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The good thing about the French is that if your favourites do go out early, there's not long at all to wait until the next slam. Same for Wimbledon I guess.
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That's a good point, I saw this list the other day of the most famous active sports people and there were 6 women tennis players in there, 7 including Murza. That's more than the men (5) and there were only 5 other women on the list. 3 of those you mention were in there and you do get the impression that she could be added in the coming years, but she does need to keep winning.
That's an interesting list, plenty of footballers in there, but I've said for ages that if you asked random general sports fans to name 10 active tennis players then half of those would be women and that just wouldn't happen in many other mainstream sports. Whether that's an indication of where the men's game has been these past few years or more the star power of those women I'm not sure, but it's definitely one of the few sports where the women are just as credible and the endorsements and prize money potential are enormous if you do well. There are a few other candidates but hopefully they truly emerge before these current legends hang up their boots.
Oh and I've literally not left the house today and likely won't tomorrow either .