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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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Samantha Stosur claims the 2011 Women’s US Open Title!

Samantha Stosur

The US Open Women’s Final with Serena Williams and Samantha Stosur fighting it out to claim the trophy at Flushing Meadows was underway yesterday and one thing that may be learned from this final is “never argue with the umpire”. Maybe a small bit of advice learned not from this event but many others as when this happens you will lose! . Get more on the Serena Williams umpire rant at SKY

In our previous article it was stated on paper it looked to be a Serena Williams win but on closer analysis if the Samantha Stosur ruthless brilliance that was demonstrated at the 2010 French Open surfaced again at these US Open Finals, Serena Williams would have serious problems, and she did. Final score was a 2 sets straight victory to Samantha Stosur of Australia with the final score being 6-2, 6-3, it doesn’t get any more convincing than that. Samantha Stosur is now the first Australian woman to win a grand slam title since Evonne Goolagong in 1980 and the first to win the US Open since 1977. She said: “I’m still kind of speechless. I can’t actually believe I won this tournament!”

According to SKY she also had this to say in an after match interview.
“I felt like I was definitely the underdog going into it, so maybe that made me a little more relaxed going into this match than especially my last grand slam final. I think I was able to draw on a lot of that experience from the French Open”

“I had to believe I had a chance to win. I think obviously having two victories over her in the past definitely helped me feel it was possible.

“I’ve played matches where I feel like I can’t miss a ball, and it’s fantastic – but to do it under these circumstances in this kind of final against a player like Serena, for sure I’m going to think it’s one of the best days of my career.”

Too right! Congratulations to Samantha Stosur on her superb Grand Slam win……….well earned!. Serena Williams is back though and considering how long she has been away did incredibly well to get as far as she did, didn’t think she would get beyond the quarters. Next season could be hers though along with the No1 slot, she wants her Queen of tennis crown back and will not rest until she gets it!

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