WIMBLEDON: Quarters to Ladies Semi-Final
Jul. 2nd, 2010 07:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
feather_ghyllI would be such a fraud talking about the quarter finals, because all I did was keep an eye on the live results on the BBC website, watch doubles and lap up the highlights. Although I became convinced it would be Williams and/or a Belgian in the final, I do remember talking about the unexpectedness of the ladies' French finals line-up at some point. But still. More pertinent than the fact that the ladies and men's 82nd ranked players made it to the quarter final stage is that there are British ladies ranked higher who didn't make the second round, but that inquest was done and dusted a week and more ago.
Anyway, with her variety, Pironkova showed that she was better than that, and she and Kvitsova (lefty!) should be roud of their achievment and build on it. As the seeded players, Williams and Zvonoreva should have won, and did. It should be interesting becase Zvonoreva and partner knocked the Williams sisters out in the doubles. And it is rather astounding, given the country's eminence, that Russia has had so few femal finalists (although not so surprising, as mos of their cream can't quite hold it together mentally).
The men's QFs were more predictable (sort of - tantalising match-ups. Obviously, Djokovic had the easiest ride (and five sets and the biggest win of his career should take the stuffing out of Lu) and he took it. (There was an unfortunate headline on the Guatdian's website that ran something like Roddick fuming at losing to chicken chaser's son, as if Roddick were a snob who was going 'how dare that peasant presume!') Berdych, who had done so well in the Fench vs Federer = tantalising, Murray vs Tsonga = should be entertaining and a test for Murray, and Nadal vs Soderling, given the history. I couldn't, as I said, watch any of it, just keep an eye on the scores every 10 or 15 minutes. Perhaps I'll have more to say about Federer at the end of the championships (although I do go back to my raised eyebrow at the No. 1 and No. 2 seedings. I'll allow for a better result at the grass court tournament and leave it there.)
I'm trying to work out whether Berdych, the least experienced, is the eldest of the four contenders. Djokovic should be grateful that his opponenets have taken Roddick and Federer out for him. It's been a while since he made a slam semi, but he has been here before, so people might give hm an edge. I don't know. I hope that match lasts over two and a quarter hours, that's all, so I can be home to watch the second semi. I'll call that one: the best man on the day is going to win. Maybe if it gets drawn out, Murray's relative freshness will help, but it's going to be more about serves, attitude and errors. (Sorry if this has a billion typos.)
Anyway, with her variety, Pironkova showed that she was better than that, and she and Kvitsova (lefty!) should be roud of their achievment and build on it. As the seeded players, Williams and Zvonoreva should have won, and did. It should be interesting becase Zvonoreva and partner knocked the Williams sisters out in the doubles. And it is rather astounding, given the country's eminence, that Russia has had so few femal finalists (although not so surprising, as mos of their cream can't quite hold it together mentally).
The men's QFs were more predictable (sort of - tantalising match-ups. Obviously, Djokovic had the easiest ride (and five sets and the biggest win of his career should take the stuffing out of Lu) and he took it. (There was an unfortunate headline on the Guatdian's website that ran something like Roddick fuming at losing to chicken chaser's son, as if Roddick were a snob who was going 'how dare that peasant presume!') Berdych, who had done so well in the Fench vs Federer = tantalising, Murray vs Tsonga = should be entertaining and a test for Murray, and Nadal vs Soderling, given the history. I couldn't, as I said, watch any of it, just keep an eye on the scores every 10 or 15 minutes. Perhaps I'll have more to say about Federer at the end of the championships (although I do go back to my raised eyebrow at the No. 1 and No. 2 seedings. I'll allow for a better result at the grass court tournament and leave it there.)
I'm trying to work out whether Berdych, the least experienced, is the eldest of the four contenders. Djokovic should be grateful that his opponenets have taken Roddick and Federer out for him. It's been a while since he made a slam semi, but he has been here before, so people might give hm an edge. I don't know. I hope that match lasts over two and a quarter hours, that's all, so I can be home to watch the second semi. I'll call that one: the best man on the day is going to win. Maybe if it gets drawn out, Murray's relative freshness will help, but it's going to be more about serves, attitude and errors. (Sorry if this has a billion typos.)
