So that's another men's and ladies semi finals over at the US Open and we were treated pretty well with some fine tennis.
Starting with the ladies, a very much anticipated semi final between the current World No.1 Caroline Wozniacki and 13 time grand slam champion Serena Williams who's on the comeback. And right from the start you could tell who the better player on court was, and it wasn't Caroline, as Serena dominated the 21 year old from the very first point. In the first set Serena in typical fashion broke early on and took it in 6-2, in the second set Caroline did her best to fight back from a break down, but once again Serena proved to have too much for her and now she's in the final with a chance to win her 4th US Open title. I feel in a way that Caroline is almost like the female Andy Murray, well except more chirpy of course! I say that because in a way she is also very keen to win her first major, she puts in the hard graft, but she is up against other players who have pipped her to the post, so for every Caroline Wozniacki, there is a Kim Clijsters, Li Na or Serena Williams who get in her way first. So it must be tough to be the World no.1 and not have won a slam to back it up, Jelena Jankovic and Dinira Safina similarly were also No.1s who also never won a major, will know how it feels. But Caroline will also have other chances, although while Serena is still around she may not get one, but Serena may only have a couple more years in her before she retires.
In the other ladies match, Sam Stosur took on the wildcard Angeliq Kerber who amazingly pulled through to her first grand slam semi final. Keber put up a good fight against Stosur but it was the 7th seed who had the upper hand in the end and sealed the match after 3 sets in 6-3, 2-6, 6-2. I do feel a bit understandably annoyed for Sam Stosur though that her match got less publicity because she played on the Grandstand, instead of maybe the Louis Armstrong stadium, which had water damage. Again this was in part due to the organisers incompetence in refusing to provide covers for the courts simply because they don't look nice!! Excuse me, but if they help keep the court dry who gives a shit what they look like!! But the Grandstand is a good size stadium, and Sam definitely had a terrific crowd and a great atmosphere to back her.
So this will be Sam's second slam final, and her first US Open final, which is a great achievement in itself, but I don't envy the task that lies ahead of her to try and take out the former reigning 3 time champion. Can Sam win today????? Nahhhhh. Sadly not, I think Serena will have too much game for her, in fact I think it will be the same result as it was in their final in Toronto, 6-4, 6-2 to Serena. However I might be wrong, if Sam plays well enough she could push it to a decider, which would make for a better match, and Sam herself has a big serve and she is no stick insect as she has a powerful build, but she has to serve well to have any chance. But it won't make difference to the outcome as I think it will be Serena who will be lifting that silverware at the end of the day. Regardless of the outcome I think it will be worth a watch and I hope it isn't too bad a defeat for Sam, its also the last slam of the season, and so far the ladies slam finals have been excellent, so it would be great to see the season finish off with a great one.
So as this post is exceedingly long as it is, I'm splitting into two, now fer the men's tennis.....
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