Everyone experiences pressure at some point in their lives; however, athletes may experience it more frequently than most. No one likes pressure; there is no pleasure in feeling a racing heart, sweaty palms or rapid breathing. While it may appear that some tennis players handle the pressure better than others, everyone is negatively affected by…
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AUSTRALIAN OPEN: WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP [4] Naomi Osaka (JPN) vs. [8] Petra Kvitova (CZE) At stake was not only a major title but the number one ranking; thus, a battle was expected. It was a match worthy of both champions. Neither gave an inch in the first set; therefore, it was no surprise that it went…
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Toray PPO Tennis, Japan Championship Match: [7] Naomi Osaka (JPN) vs. [8] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) Their head-to-head was dead even at 1:1 coming into the final, with Osaka winning their most recent encounter. There are a lot of similarities in their games with a couple of glaring differences: Osaka is a major champion and she…
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SIGNIFICANT RANKING CHANGES FOR THE WEEK OF 09.10.2018 The mover of the week honors go to Andrey Rublev. Rublev fell thirty-three places to number seventy-one when he lost in the first round of the US Open. The Russian was a quarterfinalist last year and his inability to defend those quarterfinal points resulted in a decline…
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Absolutely not! The champion that Serena Williams is should have been able to rise above the call. Take it a step further, since she constantly talks about Jehovah, her faith that this trial would only make her a better player should have allowed her to rise above what she perceived was a “sexist response”. In…
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US Open, New York Women’s Championship: [19] Naomi Osaka (JPN) vs. [26] Serena Williams (USA) It was a meeting between the future and the past. Osaka is a young player (20 years old) on the cusp of perhaps a brilliant career versus a once dominant number one, who owns twenty-three major titles. History favored Williams,…
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