Esther Vergeer Supporting Serena Williams

Written by: on 4th August 2012
Esther Vergeer
Esther Vergeer Supporting Serena Williams

epa01616030 Esther Vergeer of Netherlands celebrates her win during her women's wheelchair singles quarterfinals against Lucy Shuker of United Kingdom at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, 28 January 2009. Esther Vergeer won 6-1, 6-2. VVergeer is now five-fold Paralympics tennis champion, eight-fold consecutive world-champion, and has been the world's top ranked player since 1999. Unbeaten since January 2003, she may be the most dominant player in any professional sports. EPA/MAST IRHAM  |

(Courtesy of the ITF)

As Serena Williams, one of the greatest tennis players of her generation, was busy winning her third Olympic gold medal on Saturday, she was being watch by Esther Vergeer, the greatest wheelchair tennis player of any generation.

Vergeer, who will be competing in her fourth Paralympic Games in London in a few weeks time, was on hand at Wimbledon to catch the women’s singles final, in which Serena hammered Maria Sharapova 60 61 to capture her first gold medal in singles.

If you think Serena has had an impressive career, listen to this… Vergeer, a 12-time ITF World Champion, hasn’t lost a singles match since 2003, an incredible record that stretches way over 400 matches. At the Paralympics, the Dutch world No. 1 has won six medals, five of them being gold, and she is fully expected to add to that tally in London!

 

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