noeledmonds
Professional
2 Weeks of tennis have gone by in the 1st grand slam of year. Federer proved far too strong for all his opponents this year producing some sublime tennis and setting records once more. Federer reached his 7th consecutive grand slam final (putting him joint 1st). Federer is the first to win a GS without losing a set since Borg in 1980 (at SW19). Federer becomes the first man to have won 3 of the 4 grand slams at least 3 times each. Federer beats his personal record for winning streaks as he extends his winning steak to 36 matches (10 matches behind Vilas’s all-time record). Gonzalez showed he is more than just a power house, and like Blake, is blooming a little later in his career. Roddick left frustrated as Federer continues to prove too much for him on the big stage. Safin, although improving his ranking, continues to seem a shadow of his former self. Bagdahtis can expect to plummet in the rankings, and will need some more big results to regain his ranking points. Ljubicic yet again performed poorly in the slam situation, after a promsing start to the new year. Amongst the emerging young guns Murray produced the best performance to take Nadal to 5 sets. Monfils showed Bagdatis the door, while Gasquet started well, showing Monfils his own door, before falling to a lacklustre Robredo.
In the women’s game Serena proved she still has the game as she tore her way past Sharapova to achieve her 8th GS title. Vaidisova still continues to impress as she reaches the semis here for the first time. Overall though the women’s game seems very open right now, and some would argue it has been brought in disrepute as the world number 1 got pummelled in the final by an unseeded and under practised player. Perhaps not a great result for the WTA as the women’s game, once considered almost along side the men’s game, has increasingly decreased in popularity and received criticism of poor standard, a lack of variation and a lack of depth in the modern game. I am afraid this women’s tournament just asks more questions about the state of the women’s game.
Plenty to talk about in both the men’s and women’s event this year. What do you think will prove most significant in shaping the future of the game?
In the women’s game Serena proved she still has the game as she tore her way past Sharapova to achieve her 8th GS title. Vaidisova still continues to impress as she reaches the semis here for the first time. Overall though the women’s game seems very open right now, and some would argue it has been brought in disrepute as the world number 1 got pummelled in the final by an unseeded and under practised player. Perhaps not a great result for the WTA as the women’s game, once considered almost along side the men’s game, has increasingly decreased in popularity and received criticism of poor standard, a lack of variation and a lack of depth in the modern game. I am afraid this women’s tournament just asks more questions about the state of the women’s game.
Plenty to talk about in both the men’s and women’s event this year. What do you think will prove most significant in shaping the future of the game?
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