like that, i mean, my goodness, he s tiger woods, it is just it was really helpful to get clarity. she feels supported right now, jim and poppy. that has freed her up on the court. it helped her calm down. and that translates to everything, her serve being there, that translates to her being able to dictate what happens on the court against her opponent. she made a coaching change with rennae stubbs and she s been focused on preparing her mentally. i m telling her i love her, everybody loves her, it is that mental piece that is so key, that is making the difference. this is what she deserves. i m not going to count her out against the next opponent, or the one after that. you didn t, by the way yesterday, on this program, you called this, carolyn. glad you could be there to see it actually happen. thanks so much. joining us is amy bass, author and professor of sports studies at manhattanville college. this week she wrote an opinion piece for cnn.com where she
hammer down and punched back in the second set but the third set i think she was conserving a little energy and came out and decided it s not over yet and the serve was there, it s always about the serve for serena, and it s always about managing the pressure for serena. when she s serving well it calms her down and when she s serving well it just really confuses her opponents because the rhythm is there and it s so hard to read. so when i saw in the first set that the serve was there, she was handling the moment, she made a coaching change which i think is incredibly important. everything is falling into place for her because she is relaxed. she just jumped into a time machine. what can you say? you see tiger woods speaking with her sister venus williams. when the serve is on there is a chance she can win anything. i m so glad you were there, so great to talk to you this morning. see you friday. let s bring in sports analyst christine brennan. wow, christine. yes, wow. we know
hasn handled the entire situation last night of the she looked fantastic yesterday. she made a coaching change recently. you re part of that. what have you focused on. what have you tweaked? you know, honestly, it is not very hard to coach the greatest player of all time. but i have the pleasure of being able to be on the court with her. the bottom line it is just about bringing positivity, just reinforcing the positives, reinforcing the positives. we re not trying to reinvent the wheel here. she knows how to win more than anybody else. but just making her be in the right, you know, mindset and i that s really been my goal over the last few weeks. she answered questions about just this on fire performance yesterday. here is what she said. you just beat the number two player in the world. how did you do it?