So day 6 of the WTA/ATP tour promised to delivered alot and unfortunately in quite a few ways it failed to live up to the expectations of what it could have done, but it still provided some good stuff in between.
For a change the ladies first (chauvinist I know!!) as the WTA semi finals in Toronto started off really well with the Radwanska vs Stosur match. I had pegged Radwanska to be the favourite in this match, but Sam Stosur really came into this tournament very much in form and made life difficult quickly for the Pole in the first set taking it with fair ease. However Radwanska fought back in the 2nd set to take it as she broke back and broke Stosur's serve at 6-5. But it was normal service in the 3rd and Stosur broke early at 2-2 to close out the match in 6-2, 5-7, 6-2, to secure her place in the final. It was a very entertaining match with each player throwing about every shot in the book at each other for nearly two hours with the Aussie prevailing in the end. After that it was the more anticipated match between World No.4 Victoria Azarenka and 13 time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams. Unfortunately though the match failed to live up to the expectations of a great battle that it could have done, as Williams dismissed Azarenka quite easily in straight sets 6-3, 6-3 to secure her a place in her second final of the year. Williams afterwards also seemed cool as a cucumber and it looked like the match was just a warm up session for her! :-> So that's Serena Williams and Sam Stosur in the final, my money is firmly on Serena to win, most likely in straight sets, or at a push maybe 3 sets. I don't know if Stosur has the game to really threaten Serena but I guess we will find out, I just hope its a good final. It might be a good match up as Stosur also has a powerful build like Williams and a big serve and forehand, but she also seemed to be carrying a wrist injury yesterday so that might seriously impinge on her chances, but here's hoping its a good match for her, win or lose.
So onto the men's tennis, the first match between Mardy Fish and Janko Tipsarevic went as expected, as the Yank proved to be too good for the Serb and was defeated in straight sets in 6-3, 6-4. But the most anticipated match of the tournament between Djokovic and Tsonga ended in disappointment as Tsonga was forced to retire with an arm injury in the 2nd set, which saw Djoky ease through into the final in 6-4, 3-0 ret. So its a Djoko vs Fish final, and I think the filleting knife is about to be sharpened and readied as it might be a pretty quick final, as I really don't see Mardy troubling the World No.1 much at all. I could be wrong, Fish has definitely been improving and he does like the fast North American hard courts, so it could be a tough match, but I very much doubt it, so we will see. One thing is for sure I think title 27 is coming up for the man from Belgrade, but we can hope its an entertaining final.
Right that's enough the now.
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