In a hard fought and very high level of skill exhibited by both players Garbine Muguruza defeated Serena Williams in straight sets 7-5, 6-4. The balls were flying hard and fast and Garbine brought up her tournament average topspin ground stroke from 73 mph to 76 mph in the championship match. A very aggressive Muguruza kept Williams farther back from the base line than usual. Massive shots by both players kept the audience electrified! Garbine Muguruza, 22 years old wins her first major title in Paris with the Roland Garros title. Will she carry on for Spain as Rafael Nadal has for years only time will tell. A big congratulations to Garbine Muguruza now a Grand Slam champion!
Okay so most of you don't know that quote. It's from the old film Little Caesar starring Edward G. Robinson where at the end of the movie he is shot and dying "maybe". Well people ask how many more grand slam tournaments will Serena Williams win? Good question because is this a slump or a slide? Williams has not won a tournaments since her August 2015 win in Cincinnati. Still an exceptional player but her serve when it's on is awesome just it's not on so much these days. Her movement maybe half a step slower putting her in some awkward positions. Injuries are finding Serena a little more often and she is losing to a greater variety of players usually those with excellent return games and net skills. We have seen this with other players and sometimes they make a come back better than ever at least for a season. We will know the answer to this eventually, just keep watching Tennis Channel and enjoy the suspense or if you are too busy stop by here tennisplayer.co for an update now and then. I am not affiliated with Tennis Channel, just watch it often for lots of tennis coverage and commentary.
It was quite a final at the Indian Wells Masters 1000 event. The opponents Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka. The winner 6-4, 6-4 was Victoria Azarenka. Victoria broke Serena early in the first and second sets moving well and doing a fine job of returning and serving better that ever. Serena had an issue with her racquet tension and sent it back in the beginning of the match to be restrung. later smashed one by the base line and then one at her bench which resulted with a penalty and starting the next game with a point deficit on the board. Azarenka has often given Williams very tough matches but now with new confidence and a great team put together a win.
On the men's final Novak Djokovic gave Milos Raonic a beat down 6-2, 6-0 breaking the Canadian five times. Novak was unbroken in the match.
Angelique Kerber won a hard fought victory in the final of the 2016 Australian Open. Kerber beat her opponent the world number one 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. The time for the sets: set one 39 minutes, set two 33 minutes and set three 56 minutes. Kerber a lefty made good use of her leftyness and terrific movement. The prize money for the Champion was $3,800,000 nice! Angelique is the first German woman since Steffi Graf last won it in 1989 to obtain the Autrailain Open Championship. Angelique Kerber a Grand Slam Champion at last!!!
Simona Halep has been struggling as of late and I wondered why she was off her game. Not moving as well for long matches, not walking with her usual sexy strut and missing the fire that one usually sees in her. Well the truth has finally come out, Simona has been suffering from a string of viruses affecting multiple parts of her body as described in her following quote from Melbourne, Australia: Simona Halep revealed Sunday that she needs nose surgery and will be out of action until at least March, missing Romania’s Fed Cup tie next week.
Halep, my favorite female player and ranked No. 2 in the world, was eliminated from the Australian Open in the first round last week.
“The last six weeks have been extremely difficult for me, as I’ve been dealing with infections in my stomach, nose and ear,” she remarked on her official Facebook page.
“This has been one of my most frustrating periods, as I’ve not been able to train or stay healthy even though I’ve constantly been on antibiotics to help clear the infections.
“I gave it my best shot in Australia but, with the infections still in my body, unfortunately I made things worse, as I pushed myself to compete and fight in a Grand Slam.
“Under doctors’ advice, I will undergo surgery to fix the ongoing problem with my nose — and I’ve been advised that this is my best option and success is highly likely.”
“It comes with great sadness that I’m announcing that I will need to miss our upcoming Fed Cup tie next week, as I will be undergoing surgery this week,” she said. “I’m hopeful that I will have recovered in time to have a chance to defend my title in Indian Wells.
We all hope Simona has an excellent recovery. You are missed every day.
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