2010 Women’s season; some important happenings on the WTA tour- Part one
The 2010 year was another successful addition to a couple of superb seasons on the WTA tour over the last decade. The tour achieved new milestones and saw few of its shinning stars gain, lose and regain dominance as the most impressive
and inspiring WTA calendar unfolded.
The season also brought some of the biggest surprises for the most consistent players on the tour. Bettor.com, therefore, takes a look at some of the most important happenings from the women’s side in 2010.
Justine Henin's comeback
The WTA year started on an ideal note when the Belgian tennis ace Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin, who made a comeback on the tour after sixteen months of pre mature retirement, faced each other in the title battle of the Brisbane
International. Clijsters, in the end, did well to emerge victorious. The seven time Grand Slam winner, Justine, afterwards, advanced into the title battle at the Australian Open in Melbourne later that month and completed her excellent comeback. She finally
picked up a crown in Stuttgart later in 2010. Her title victory was heavily welcomed by the media as well as her fans who are looking forward to see their star for at least three more years playing on the tour.
Australian Open
Interestingly, as the analysts and fans have experienced on a variety of occasions in the past, the women’s tour reached a Grand Slam venue, the Williams dominance took over with the then world number one Serena Williams successfully
defending her crown in Melbourne, levelling with Billie Jean King for the sixth spot in the all time list.
This season’s Australian Open will also be remembered for the Chinese revolution as well as Henin’s comeback. When Na Li and Jie Zheng set their names in the annals of history with semi-final berths in a major event on the very
first occasion together, Justine also created a huge stir with her title battle appearance in Melbourne where she finished finalist to the ultimate winner Serena Williams.
Later, the Williams sisters also successfully defended their doubles trophy after posting a straight set victory over top ranked tandem of Liezel Huber and Cara Black.
Venus Williams reminds us of the good old days
The American tennis sensation Venus Williams struggled for most of 2010 with disappointing defeats however the right hander should be given a credit for a fortnight of successful crown defences. After Shahar Peer's barrier breaking
run in Dubai was ended by Venus, the seven time Grand Slam winner sealed the title in the Middle-eastern haven and recorded an ideal week in Acapulco to lead the active crop of contenders with forty three WTA singles crowns. However, the remaining of the year
was to bring nothing but disappointment for the American tennis great.
Dementieva - Henin's share of success
Elena Dementieva of Russia achieved the eagerly anticipated score settlement with Melanie Oudin, teenager from the United States of America on the hard courts of Paris where she lifted her sixteenth WTA singles crown on the tour.
Jelena Jankovic of Serbia also put a full stop to a crown drought that started last year with a victory over Caroline Wozniacki to triumph in the season’s opening cornerstone competition in Indian Wells at the BNP Paribas Open. The competition once again hit
the controversies when both Serena and Venus Williams boycotted it as an aftermath to an unfortunate incident that took place in the title battle back in 2001.
Kim Clijsters makes a point
The Belgian tennis star Kim Clijsters at last showed that her successful come back on the tour was not a flash in the pan as the right hander won the second crown of the season at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami where she recorded
a pulsating three setter win over Justine Henin before overpowering arch rival Venus Williams in the title battle. Two impressive performances in Miami and Brisbane provided the Belgian with utmost confidence for the remaining of the year which she rightly
utilized for further success on court.
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