Wednesday 25 July 2007
Haven't blogged in a while
Just here to wish Mikhail, Andy, Novak, Dmitry and James Blake the best of luck in their next tournaments.
Tuesday 10 July 2007
Wimbledon The Two Weeks (Women)
Well with Roger winning his 5th Grand Slam and Venus winning her fourth you would expect that not many upsets occurred but a rollercoaster of upsets happened in the two weeks of Wimbledon. Firstly Wimbledon wouldn't be Wimbledon with the rain delays, this time being one of the worst downpours in years. Many like Nadal and Djokovic complained whilst Federer sat watching happily as his contenders grew angrier by the day. Well let me now depict what happened in the WTA.
Justine the favourite to win effortlessly strode through to the Quatrefinals only losing 15 games along the way, thrashing Patty Schnyder 6-2,6-2. However if you look at Patty's matches all of them went to three sets (except for against Justine)!
Interesting Matches in this Section: Alona Vs. Patty 4-6,6-3,6-8
Serena was the victor in her section but not without drama, falling to the ground against Daniela Hantuchova yet still beating her in the last set in 2-6. I was so worried for her and she looked so unhappy afterwards, for once the rain saved the day! Though not the most interesting to watch the match between Milagros Sequera and Serena Williams was definitely unusual. Milagros was dominated throughout the match losing 6-1,6-0 yet she beat 27th seed Samantha Stosur!
Interesting Matches in this Section: Daniela Vs Serena 2-6,7-6,2-6
Jelena Jankovic was expected to stroll through this relatively unexperienced grand slam draw, with none havong achieved grand slam success previously. However the unlikely 18th seed proved to be best of them all beating out Jelena Jankovic to get to the Quatres. Lucie's match against Jankovic was very interesting but none can beat the exceptional upset of Marion Bartoli against Jelena Jankovic. With Safarova there was a chance she would push Jankovic into three sets as she has beaten many top 10 players on came close but Marion was totally unexpected.
Interesting Matches in this Section: Jelena Vs. Marion 6-3,5-7,3-6
The next group was very interesting with the 31st seed prevailing through the 8th, 9th and 20th to get to the Quatres. Definitely every tennis fan in Britain would have cheered on Naomi Cavaday when she was playing Martina, though she caused a huge upset in the third set losing a love set she still came unbelievably close so we must commend her. Who would have guessed that Martina was then to be beaten by Laura Granville in the third round after a complete thrashing of Aiko Nakamura. Sybille Bammer who was recently on good form also was ousted by Laura Granville. Katie O'Brien British number one was also in this section but was demolished by Krajicek 6-0,6-1.
Interesting Matches in this Section: Michaella Vs. Anna 7-6,6-7,6-2
The next section was a predictable group with the top two seeds battling in the end. Ana prevailed in a three set match but generally nothing too interesting occured.
Interesting Matches in this Section: Ana Vs Nadia 6-1,2-6,6-4
Amelie Mauresmo was expected to be a strong contender for the title, but after what seemed like a great start she lossed to Nicole Vaidisova (One of my favourite players)! Generally nothing to extraordinary in this group except for Nicole's win against Amelie.
Interesting Matches in this Section: Nicole Vs Amelie 7-6,4-6,6-1
Though Svetlana was the winner in this section it was Tamira who was the most interesting of all. Though she beat Tatiana Golovin who seemed to be flailing when playing Su-Wei Hsieh, it was still an achievement and then to beat Elena was definitely a confident boost.
Interesting Matches in this Section: Tamira Vs Elena 2-6,6-3,7-5
Lastly we have the Venus/Maria section. After seeing Venus nearly lose to Alla and Akiko it was definitely refreshing to see her thrash Maria Sharapova when all odds were backed against her, but to be honest I do not know what happened to Maria, she was just not the players she normally was. Maybe because of the injury but she was still one of the favourites!
Interesting Matches in this Section: Akiko Vs Venus: 2-6,6-3,5-7 (however Ai against Maria and Venus against Maria were also very interesting)
So then in the Quatrefinals:
Justine against Serena was a dissapointment in my viewpoint. Serena was never really on the winning side and it looked a struggle to be honest. She should have put more into it.
Marion against Michaella's match was so agitating. I was thinking both are unlikely to beat Justine but who will be more interesting. I really like Krajicek and when she was leading 2-0 in the last set I thought she had taken it away but Marion fired of 6 games to make it another close game for her! Who would have thought that Marion was in the Semi Finals!
