Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, and Serena Williams were among the preferred picks for Leylah Fernandez, Caroline Wozniacki, and others, in building their ‘perfect player’ at the San Diego Open 2024.
The WTA 500 event kicked off on Saturday, February 24, with the main-draw thrill unpacking Monday onwards, with the likes of Jessica Pegula, Donna Vekic, and Leylah Fernandez among the seeded contestants.
The women, however, briefly gave up their professional duties in San Diego and busied themselves with the task of creating their perfect players based on three skills — serve, forehand, and backhand.
Caroline Wozniacki’s picks were Williams, Federer, and Djokovic for the serve, forehand, and backhand, respectively.
“So if I had to build my perfect player, I would take Roger’s forehand, Serena’s serve, Novak’s backhand,” Wozniacki said.
Fernandez jokingly picked Federer for all three abilities to begin with but later named Milos Raonic and Ben Shelton for the serve, Carlos Alcaraz for the forehand, and Djokovic, once again, was preferred for the backhand.
