

    • @magnetmac1
      @magnetmac1 Před 2 měsíci

      @@fundhund62
      Well, Sharapova lost in an even worst scoreline to Serena. Losing consistently to Serena in straight sets pretty much underscores my previous comment you responded to.

    • @fundhund62
      @fundhund62 Před 2 měsíci

      @@magnetmac1 It doesn't since I was talking about one specific match. If you want to change the topic that's fine but I'm not interested to go there.
      Maria played a very bad match at the AO 2007, and Serena played a great match. Those two often go hand in hand. If Sharapova had played better, it wouldn't have been as easy for Serena. She might still have won, but we'll never know.
      What happened in later matches is a completely different story.

  • @wimgobbelvan8194
    @wimgobbelvan8194 Před 8 dny

    ........ i think she's the only i know of that ranking doesn't matter when it comes to competing ........ and that was solid proven by this match ... sining off ....... Serena "The Queen" Williams

  • @robrivax
    @robrivax Před 5 měsíci +1

    The queen knows how to celebrate! the best serve of all time, and much faster/better movement than Maria. And those horrible serves by Maria right smack in the middle of the box, what was that? It's amazing Maria won what she did considering her movement abilities....and she caught Serena off guard at that first Wimbledon final matchup.....

  • @jayd4926
    @jayd4926 Před 5 měsíci

    I prefer the green courts for AUS open compared to the blue ones.

  • @cedric889
    @cedric889 Před 5 měsíci +5

    It’s the look of disgust (or was it contempt) Serena gave Maria. 1:10

    • @ItsJayYork
      @ItsJayYork Před 5 měsíci +1

      thats just her "game face" bro, dont see stuff that isn't there

    • @glenntownes234
      @glenntownes234 Před 4 měsíci

      It was definitely a look of disgust and disgrace.....

  • @Himachaltimes2024
    @Himachaltimes2024 Před 5 měsíci

    Sharapova so beautiful!

  • @LendaleJohnson86
    @LendaleJohnson86 Před 5 měsíci +3

    This was an incredible performance in 2007, and then 5 months later her big sister Venus did the same thing at Wimbledon and US Open

    • @krishnakumar2390
      @krishnakumar2390 Před 2 měsíci

      When did Venus beaten Sharapova at US Open? Lies!

  • @vishalsharma6618
    @vishalsharma6618 Před 5 měsíci

    Serena in beast mode

  • @beardedbeast9606
    @beardedbeast9606 Před 5 měsíci +1

    They both played their behinds off though, let’s be honest! Serena just had that extra extra!

    • @gregorymkgielis9549
      @gregorymkgielis9549 Před 5 měsíci +2

      Did we watch the same match ? Because Maria could barely play because of Serena’s power and tactics.

  • @Luchon20082010
    @Luchon20082010 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Did sharapova make any winners???
    Such a weak player

  • @josephrocha142
    @josephrocha142 Před 5 měsíci

    Serena really disliked Maria and she let her have it. Lol

  • @dayzour123
    @dayzour123 Před 5 měsíci +6

    The same year Venus gave her same treatment at Wimbledon

    • @krishnakumar2390
      @krishnakumar2390 Před 5 měsíci +2

      Sharapova leads Venus on their head to head, and also Wimbledon is venuses domain, grass is her surface.

    • @dayzour123
      @dayzour123 Před 5 měsíci +7

      @@krishnakumar2390 you saying that has nothing to do with my statement. Venus is still gave Maria the same treatment the same year. Period we are not talking about head to head stay on track

    • @dayzour123
      @dayzour123 Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@krishnakumar2390 and since you want to say all of that Venus leads that head to head and grand slam meetings wins sharapova beaten vee once in a slam meeting while Venus did it twice 🤷‍♂️

    • @krishnakumar2390
      @krishnakumar2390 Před 5 měsíci

      @@dayzour123 over all stats is what tennis experts considers, not grass wins alone, which is obviously the queen vee's home ground. Not denying it. Even serena can't stop queen vee at grass then how about Sharapova?

    • @dayzour123
      @dayzour123 Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@krishnakumar2390 my opinion, Maria and Venus never really had an opportunity they didn’t really meet that much and when they did it was spread out years apart I’m sure Venus played Maria often they head to head record. Wouldn’t look like that Venus definitely would’ve took a lot more wins especially when her game is on. She is second to her sister Serena.

  • @user-iu7yo1tb8o
    @user-iu7yo1tb8o Před 5 měsíci

    Doping?

    • @broncoguy4862
      @broncoguy4862 Před 5 měsíci +2

      No, just the results of desire, dedication and incredibly hard work. You should try it some time.

    • @user-iu7yo1tb8o
      @user-iu7yo1tb8o Před 5 měsíci +1

      ​@@broncoguy4862
      Yes, all that you said, and a lot of dope. No, I don't need it.

  • @tracysibley6360
    @tracysibley6360 Před 5 měsíci

    Serena... what did Maria do to you girl..😂😂😂 👊

  • @rayfattar558
    @rayfattar558 Před 5 měsíci +1

    The arogant woman shown by william face😏😏

  • @user-ot5vq3xf5l
    @user-ot5vq3xf5l Před 5 měsíci +1

    Serena, as always, dominates the weak. This is competition))) Throughout her career, there has not been a single strong competitor equal to her. What is there to admire here? Nothing at all.

    • @KadeKempson
      @KadeKempson Před 5 měsíci +9

      Just like your post, there is nothing to admire from it either.

    • @jobuck879
      @jobuck879 Před 5 měsíci +5

      Awwww poor little Sharadopa fan. You mad? Let’s put some truth for your little heart. Serena had a small margin against Capriati and Henin didn’t she? She also had a lot of struggles with other players too-but you can’t accept that she is the GOAT. It’s a YOU problem. See yourself out.

    • @dawnofcairo4627
      @dawnofcairo4627 Před 5 měsíci +5

      There's Venus, Clijsters, Henin, Davenport Mauresmo, Hingis and Azarenka. Sure she dominates their h2h but it wasn't presented on a platter either

    • @user-ot5vq3xf5l
      @user-ot5vq3xf5l Před 5 měsíci

      @@dawnofcairo4627 Serena played with obviously weaker players than her. Clijsters 7:2, Azarenka 18:5, Davenport 10:4, Sharapova 20:2, Henin defeated her mainly on clay, Capriati lost to her 6 matches in a row. This is a weak opposition. Now everyone is in the top 50, they can serve as hard as Serena, only they move faster and hit more powerfully. Now any of their top 10 would simply destroy Serena. Don't cry, look for a new idol.

    • @user-ot5vq3xf5l
      @user-ot5vq3xf5l Před 5 měsíci

      @@jobuck879 I love Elena Rybakina and Arina Sabalenko, keep Sharapova for yourself, pretend that this is such a strong rival for Serena that it’s just wow. Serena had very weak competition, especially from 2008 to 2015. Even Mirra Andreeva plays faster than the then Serena.

  • @cblack0545
    @cblack0545 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Sharapova is sooooo overrated. The great white hope that got caught doping. I think it is disgusting how she is admired for her looks. There was no rivalry....Serena lost to her one time.

  • @dasshellividchannel8267
    @dasshellividchannel8267 Před 5 měsíci

    Male vs female haha