Very sad to see Venus Williams go out in straight sets to Svitolina. I saw Venus Williams in the championship matches at New Haven in the summers of 2000 and 2001, summers when she won the US Open and was the #1 player in the world. However, I believe the women's draw in 2019 is MUCH deeper in talent than it was back then, something we saw evidence of already with many top players being pushed to 3 sets in their 1st round matches. You really cannot count on any easy matches at all if you are a woman in this year's draw. Serena could get beat in any round, so could all of the top players.