Wimbledon Will Have a First Time Champion
In the quarterfinal clashes on
Tuesday July 2nd, there were only two players left that had won a slam event
and only one who had won Wimbledon before (P.Kvitova). Li ended up going out in
3 sets to Agnieszka Radwanska and Petra Kvitova lost in 3 sets to Kirsten
Flipkens. We still have two former Wimbledon finalists in the draw (Bartoli
2007 and Radwanska 2012), but of the last 4, all of these women are slam less.
This makes for an exciting remainder of the tournament knowing that there is a
coveted title on the line and no grand slam champions standing in the way.
Semi Final Match ups:
Sabine Lisicki [23] vs. Agnieszka Radwanska [4]
Marion Bartoli [15] vs. Kirsten Flipkens [20]
Whichever results from this
tournament, we can safely say that we did not see this coming. If someone
talked to you prior to the start of the tournament and told you these 4 girls
would be the last ones standing, someone would think you are crazy. No
Williams, Azarenka, Sharapova, Kvitova, Li and more. The usual names are gone
and some commonly left unpicked to win still remain. The only top player that
has kept her cool and battle adversity would be Radwanska.
The Lisicki/Radwanska match is
very intriguing to me in that it's two very contrasting play styles. Sabine has
one of the largest serves on tour and hits some big strokes, but lacks in the
movement department. Agnieszka has great movement, great variety and ball
placement, but she lacks a ton of power. We will see who prevails in the battle
of new school tennis compared to older schooled tennis soon enough.
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