Well this wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be. The
difficulty was between having my hated ones out in the first round, or having
them destroyed by my favourites in latter rounds..
Anyway, here is what I came up with.
Day 1
Defending champion Novak Djokovic gets off to a fantastic
start with a 6-0 6-0 6-0 win over the unseeded Italian, Fabio Fognini.
Day 10
Women’s semi finals
SF 1 was due to be played between Ana Ivanovic and Maria
Sharapova. However, Ivanovic won through a walkover, as Sharapova failed to
appear for the match. This cannot be
confirmed, but rumours suggest she was attending a fashion show as the key
attraction, and simply forgot she was due to play in the Wimbledon SF
SF 2 V. Azarenka d. S Williams 6-4, 6-2 Williams was never really in this match
mentally or physically. She was no match for Azarenka’s superb winners, and too
pften displayed what has become all too familiar, aggression, disputing several
points with the Umpire. Throughout this she forfeited a total of 10 points, as
deducted by the umpire for her violations.
Day 11
First Men’s Semi Final. Result Novak Djokovic d. R. Federer
6-2 6-1 6-0
This was a very exciting semi final, for many reasons. First
of all, those who thought Novak couldn’t possibly play any better than we have
seen him play here the last 10 days were wrong! We saw Novak play one of the
best matches of his life, surpassing anything we saw from him in 2011, taking
out the 6 times champion in straight sets.
A record was set here – this was the first time in a GS Semi
Final, that the losing semi finalist has won no points on his opponent’s serve,
throughout the whole match
We also saw a more unpleasant side of Federer, that has now
forever dispelled the belief of some that he is the ultimate Sportsman and
gentleman. After serving his 16th
DF, Federer appeared to lose control of his faculties, and furiously ran over
to the TV crews and began smashing their cameras with his racket, much to the
shock of the crowd.
Federer will be deducted 10000 points by the ATP for
unsportsmanlike conduct, and the Police are currently persuing charges of
Criminal Damage against him
Day 12
Women’s singles final
This was a very very high quality final with amazing play
coming from both women. Something else to be said about this final is that it
was played in the best spirit every experienced in a Wimbledon final, with both
women displaying very sporting behaviour throughout.
However, it was Ana Ivanovic who triumphed in the end 3-6,
7-5 12-10 in what is described to be the best and most enjoyable Womens GS
final of the modern era.
Day 13
Men’s Singles Final. Result Novak Djokovic d. R. Nadal 6-0
6-0 6-0
Anybody who thought that the results of RG, Rome and Monte
Carlo were the start of a turn around between Novak and Nadal appear to have
been very much mistaken. If we can say
one thing for sure about those results, it is that we did not see the real
Novak in these matches. However, it also appears we did not see the real Novak
in 2011 either. Today we saw Novak Version 3, and many are already stating THIS
is the real Novak, and this is just the beginning of him
Things did not go Nadal’s way from the start. Despite the
very strict dress code of all white enforced by the All England cup, Nadal
appeared on court in a bright pink top, with green and yellow spots, with
bright blue shorts with red stripes. He
was subsequently ordered by the chair umpire to change, and was immediately
fined one game for violation of dress-code
After that it was downhill all the way for Nadal. There was
just no getting past the out of this world serving and winners played by
Novak. And by this point his coach “Uncle
Toni” clearly believed Nadal needed help, so risking a lot he began to coach
Nadal from the box, by very clearly shouting instructions to him, much to the
crowds’ disapproval
Soon the weather changed, the air began to feel damp. Worried, no doubt, that this would further impact his
performance, Nadal then launched a verbal attack on the umpire shouting that he
refused to play in such conditions, and if the umpire did not stop the match
immediately he was would walk off the court.
The Umpire dismissed this behaviour, and subsequently fined
Nadal another 2 games. After this, Nadal failed to win a single point more,
resulting in the only grand slam final where the losing player has failed to
take a single game.
The final nail in the coffin for Nadal in this strange
final, was that he too has been fined 10000 points by the ATP for
unsportsmanlike conduct. This will
result in a world ranking of 513, placing him between Fritz Wolmarans and
Evgeny Korolev, whose names are likely to be unfamiliar to even many avid
tennis fans.
On a more positive side Novak retained this trophy through
sheer outstanding play, and despite the antics on the other side of the net,
did not once lose his cool, raise any protests, proving himself and not any of
his contemporaries to be the true gentleman and sportsman, not to mention the undisputed
King of Wimbledon.
LOL