AUSTRALIAN OPEN: DAY 8 There is no denying it, Serena Williams is playing not only because she loves tennis but because she wants to break Margaret Court’s record at the majors. Court has 24 major titles and Williams would like to surpass that number. Her first real challenge came today in the form of the…
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There were no real big upsets on day six. As the tournament progresses it is only natural for more seeded players to compete against each other; thus, some seeds will fall. Yet, despite the discrepancy in their seeding, some of the victories were not really upsets. [1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) defeated [25] Denis Shapovalov (CAN)…
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While there is somewhat of a clear favorite on the men’s side, the women’s draw offers up numerous potential champions. Even when we may want to favor those with a higher potential of winning the title (S. Williams, A. Kerber, C. Wozniacki, S. Halep, or even K. Pliskova); history has shown that a younger crop…
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Will one or a few of the old guards steal the spotlight? Novak Djokovic sits comfortably at the top on the men’s side and very few seem to be able to challenge him consistently. Roger Federer, Juan Martin del Potro and Rafael Nadal are plagued by recurrent and lingering injuries; thus, I do not see…
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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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