Right well now that the French Open its over its time I looked at the ladies final which saw Serena Williams take on the Spanish No.1, Garbine Muguruza for the 2nd slam of the year. So let's see how it turned out......
THE FINAL MATCH RECAP
Well this match had alot riding on it for both players as Serena Williams was looking to equal Stefi Graff's record of 22 grand slam titles whereas Muguruza was looking to claim her maiden slam at Roland Garros. And going into this match despite having a losing 1-2 record to Serena, Muguruza did have an edge over Serena on clay as she had previously already beaten Serena at the French two years ago quite convincingly in straight sets. And Muguruza's form had been great throughout the tournament whereas Serena's form had been a little shaky especially in her previous two matches going into the final.
As for the match itself well it started with Serena having to deal with some real firepower from Muguruza who got off to an aggressive start as she broke the World No.1 to move ahead. However it wasn't long before Serena broke back and play went by serve until 6-5 for Muguruza where Serena attempted to push play into a tiebreak but after making a series of errors, dropped the first set to the Spaniard. The 2nd set again saw Serena make more errors and she went an immediate break down which saw Muguruza take the lead and she consolidated the break to go 5-3 where she threatened to break Serena yet again to claim the match as she got match points against the American but Serena managed to hold on and asked Muguruza the serve it out question. But at 5-4, Muguruza held her nerve and didn't blink as she sealed her first grand slam title with an impressive lob, which she wasn't sure if it was in or not but as soon as discovered it was she fell to the ground in joy having secured her first major with a very impressive 7-5, 6-4 victory.
THOUGHTS ON MATCH
Well there is no doubt this was a very very impressive performance by Garbine Muguruza who took control early on in the match and despite a few jitters and serving 9 double faults, she somehow managed to come through in the end. And normally if a player can reach more than one grand slam final its almost nearly ensured they are bound to win one and Muguruza was certainly destined to win this title given her clay court pedigree and also her victory over Serena at the French two years ago would have been a big help to her aswell.
So Garbine deserves nothing but credit for her victory over Serena, which will now see her ranking go up to No.2 in the world and as she had already reached the Wimbledon final last year, its not too much to expect that she could win that aswell. And there is no doubt that the world of women's tennis has seen a new star emerge as Garbine Muguruza is only 22 and there is no doubt in future she can go on to win many more grand slams and may one day soon replace Serena at the top of the rankings.
As for Serena well unfortunately her mental barrier to winning her 22nd grand slam seems to still trouble her as that is the 3rd consecutive grand slam she has lost out on, having reached the semis at the US Open last year and losing in the final of the Australian open this year. However Serena is such a great player that she will no doubt overcome that hurdle in the near future at some point and with Wimbledon coming up, which her game is perfectly suited to, surely she will have another chance to equal Graff's record.
CONCLUSION
So that's it for the ladies final and it was very entertaining match overall which had some incredible basline rallies from both players and it was great to see a new grand slam winner again in Muguruza as she really went toe to toe with the world's greatest player. So this week now begins the grass court season where the world's best players will start competing in their warm up for Wimbledon.
So that's it for now and I will be back soon with my report of the men's final.
See you soon......
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