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Serena Williams reaches US Open Semi Finals!

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She’s back!! Serena Williams former World No1 billed in the past on this blog as The Queen of Women’s Tennis looks to be hitting form and pretty sharpish at that. Pre US Open analysis at this end stated if she reaches the quarter finals she would have done very well indeed as it takes time to regain form after such a long layoff due to injury. Williams who struggled in the US Open Quarter finals in the first set against Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova managed to show why she was World No1 by accelerating to a 7-5, 6-1 win,which would suggest she is literally finding form during play at this event. . Meanwhile Caroline Wozniacki the current World No1 resisted a fightback from Germany’s Andrea Petkovic to progress 6-1, 7-6 (7-5). Serena Williams now meets Caroline Wozniacki in the semis.

Just looking at the quarter finals with Serena Williams claiming a straight 2 sets victory whereas Wozniacki had to settle for a drawn out 3 set win gives a strong indicator of the possible outcome for the US Open Womens Semi Final. I personally wouldn’t like to bet either way on this one, the result could be surprising to say the least. Former world No1 v current World No1. Williams has won this event, Wozniacki has yet to win a Grand Slam. Now there’s a match, the media will love this one!

The other Quarter finals saw Samantha Stosur win and she now faces unseeded player Angelique Kerber. This is where the unpredicatability lies if either of these two go through to the finals both these players are dangerous with a Capital D with Samantha Stosur showing supreme prowess on hard surfaces. Throw in a wild card player and those are the worst. Basically she’s an unknown she could crack in the finals if she beats Stosur or a win can’t be ruled out and it will certainly make names such as Wozniacki and Williams just a little bit nervous, make no mistake.

The media are saying whover wins the Williams v Wozniacki semi has got the trophy. I’m not so sure about that and haven’t even looked at the betting odds as again I think this is still wide open! The US Open Women’s Tennis Semi Finals are on Saturday

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Andy Murray reaches the US Open Quarter Finals!

Andy Murray

Andy Murray carries the hopes of a whole nation on his shoulders as always to end the wilderness years in British tennis and claim that first British US Grand slam win since Fred Perry now the famous label who won the US Open way back in 1936.

To say he is under pressure is just a bit of an understatement . Andy Murray has had a new opponent to battle at the US Open and that’s rain. with two days solid rain delaying play Andy Murray now faces yet another new challenge of potentially having to play four matches in five days before he is able to life the trophy. Lovely!

With Thursday’s match now under his belt where Murray battled through the first of those four matches beating American wild card Donald Young 6-2 6-3 6-3 in just under two hours of play. Quite a significant victory this as Murray met this player only once before earlier this year and lost.

His next match in the Quarters is against John Isner, the massive American player ranked at World No28 who has one of the deadliest and most powerful serves currently in men’s tennis.It doesn’t end there, IF he wins this he possibly faces Nadal and then either Federer or Djokovicin the final. The media have quoted Murray as saying he is not thinking beyond Isner, that’s probably a good idea!

Murray had this to say about his first hurdle opponent Isner
“He’s got a huge serve and can hit big forehands and is a little bit erratic and doesn’t give you much rhythm,” Murray said.

The Mens event final result looks to be more set in stone with World Rankings deciding the final outcome, but this is Tennis and anything can happen. A Murray win certainly can’t be ruled out but it will be monumentally tough.and my personal view is he should beat Isner but after that it will be the same headline it’s always been with that Top 3 brick wall proving ever elusive to crack but he’s getting closer to achieving this every day and just has to keep going on, something that Murray has no problem in doing!.

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It’s a Serena Williams V Samantha Stosur US Open Final. A closer look!

Serena Williams

Serena Williams and Samantha Stosur face each other in the US Open Finals. With The 29-year-old Williams beating the current world number one Caroline Wozniacki 6-2 6-4 in a pretty conclusive 2 set victory to set up a meeting with Australian tenth seed Samantha Stosur, who defeated the surprise wild seed Angelique Kerber 6-3 2-6 6-2.

The question onthe mind of everyone is “Who will win and claim the trophy”

Things that are looked for here are current form, decisiveness of victory in the previous round, the opponent that was beaten in the previous round, historical form and performance in a final, Grand Slam wins, surface performance and preference and last but not least actual world Ranking at that moment in time. Here’s our analysis below:

Serena Williams

Serena Williams: US
Turned Pro: 1995
Age: 29
Form: After a long lay off is showing a blistering return to her past form as in the undisputed World no1 World Women’s Tennis Champion.
Previous Victory and Opponent Beaten: Beat the current world No1 Caroline Wozniacki to qualify for the final in a decisive 2 set victory
Historical Form and Performance. Consistent high standard of game play maintained even at Grand Slam final event pressure levels. Return to form has been rapid after a long spell away from tennis due to injury.
Grand Slam Victories: 13 and level with Tennis Legend Billie Jean King
Surface Performance: Loves the man made surface of the US Open and also performs well on grass. Not so keen on clay such as at the French Open but this is probably due to peak form being aimed at for Wimbledon and the US Open rather than earlier on in the season.
World Ranking: Currently Ranked at No28 but former undisputed World No1

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Samantha Stosur

Samantha Stosur: Australia
Turned Pro: 1999
Age: 27
Form: On form but a lucky draw against a wild card player for the quarter finals has helped a fair bit in her finals placement.
Previous Victory and Opponent Beaten: Wild Card now ranked Angelique Kerber but victory took 3 sets with Angelique managing to claim the second set as a victory.
Historical Form and Performance: A superb Doubles player with 2 WTA Titles to her name and achieved a career solo best of Runner Up at the 2010 French Open beaten by Francesca Schiavone. Previous rounds suggested strongly she was to win the event.
Grand Slam Victories: 2 Doubles and finalist in the 2010 French Open
Surface Performance: Seems to play better on the hard surfaces in preference to grass with clay being her recent forte.
World Ranking: currently World Ranked No 10. Highest ever ranking world No4.
EXTRA: The first Australian to reach the US Open women’s final since Wendy Turnbull in 1977

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World ranking aside and looking at these two players side by side it’s pretty much a no brainer with Serena Williams winning this. It may go 2 sets it could drag on for 3, but either way victory will be hers. Add to that the US Open crowd unlike Wimbledon are pretty vocal in their support and Williams is on home turf and the odds swing even more in her favour.

BUT this is Tennis and Stosur has beaten Williams in the past, she’s reached the finals which says something. The fact she is there and is regardless of rank a very good player indeed and the underdog in this event is sometimes a good place to be with Williams probably being under more pressure than Stosur and just a little bit nervous of her opponent. If Stosur plays anything like she did in the rounds that led up to her being in the 2010 French Open final demolishing massive names on route with cool, fluid and quite terrifying ease, Williams could have some problems here, but Stosur would have to play that well to do that.

Once you reach this sort of level in an event it becomes a battle of the mind as they are both physically fit and have the ability, that’s why they are there, but it’s who thinks they are going to win, who is more confident, luck on the day and more importantly who wants to win the most…….. that’s where the real game is at, and decides who will claim that trophy!

Who does Famefad want to win? Serena Williams! Where is our money? Now there’s a question without an answer!

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