So it is, European season ended and now we just have US Open left in what concerns about Grand Slam tournaments.
In this 126th edition of the tournament, both singles winners were Roger Federer and Serena Williams. This may sound quite "normal" for a random tennis fan but about one year ago, few were the ones that believed these two real tennis legends could win a Grand Slam title again. To be honest, I was one of those skeptical. They did it, and together Roger and Serena have twelve titles in All England Club. One word: respect.
In the end of this year's edition we'll have new top-ranked players in both rankings. In WTA ranking the semi-finalist Victoria Azarenka takes advantage of Sharapova's loss in 4th round to claim the first place again, after losing it in the aftermath of French Open.
In men's one there's also a comeback in the #1 but this one has much more significance; Roger Federer, who used to be top-ranked for 285 weeks and who were ranked in 4th about eight months, achieved his return to the top by winning in Wimbledon for the 7th time. Just one year ago, Novak Djokovic won the same place for the first time and claimed the top; now, Nole will have to "give back" that place for the best tennis player ever.
I'll start to talk a little about women's final. It was between Serena Williams and Agniezska Radwanska, as I already wrote here in Uspeti.
With no surprise, Serena won. She started very well and used to be 6-1 5-3 up, serving for the match. However, Aga reacted very well and by winning four games in a row she forced a third set. There, some Serena was able to keep the level and categorically won the 3rd set by 6-2, in 2h03min.
After what she was through, this could be Serena's comeback. I personally don't believe she'll be too much long at this level but with this victory she proved that her era isn't finished. About Radwanska, this young player and new #2 is doing a great season after her 2011 outstanding end. Her game doesn't captivate me too much but she's undoubtedly one of next generations great players - with Azarenka, Kvitova, Kerber...
Men's final was played today. On court, 6-time champion Roger Federer and "home hero" Andy Murray had the possibility of winning a Major for the first time this decade.
Andy entered better on the match, breaking Roger to start the set. He got broken at 2-0, but then at 4 all the Scottish broke Fed's serve and then won the set. It was historical, for the first time Andy Murray won a set in a Major's final (after USO 2008 and AO 2010, 2011)!
But then, Federer reacted. Andy had many chances on second set but got broken at 5-4 to lose it. In the third one, rain delay at 1-1 40-0 for Federer and in the resumption the Swiss entered better. Again many chances wasted for Murray - at 2-3 he used to be 40-0 in his serve game but 20min later and after 10 deuces, he got broken and lost the set.
In the fourth, Federer was "on fire" and that was much Andy could do. Federer finally lost 4-6 7-5 6-3 6-4 after 3h24min.
Seems that Federer is back. Let's see for how many time he will keep winning Slams, or if this is just another Major won in a surface where he's still the best at the actual circuit. I know it sometimes may sound the opposite, but I'm a Federer's fan. Really!
About Andy, that's another Slam final loss. This time he finally reached the last match in Wimbledon and won a set - two great achievements for him - but couldn't do it. Great-Britain and Murray itself must be proud of what he did; as Federer said, someday he'll win a Major. Deserves so bad.
Thanks for reading. Cheers,
Pedro Mendes
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