2016 Wrap up for the
Australian Open. Upcoming Delray Beach Open!
A couple of thoughts: One is Djokovich is a machine. Even when
playing badly he still manages to win. Even when he has 5 setters he finds the
ability to win. It is a most astounding feat to have a guy who for all intensive
purposes was not going to crack the top 5 and then to stay in the top five for
quite some time now is quite impressive. There really are no rivals right now
for him. Federer and Murray are playing outstanding tennis cannot seem to have
what it takes to beat the Joker, Djokovich won Against Murray 6-1 7-5
7-6(3) . His wins are truly good tennis. I hate to say this about any
player but he is a step above the field right now.
On the Women's
side, Serena (1) is having trouble. She is undoubtably the best player in Woman's
Tennis right now but it seems she is having a bit of the case of nerves. She
says this does come into the equation but all athletes feel the effect of the
pressure, rank, and just time. Serena ought to have won against German
seventh seed Angelique Kerber. Kerber won against Serena 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. Truly a
remarkable endeavor as Serena Williams was the favorite. No one expected
Angelique to win. Kerber's idol was Steffi Graf who is still holding the title to
the most Grand Slams. My prediction is Serena will surpass Steffis' accomplishment, if and only if Serena can stay healthy mentally and
physically. It is lonely at the Top.
The Doubles were
quite interesting. In the Womens' Doubles India’s
Sania Mirza and Switzerland’s Martina Hingis won at the Aussie Open in hot
blooded form against Andrea Hlavackova, Lucie Hradecka 7-6,
6-3. Interesting the two Martinas have both made amazing comebacks. First
comeback was Martina Navratilova in doubles in her 40's and
gave a lot of inspiration to women all over the world that life is not over
after 40. And Now the Swiss Miss Martina Hingis who had a great singles
career but it ended just after the Williams sisters came on the scene
and now with the recent amazing run in doubles. Hingis is now just eight
matches away from equaling the all-time record of 44 set wins in a
row by Jana Novotna and Helena Sukova in 1990. On the Men's side, The
Bryan Brothers have not been doing as well as they have in the past, They lost
to Raven
Klaasen (RSA) [13] Rajeev Ram (USA) [13]
6-3, 3-6, and 4-6.
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| Jamie Murray Great Britain and Bruno Soares Brazil Winner Mens Doubles |
These guys lost
to the eventual winners Jamie Murray (GBR) [7]
Stepanek (CZE)
in a close match 2-6, 6-4, 7-5. A great win for No.
7th ranked Jamie
Murray and Bruno Soures. Doubles is great because
players from different
countries can play together. In Mixed, the
final E. Vesnina(RUS)
[5] / B. Soares(BRA)
[5] defeated C. Vandeweghe(USA) / H. Tecau(ROU)
6-4, 4-6, 10-5 in the tie breaker. Romanian Horia played well as did American
Coco. Really great to see some close and exciting Doubles this year at The
Australian Open.
The Bryan Brothers are expected to be at the Delray Beach Open. Delray Beach Open starts on February 12th and going through 21st. Ought to be a fun, varied, and exciting event. Check out yellowtennisball.com for more info. Volunteer positions have been filled. Thanks for reading!
Coach Anderson
