Yesterday’s Bank of the West Classic final may have given us a glimpse of what women’s tennis will look like in the future.
Wimbledon 2010 winners, Men’s Single, Women’s Single, Men’s double, Women’s Double, Mixed Double, Boys, Girls and the Ladies Invitational winners.
As witnessed in a fortnight of enticing twists and turns, there is one undeniable force in Women’s Tennis. That force is insurmountable and will remain Queen Serena for another year.
Serena Williams will play Vera Zvonareva on Saturday but she had her hands full against 62nd ranked Petra Kvitova on Thursday.
On a day that began with light raindrops, three heavy underdogs turned the tables on Kim Clijsters, Venus Williams and Kaia Kanepi leaving tears of joy on the All England Club’s hallowed grounds.
Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova will square off in a much touted Round of Sixteen pairing that began to look like a mismatch on Saturday.
The tour players were exhilarated to meet the queen and after their curtsies went about creating some very regal performances of their own.
Top seed, Serena Williams, chalked up her 43rd consecutive first round Grand Slam victory and led a bevy of beauties into the second round at the All England Club.
Venus and Serena Williams won the first four games of their women’s doubles final match and then put it on cruise control the rest of the way. The 12th seeded team of Kveta Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik were overmatched and unnerved by the pace of play and the sheer power of the Williams sisters.
Francesca Schiavone won the only set she needed and then Samantha Stosur crushed Jalena Jankovic to complete the championship pairing nobody expected.