I watched the pre quarter Tennis match between 23rd seed Venus Williams and 2nd seed Maria Sharapova at center court. yesterday. It was power tennis played by both the players for around 90 minutes. It was Venus’s day as she made a mockery of Wimbledon seedings by upsetting second seed in straight sets. Maria was no match to her towering serves firing @ 125mph. Venus covered the court exquisitely well and her ground strokes were a treat to watch. Maria for once looked like a glamorous clueless kid just watching Venus pass her with well timed strokes.
Our heart goes out to Maria who did not play badly except for her first serves which did not land in the right place. On the contrary Venus had high percentages of first services in and also forced Maria to commit several unforced errors.Venus also had 13 break points to her credit.
I was eagerly looking forward to the clash of two sisters Venus & Serena yet again in the finals but unfortunately Serena lost to top seed Henin.
Well done Venus, you raise like a phoenix each time you are written off ( or say smashed out !! )