On the other side we had Ana vs Nicole. I like both of them but I wanted Nicole to do well and it was possible for her to beat Ana, however she lossed in a close three sets! I would have liked Nicole to do better though and it's so annoying she doesn't rise in rankings!
And finally Svetlana vs Venus was rather another dissapointing match but definitely great for Venus! The finals were definitely unexpected with the no.1, 6, 18 and 23 and who would believe it, the lower two seeds went through to the final. Justine's match against Marion was unbearable and rather a massive shock. Nobody expected Justine to be trailing 5-0 down in the third set. It was her biggest chance to win and she let herself down in ways by letting go of her dominance.
On the other hand Ana vs Venus was quite expected with what Ana normally does, buckles under the very greats, I'd rather say that her draw was generally luck to get to Venus and only Nicole was a worthy competitor.
I was so relieved in the final that Venus won, she utterly deserves her win though only facing a select few of favourites she showed why she had won three Wimbledon's already and that was gut determination and strive!
Justine the favourite to win effortlessly strode through to the Quatrefinals only losing 15 games along the way, thrashing Patty Schnyder 6-2,6-2. However if you look at Patty's matches all of them went to three sets (except for against Justine)!
Interesting Matches in this Section: Alona Vs. Patty 4-6,6-3,6-8
Serena was the victor in her section but not without drama, falling to the ground against Daniela Hantuchova yet still beating her in the last set in 2-6. I was so worried for her and she looked so unhappy afterwards, for once the rain saved the day! Though not the most interesting to watch the match between Milagros Sequera and Serena Williams was definitely unusual. Milagros was dominated throughout the match losing 6-1,6-0 yet she beat 27th seed Samantha Stosur!
Interesting Matches in this Section: Daniela Vs Serena 2-6,7-6,2-6
Jelena Jankovic was expected to stroll through this relatively unexperienced grand slam draw, with none havong achieved grand slam success previously. However the unlikely 18th seed proved to be best of them all beating out Jelena Jankovic to get to the Quatres. Lucie's match against Jankovic was very interesting but none can beat the exceptional upset of Marion Bartoli against Jelena Jankovic. With Safarova there was a chance she would push Jankovic into three sets as she has beaten many top 10 players on came close but Marion was totally unexpected.
Interesting Matches in this Section: Jelena Vs. Marion 6-3,5-7,3-6
The next group was very interesting with the 31st seed prevailing through the 8th, 9th and 20th to get to the Quatres. Definitely every tennis fan in Britain would have cheered on Naomi Cavaday when she was playing Martina, though she caused a huge upset in the third set losing a love set she still came unbelievably close so we must commend her. Who would have guessed that Martina was then to be beaten by Laura Granville in the third round after a complete thrashing of Aiko Nakamura. Sybille Bammer who was recently on good form also was ousted by Laura Granville. Katie O'Brien British number one was also in this section but was demolished by Krajicek 6-0,6-1.
Interesting Matches in this Section: Michaella Vs. Anna 7-6,6-7,6-2
The next section was a predictable group with the top two seeds battling in the end. Ana prevailed in a three set match but generally nothing too interesting occured.
Interesting Matches in this Section: Ana Vs Nadia 6-1,2-6,6-4
Amelie Mauresmo was expected to be a strong contender for the title, but after what seemed like a great start she lossed to Nicole Vaidisova (One of my favourite players)! Generally nothing to extraordinary in this group except for Nicole's win against Amelie.
Interesting Matches in this Section: Nicole Vs Amelie 7-6,4-6,6-1
Though Svetlana was the winner in this section it was Tamira who was the most interesting of all. Though she beat Tatiana Golovin who seemed to be flailing when playing Su-Wei Hsieh, it was still an achievement and then to beat Elena was definitely a confident boost.
Interesting Matches in this Section: Tamira Vs Elena 2-6,6-3,7-5
Lastly we have the Venus/Maria section. After seeing Venus nearly lose to Alla and Akiko it was definitely refreshing to see her thrash Maria Sharapova when all odds were backed against her, but to be honest I do not know what happened to Maria, she was just not the players she normally was. Maybe because of the injury but she was still one of the favourites!
Interesting Matches in this Section: Akiko Vs Venus: 2-6,6-3,5-7 (however Ai against Maria and Venus against Maria were also very interesting)
So then in the Quatrefinals:
Justine against Serena was a dissapointment in my viewpoint. Serena was never really on the winning side and it looked a struggle to be honest. She should have put more into it.
