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**DrKirkNoliss** · 12-23-2009, 01:18 PM

2000s: Top 20 Female Athletes Summaries by Andrew Lawrence, SI.com Our top 20 lists of the best male and female athletes of the decade were a team effort. We asked a group of writers and editors at SI.com to consider on-the-field achievements and come up with the best of the best. Each voter's top choice was awarded 20 points, followed by 19 for their second pick, 18 for their third, etc. There were no restrictions on athletes who have admitted to using or have been linked to performance-enhancing drugs, though many voters acknowledged that such considerations did influence their choices.

1.Serena Williams
Some might argue that Williams, 28, is the best story in sports (notwithstanding her temper tantrum at the 2009 U.S. Open). Consider her accomplishments this decade: She won nine of her 10 Grand Slam singles titles and two Olympic gold medals in doubles (with her sister Venus), and she recently reclaimed the No. 1 ranking. She boasts the most powerful game in modern tennis, and she is best when the stakes are highest. Throw in the nearly $29 million in prize money -- most of it earned in the aughts -- and it's an improbable haul for a woman who was schooled in the game along with Venus by their father, the self-taught Richard, on pockmarked public courts in Compton, Calif.

Here is the article in full:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...tes/index.html

12-23-2009, 01:18 PM	#1
DrKirkNoliss Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 476 Senior Member	Serena Williams : Top SI Female Athlete for '00s 2000s: Top 20 Female Athletes Summaries by Andrew Lawrence, SI.com Our top 20 lists of the best male and female athletes of the decade were a team effort. We asked a group of writers and editors at SI.com to consider on-the-field achievements and come up with the best of the best. Each voter's top choice was awarded 20 points, followed by 19 for their second pick, 18 for their third, etc. There were no restrictions on athletes who have admitted to using or have been linked to performance-enhancing drugs, though many voters acknowledged that such considerations did influence their choices. 1.Serena Williams Some might argue that Williams, 28, is the best story in sports (notwithstanding her temper tantrum at the 2009 U.S. Open). Consider her accomplishments this decade: She won nine of her 10 Grand Slam singles titles and two Olympic gold medals in doubles (with her sister Venus), and she recently reclaimed the No. 1 ranking. She boasts the most powerful game in modern tennis, and she is best when the stakes are highest. Throw in the nearly $29 million in prize money -- most of it earned in the aughts -- and it's an improbable haul for a woman who was schooled in the game along with Venus by their father, the self-taught Richard, on pockmarked public courts in Compton, Calif. Here is the article in full: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...tes/index.html
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