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To start off, let’s go way back to the beginning of her career.
Serena and Venus Williams were up-and-coming tennis stars in 1998, and already looked to be on their way to greatness. When the two joined the 1998 Wimbledon, they were expected to face each other, but Serena did not make it that far.
What are you impressions of the top Spin 4 demo? Chase Becotte: I’m trying to temper my enthusiasm until I see what happens with the effectiveness of just juicing your created player with power, but it’s hard not to be really excited after playing this demo. Everything from a more lively crowd at the U.S. Open — when I played the game at a preview event, the crowd seemed even more lively than the one found in the demo — to the player grunts to the tweaked controls are all really working here. The graphics in this game are especially impressive at Roland Garros, probably because your player is sliding around and really showing off a lot of the new animations and signature style in the game. on separate occasions I saw a classic Nadal-specific fist pump and a Federer galloping fist pump. Gamers have pleaded for commentary to be included in this series, but I think what’s here is much more effective. The building excitement in the air during a long rally is much better highlighted by a roaring crowd than two commentators repeating the same couple of lines. I do wish there were more stat overlays — what’s here is buried in the bottom right corner in generic text — but the presentation is still improved. As for the gameplay itself, while I’m hoping more unforced errors crop up (maybe once your player gets more fatigued?) and aces, I like the moment-to-moment chess match a whole heck of a lot. It’s hard to get a feel for the different player styles that will be in the final version of the game, but you can definitely tell a difference between Nadal and Serena Williams. I really do want to write a ton more here, but I’ll restrain myself for now and just keep playing this all-too-short demo until top Spin 4 is released later this month. Jayson Young: The crowds definitely sound great with the way they build up during rallies and yell between points, but outside of that, I don’t see a whole lot of improvements over top Spin 3. Once I readjusted to the quirky shot timing, I was hitting winners only two or three strokes into rallies. This demo, limited as it is, left me wondering if top Spin 4 will be dominated by power strokes just like top Spin 3 was.
SERENA Williams was hospitalized Monday.
The tennis ace — who got all glammed up for the Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party Sunday night — checked in to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles for emergency treatment for a hematoma.
Legend: Serena Williams in action at last year’s French Open
Serena had attended the Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party only the night before.
Her publicist Nicole Chabot released a statement to People magazine, which read: ‘Serena Williams underwent emergency treatment at Cedars for a haematoma she suffered as a result of treatment for a more critical situation.
Serena is good at tennis and playing “the victim”.
Damn it seems like Common just broke up with Serena yesterday. Maybe the best way to get over one is to get with another one.
Damn just two weeks ago everybody thought they were about to get marriedmy how the tides change.
Sounds like well have another power couple getting married soon.
That’s tightbut we all know she’s not quitting her day job.