Marion against Michaella's match was so agitating. I was thinking both are unlikely to beat Justine but who will be more interesting. I really like Krajicek and when she was leading 2-0 in the last set I thought she had taken it away but Marion fired of 6 games to make it another close game for her! Who would have thought that Marion was in the Semi Finals!
On the other side we had Ana vs Nicole. I like both of them but I wanted Nicole to do well and it was possible for her to beat Ana, however she lossed in a close three sets! I would have liked Nicole to do better though and it's so annoying she doesn't rise in rankings!
And finally Svetlana vs Venus was rather another dissapointing match but definitely great for Venus! The finals were definitely unexpected with the no.1, 6, 18 and 23 and who would believe it, the lower two seeds went through to the final. Justine's match against Marion was unbearable and rather a massive shock. Nobody expected Justine to be trailing 5-0 down in the third set. It was her biggest chance to win and she let herself down in ways by letting go of her dominance.
On the other hand Ana vs Venus was quite expected with what Ana normally does, buckles under the very greats, I'd rather say that her draw was generally luck to get to Venus and only Nicole was a worthy competitor.
I was so relieved in the final that Venus won, she utterly deserves her win though only facing a select few of favourites she showed why she had won three Wimbledon's already and that was gut determination and strive!
Tuesday 3 July 2007
Wimbledon Last Few
Nothing in the world can explain my happiness now, Vaidisova beats Mauresmo, Jankovic is knocked out. I am lost for words, I am so happy!
Well now we are in the Quatres with the women I will analyse the matches.
Justine Henin is playing Serena Williams.
Though Justine hasn't played any fantastic players she has definitely been thrashing the lot, losing only 15 games in the first four rounds. Though Serena thrashed Milagros Sequera I thought Milagros wasn't playing at all well. She played Hantuchova and went to three sets, Even though having cramp she got through the match against someone who is on good form, which shows her determination. But I would bet on Justine to win instead of Serena, though she will have vengeance to beat her and have the gut strength, I believe Justine is just on her greatest form!
The unexpecting win from Marion has allowed me great joy as Jelena is out now. However she did cause upsets with Shahar so I was quite foolish to rule her out and Jelena spent a long time against Lucie Safarova. Now she will face an unlikely Michaella, I really want her to get far and after beating Tzipora she looks like she is on a role beating Anna Chakvetadze and Laura Granville who conquered Martina Hingis. Though looking at the statistics it seems Marion Bartoli has a greater edge so it will be her first semifinal against Henin.
Ana and Vaidisova's match will be very interesting, the match of the youngsters. Who would you bet on, Ana who was Roland Garros Finalist or Vaidisova who beat Amelie Mauresmo the defending champion. Personally I like Vaidisova more but Ana looks on better form. So at the moment I'm not betting on anyone.
Ten we have Svetlana who's sneaked into the Quatres without much headlines who will face either Venus or Maria. Will Venus ousted Sharapova or will Maria break Venus's fight I am not sure but I will go for Sharapova because she is looking really strong.
Semis
Justine Vs. Marion
Unknown Vs. Maria
Well now we are in the Quatres with the women I will analyse the matches.
Justine Henin is playing Serena Williams.
Though Justine hasn't played any fantastic players she has definitely been thrashing the lot, losing only 15 games in the first four rounds. Though Serena thrashed Milagros Sequera I thought Milagros wasn't playing at all well. She played Hantuchova and went to three sets, Even though having cramp she got through the match against someone who is on good form, which shows her determination. But I would bet on Justine to win instead of Serena, though she will have vengeance to beat her and have the gut strength, I believe Justine is just on her greatest form!
The unexpecting win from Marion has allowed me great joy as Jelena is out now. However she did cause upsets with Shahar so I was quite foolish to rule her out and Jelena spent a long time against Lucie Safarova. Now she will face an unlikely Michaella, I really want her to get far and after beating Tzipora she looks like she is on a role beating Anna Chakvetadze and Laura Granville who conquered Martina Hingis. Though looking at the statistics it seems Marion Bartoli has a greater edge so it will be her first semifinal against Henin.
Ana and Vaidisova's match will be very interesting, the match of the youngsters. Who would you bet on, Ana who was Roland Garros Finalist or Vaidisova who beat Amelie Mauresmo the defending champion. Personally I like Vaidisova more but Ana looks on better form. So at the moment I'm not betting on anyone.
Ten we have Svetlana who's sneaked into the Quatres without much headlines who will face either Venus or Maria. Will Venus ousted Sharapova or will Maria break Venus's fight I am not sure but I will go for Sharapova because she is looking really strong.
Semis
Justine Vs. Marion
Unknown Vs. Maria
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