Dominant Williams striving to improve game even more

Serena Williams warned her rivals she is ready to take her game to a new level as she prepared to begin her campaign for an 11th title of an extraordinary year.

By The Newsroom

Published 22nd Oct 2013, 09:08 BST

At 32, the American is more dominant than at any stage of her career, having won more trophies and more matches at this point in a season than before.

It would be a big surprise if she did not retain her title at this week’s end-of-season WTA Championships in Istanbul, featuring the best eight players of the year. Williams has shown a consistency of play but most importantly of desire since linking up with coach Patrick Mouratoglou that had previously been lacking, and she has no intention of cutting the rest of the women’s game any slack.

She said: “When I was 18 I never thought I’d be playing at this stage, and I have had a lot of time to think about it. What is great about it is I’m still looking to improve, and what I learned most about this year is I have a lot of room for improvement.”