I think Serena Williams is the best tennis player of this generation, if not the best ever. It is amazing for her to be playing as well as she is at the age of 31.

Stosur’s remark is both praise and a measure of Serena Williams’s historical stature. By calling Williams the best of her generation—“if not the best ever”—she places Serena not merely above contemporaries but within the all-time debate, acknowledging the breadth of her achievements and dominance. The second sentence highlights longevity: in a sport where speed, recovery, and injury management are decisive, sustaining elite performance into one’s early 30s is framed as exceptional. Implicitly, the quote also reflects the perspective of a peer-competitor: admiration is sharpened by firsthand knowledge of the level required to win at the top of women’s tennis.