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Well, in the craziest Wimbledon that I have ever seen (and I have been watching for longer than I care to share!), the women’s final is set. On Saturday, breakfast at Wimbledon will feature #15 M. Bartoli of France vs. #23 S. Lisicki of Germany for the title. In the first semifinal, M. Bartoli took care of Belgium K. Flipkens with ease, 6 – 1, 6 – 2. Sort of like if you blinked, you missed it. In the second semifinal, S. Lisicki came back from 0-3 in the third and deciding set (just like she did against world no. 1 Serena Williams) to win and advance to her first ever Grand Slam final. Lisicki won the first set, 6 – 4, Radwanska (world #4) regrouped and took the second set, 6 – 2. Almost felt like Radwanska was on her way, especially up 3 – 0 in the third set. It was not to be. Radwanska had both legs heavily wrapped, and S. Lisicki just had too much power and too many great serves when it really mattered. A shame for Radwanska, this may well have been her best opportunity to win a Grand Slam with Serena, Sharapova and Azarenka all out. Anyhow, was not to be for the lady from Poland today. I hated to see her lose, I root for her and really did not want to see either of these ladies lose this match. In the other match, well to be perfectly honest, it was essentially over by the time I tuned in. Congrats to Bartoli. Wonderful opportunity for her. She has really tried to reinvent herself, hiring a coach (instead of her physician father who had been her long time coach but will be in attendance tomorrow) and seems recommitted to improving her game and her ranking. For Lisicki, this is the chance of a lifetime. She is a wonderful grass court player and has overcome so many challenges and injuries. Kind of interesting to see these two in the final after all the wackiness that has occurred at Wimbledon this year on both sides of the draw. Sat. 8:00am on ESPN, be there or be square. Prediction…um…I think I am going to go with Lisicki. That win over Serena was no fluke! We shall see…
Also today, the Bryan brothers won a tough five set semifinal match in the doubles. If they win the final, they will hold all four Grand Slam titles for this year ( a record). You go boys!
Happy 4th of July to everyone!
