Today’s Women’s finals shapes up to be a battle of wills between two gifted competitors with different styles of play. Serena Williams, the four time Australian Open Champion with 11 Grand Slam titles and $28 million in career earnings, is being challenged by an unseeded Belgian who was retired a month ago. Granted the Belgian [...]
As boxing enthusiasts say, “If it was a fight, they would have stopped it.” As often happens when Switzerland’s Roger Federer is on the court, the highly anticipated semifinal match between France’s Jo Wilfried Tsonga and the world’s top ranked player turned out to be a mismatch. Tsonga provided little resistance in the 91 minute [...]
Yesterday was a day of favorites, although Serena Williams gave us a scare. We had all three winners and upped our run to 16 of 19 winners. How are you doing? Let us know! Federer – Tsonga – Number one seed Roger Federer (1/6) is a prohibitive favorite against France’s Jo Wilfried Tsonga (4/1). Federer’s [...]
Serena Williams avenged the loss taken by her sister in winning a tight 7-6 (4), 7-6 (1) straight set match with China’s surprising semifinalist Na Li. Once again, Williams fought through adversity. This time, her physical ailments were plainly visible. With a taped thigh, a taped calf muscle and a wrapped ankle, the top seed [...]
Yesterday, we had Na Li to down Venus and Tsonga to oust Djokovic along wit Serena to overcome Azarenka but we missed Federer. Oh wel, we stand at 13-16 over the past three days. Who do you like today? The Men Cilic – Murray – Murray (2/9) is a deservedly strong favorite to down Cilic [...]