- Views 0
- Likes 0
Day 2 at Wimbledon and the two favorites, or at least the number one players in the world and the #1 seeds were both in action. On the men’s side, Novak Djokovic had a solid first outing defeating F. Mayer (no slouch) 6 – 3, 7 – 5, 6 – 4. On the women’s side, Serena Williams showed no signs of being bothered by the soap opera drama earlier in the week involving her and Maria Sharapova, dispatching M. Minella, 6 – 1, 6 – 3. Interesting to note that yesterday, tennis analyst Pam Shriver (former tennis great) called Sharapova’s press conference comments a “low blow”. Um…Chris Evert said Maria was justified in her response. Guess we have a difference of opinion here…gee, imagine that? OK, back to the important stuff, the #4 seed David Ferrer advanced, although it did take him four sets. Ferrer is a tremendous clay court player, not quite as proficient on grass. Del Potro won in straight sets as did the ageless Tommy Haas (35 years old and currently ranked 13th in the world). Also advancing was a young player I really admire, M. Raonic of Canada and one who has been under some controversial scrutiny after an unfortunate incident involving his father punching his practice partner, B. Tomic of Australia. He took out Sam Querrey of the USA in five tough sets.
Moving back to the women’s side, Laura Robson of GRB ousted M. Kirilenko and that loss will likely knock Kirilenko out of the top ten. #4 seed A. Radwanska (I like her!) won in straight sets as did Sam Stosur. Also moving on was the #6 seed, Li Na of China. I just love her, she is so entertaining, both on and off the courts. I especially like her interviews when she starts talking about her husband, “Dennis”. Sometimes he is on her good side, sometimes he is in the doghouse. Very funny, witty and talented tennis player, Li Na!
Now for tomorrow, yes, the man, (at least as far as I am concerned) Mr. Federer returns to action as does Andy Murray. Interesting article by Greg Garber at ESPN.com today, basically anointing Novak Djokovic the Wimbledon champ this year with Nadal’s early departure. NO SO FAST…first of all Andy Murray has a great shot at the title. The pressure is off of him somewhat, with his gold medal win in London last year and finally breaking through with the US Open title in 2012, look for Andy to be much more comfortable in his own skin and with his play. And then there is Roger Federer, the GOAT (see yesterday’s Wimbledon post). Never, ever count out Mr. Federer, and he does seem to excel on these hallowed grounds at Wimbledon. When Federer is playing well, serving well, and is aggressive and feeling it, ie. having one of those “his days”, Roger can beat anyone, anytime. So there…got my two cents in. Guess we shall see how it all unfolds, there is a LONG way to go.
Until tomorrow!
