Welllllll the ladies tournament at the French Open has now come to a close as the ladies final and the doubles too are now finished, so here is more on the ladies final which was between the new World No.1, Maria Sharapova, and the soon to be World No.10, Sara Errani.
So more on the match, which basically saw Sharapova dominate most of the play, outhittin Errani, however the plucky Italian did fight her corner as well as she could, breaking back in the 1st set and the 2nd set, but it was to no avail in the end. After saving two championship points, Errani, who put some brave resistance, finally succumbed to the mighty Sharapova, who Errani failed to return her serve, hitting the net post, which saw the new World No.1 collapse to her knees in delight, now having completed her career slam and won in 6-3, 6-2.
Despite the scoreline this was actually a very entertaining match and Errani put up a a gutsy fight, and there were some tight deuce games as well. Errani also delighted the crowd with her variety and she played some beautiful shots, especially two net volleys, which were quite amazing. But it was all about the might of Maria Sharapova, who overpowered her opponent, with her ruthlessly accurate groundstrokes, belting winners left and right. This was Maria's moment in history to grab and she sure got it, and it now truly sees her back at the top of the game, having complete her career slam as well, which means at last the ladies game could now have a dominant figure. And Maria deserves nothing but credit (I seem to use credit quite a lot in these posts!) for winning the title, and I think its safe to say that she has had the perfect clay court season, as she came into the red dirt, after enduring tough losses at the Australian Open and at the Sony Ericcson Open finals. She also in the clay season never lost a single tournament that she played in, winning in Stuttgart for the first time, defending her title in Rome, and winning the ultimate trophy at Roland Garros. So I think that Maria is now in the perfect place to try and dominate the ladies game, but it has proven difficult so far, and we have already had two No.1's in Caroline Wozniacki and Victoria Azarenka, the former having been so consistent, but never won a major, whereas the latter has, but has slightly fallen away a bit. But Maria is one of the toughest competitors in the sport, as well as in sport generally, and mentally she is one of the strongest players to have played the game, so I think she will be No.1 for quite a while and it will be tough to knock her off the top spot for now.
But it was also a wonderful tournament for Sara Errani who won over the crowd with her wonderful display of tennis and her unique variety, and it was also a breath of fresh air seeing someone like her in the final. Errani's game was also a great contrast in style from Sharapova's, and it would have been that bit less interesting if it was just another big hitter in there, clouting the ball back and forth. Errani will now be a top 10 player in the rankings come Monday, and here's hoping she can continue to have a great season. I also liked it when she sat looking dispondent after having lost the final, that when the announcers started to announce the finalist, they got it wrong and said Maria Sharapova's name instead, which made Errani laugh, and put her fists up in the air in celebration like she was the champion. It was a great little moment and it was nice both players saw the funny side of it. So Sara Errani will definitely be a name to watch, her best surface is clay however, so it remains to be seen how she can adapt to the grass courts come Wimbledon, but a big well done to her for having such a great French Open tournament.
Right well that's it for the ladies at Roland Garros, it was a highly eventful and controversial tournament and by the time they had reached the quarter finals, we saw 7 out of the 10 top seeds tumble out. And the biggest upset of course was the hot favourite to win it, Serena Williams, who went out in the first round, followed by Li Na who went out in the fourth. So it definitely was dramatic, eventual and terrific Roland Garros with a worthy, albeit short final.
So I will be baaaaack with more on the men's final, which again sees the world's two best players, Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic fight it out for the right to win the Roland Garros men's trophy. Its going to be very intersting and hopefully exciting and memorable final as both men are chasing history, and if its anything like the Australian Open final, then we'll need to strap ourselves in as we could be here quite a while!
Till then bye the now.
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