What Are the Most Untouchable Records in Sports?
Women's Tennis offers some impressive and long-standing records. Court, Graf and Navratilova still retain a number of records despite the brilliance of Serena Williams, another legend of the sport with her own set of records, many which it's hard to imagine ever being broken. Federer, Nadal and Djokovic between them and individually, hold all manner of insane records.
- ▪Women's Tennis offers some impressive and long-standing records.
- ▪Court, Graf and Navratilova still retain a number of records despite the brilliance of Serena Williams, another legend of the sport with her own set of records, many which it's hard to imagine ever being broken.
- ▪Federer, Nadal and Djokovic between them and individually, hold all manner of insane records.
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Women's Tennis offers some impressive and long-standing records. Court, Graf and Navratilova still retain a number of records despite the brilliance of Serena Williams, another legend of the sport with her own set of records, many which it's hard to imagine ever being broken. Federer, Nadal and Djokovic between them and individually, hold all manner of insane records. But Sinner and Alcarez may challenge a few of them. Have you seen comparisons of grand slam wins at Alcarez's age? Head and shoulders above any other player for his run rate. F1 has Hamilton and Schumacher - whether you think Lewis is 7 or 8x world champion, that feels pretty unassailable with only Verstappen with the talent to challenge it right now.
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