Fantastic show of tennis

Posted on December 19, 2009 
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When it comes to tennis Grand slams it is Wimbledon that ranks in the apogee of all the titles.  It is one of the highly prized events on the tennis calendar spectacularly known for its customs and traditions. It allows discreet sponsorship unlike other championships, players dressed in white clothing, umpires and ball-boys /girls in purple and green, the most important  viewers are with strawberries and cream ( if you watch star sports or any sport channel telecasting Wimbledon they obviously talk  about strawberries).

Wimbledon has 19 courts with centre court being the largest. In 2009, the tournament added a retractable roof to its centre court to counter British tradition of summer rain and the delays they inflict on the competitions. The first indoor court tennis match was played in night light by Andy Murray of Britain finally finished off a 2-6, 6-3, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 victory over No. 19 Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland to reach the quarterfinals at the All England Club, the partisan fans celebrated their guy’s victory with quite a roar.

Wimbledon matches needs to be completed on schedule because it has one fewer day of competition than the other Grand Slam events.  It is very rare in Wimbledon that any match is played on the middle Sunday in deference to the Southern London Village of Wimbledon, whose postal code, SW19, is synonymous with the tournament. Above all, Wimbledon is actually most famous for its fast and slick grass courts. If we study other Grand Slam courts such as Australian and United States open are played on asphalt like courts and French open is played on clay courts. In 2001, according to the media, the All England club began using a 100 percent perennial ryegrass seed “to provide a stronger grass more able to take the wear-and-tear of two weeks of continual usage.” That switch, coupled with the extinction of serve-and-volley play, has given rise to baseline rallies on grass – in the men and women’s game. The wearing of glass is seen where players served and their route to the net so the courts turn brown like clay along the baseline.

Players always considered Wimbledon very challenging to play because of uncertainty in the jumps of the ball. It is not only robust physical fitness but also racquet skills especially needed to challenge the court. Players who played clay court in French open a month before Wimbledon will need to adapt quicker to the tournament.  The 2009 defending singles champions were Rafael Nadal in men’s Singles and Venus Williams in women’s singles. Nadal made a surprise win over lawn court specialist Federer in 2008 Wimbledon  in third straight final,6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-7 (8-10), 9-7. Federer had won five consecutive titles before losing what many consider the greatest tennis match in history. Williams won her fifth Wimbledon title by defeating her sister Serena, 6-4, 7-5, but the two joined sides to win their third women’s doubles at the All England Club in 2008.

Unfortunately in 2009, defending champion Rafael Nadal pulled out from Wimbledon citing knee injury and he also not in his best form after an early demise from French open. This is obviously an upset for fans of Wimbledon. Despite all this early developments, Wimbledon 2009 still had its own best essence to entertain the audiences. Especially Brit or Scott Andy Murray’s entry to semifinals made British fans excited about the match. This also caused ticket prices to rise for centre court semi finals match. Unfortunate for English fans, Andy Murray did not go through finals to make history since Bunny Austin of England in 1938.  But the match was an exhilarating experience for the spectators to see aces, winners and volleys jumping off the court.  Another best match is played in women’s single Semi final between Serena Williams of USA and Elena Dementieva of Russia. Though Dementieva played elegant tennis compared to Serena but Serena’s powerful forehand and backhand obviously helped her to sweep the semi finals.  Finals of women’s single are between Venus Williams and Serena Williams. Venus has a slight advantage over Serena in winning the crown because of her earlier splendid performance in Wimbledon.  Roger Federer will enter history books if he wins the finals of Wimbledon match to claim the highest Grand Slams winners in Men’s singles.  The much awaited match of men’s finals will be played between Roger Federer of Switzerland and Andy Roddick of USA.

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