TENNIS: French Open - fin
Jun. 11th, 2012 05:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
feather_ghyllI saw most of the men’s semi-finals, but I feel as if anything I’d have to say about them is invalidated by the final. Nadal’s demolishing of Ferrer was so thorough and comprehensive (you felt that Murray might have given him more trouble). How Djokovic came through (by coming back in the second set) against Federer was also impressive, and we got the final we wanted...
I missed the women’s finals live too, but the result was less in doubt than most of the other matches in the women’s draw. Sharapova wasn’t going to let her opponent in mentally. And lo, Errani had to make do with a doubles win and being part of the final, which I’m sure she would have taken with thanks and shock going into the French.
I only saw about four or five live games of the men’s final before they finally went off because of the rain and the conditions on Sunday. Just the fact that Nadal had been up a break in the third set and then lost it was jaw dropping. It made more sense having watching Djokovic’s play – his winning of the 44 point rally was as telling as the run of games he won/Nadal lost, but Nadal had also lost his composure, clearly, but channelled his rage enough to stop that run. And so play would resume today and no-one knew what would happen. As it turned out, Nadal was able to keep it together and win. It wasn’t the classic that we thought it would be after Australia, but it definitely adds something to what looks like becoming a proper rivalry.
I see that the rain has beaten Queen's.
I missed the women’s finals live too, but the result was less in doubt than most of the other matches in the women’s draw. Sharapova wasn’t going to let her opponent in mentally. And lo, Errani had to make do with a doubles win and being part of the final, which I’m sure she would have taken with thanks and shock going into the French.
I only saw about four or five live games of the men’s final before they finally went off because of the rain and the conditions on Sunday. Just the fact that Nadal had been up a break in the third set and then lost it was jaw dropping. It made more sense having watching Djokovic’s play – his winning of the 44 point rally was as telling as the run of games he won/Nadal lost, but Nadal had also lost his composure, clearly, but channelled his rage enough to stop that run. And so play would resume today and no-one knew what would happen. As it turned out, Nadal was able to keep it together and win. It wasn’t the classic that we thought it would be after Australia, but it definitely adds something to what looks like becoming a proper rivalry.
I see that the rain has beaten Queen's.
