I'll start with the Men's Singles Tournament. It was one of the more interesting tournaments I've seen in awhile. Nobody expected Rafael Nadal to make such an early exit. It is hard to explain what might have happened to Nadal to cause that lose. Honestly, every once in a while a professional tennis player is going to be upset, no matter how dominant you are. Now, let's fast forward to the Semifinals. Probably, the most interesting match of the entire event was the semifinal between Roger Federer and Novack Djokovic. Surprisingly, Djokovic was finished off in four sets, and never won more than four games in any one set. Now, on to the other semifinal, Andy Murray defeated Jo-Wilfred Tsonga to become the first Englishman to reach the finals in a long time. (I believe it was 74 years) This match also took four sets and ended with the final set being won by Andy Murray 7-5. I honestly thought that Andy Murray was going win. Main;y because Federer, (no offense to him) is getting 'up there' in age, and he had issues with his back in earlier rounds of the Wimbledon; I wasn't sure how much he had left. Nonetheless, Federer was able to pretty much dominate the match in win three sets to one. The second set was won by Federer with seven games, but other than that Federer won with a decent majority.
Now, on to the Women's side of things. Maria Sharapova was the definite favorite, and I was expecting her to win. However, her loss in the fourth round changed that. I thought that Victoria Azarenka had a chance, but then there was Serena Williams. Serena, before the Wimbledon, was in somewhat of a drought, there was awhile before the Wimbledon which Serena wasn't very present. However, she battled the entire way throughout the tournament, and was able to defeat Agnieszka Radwandska in three sets, which is the maximum number of sets in Ladies' play.
I found a couple other things interesting in this year's Wimbledon. The Williams sisters (Serena and Venus) won yet another Women's Doubles title. That was their thirteenth title, and a very amazing feat. Also, when I was watching the Men's Doubles final, I was very amazed by Jonathan Marray's sportsmanship. He admitted missed calls by the line judge multiple times. Once, in a tiebreak, Marray accidentally hit the net with his racket and won the point. He admitted it to the umpire, and the point was reversed. That was some pretty stellar stuff. Finally, my last point of interest is that both the Boy's and Girl's Singles were both won by Canadians. Maybe in the next few years we will see Canada enter the international tennis stage.
Source(s):
- "2012 Wimbledon Championships", Wikipedia, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Wimbledon_Championships>
- Wimbledon Official Website <http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/index.html>
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