Most surprising Moments from 2012 Tennis season Part one– Tennis News
Serena Williams’ remarkable tennis year
World number three, Serena Williams displayed a remarkable year where she successfully journeyed onto top three rank and is still desperate the bag the world number one spot. Williams commenced a sloppy start of the current season
and was unable to rally beyond the quarter-final of the major tournament, failing to generate some momentum agaisnt the lower ranked professional.
She was the 12th seeded at the Australian Open this year and displayed a good performance at the start, giving her rival’s straight sets defeats. She lost in straight set 2-6, 3-6 score line in the fourth round against
the junior Russian professional Ekaterina Makarova.
However as the year progressed, Williams started to come in form and battled hard against all the over powering odds. Her performance drastically improved after the Family Circle Cup, held at the clay courts of Charleston on her
home ground. She received a crashing defeat at the hands of the higher ranked Victoria Azarenka.
The 31-year-old American veteran completely surprised her fan when she received a defeat in the first round of the French Open held at the clay courts of Paris. The French challenger, Virginie Razzano, gave this unexpected three-set
shocker.
Due to this, many critics never expected the right-hander American contender to contest any further. However, she proved her critics wrong at the Wimbledon Champions at the All England Club. She battled against the Pole opponent,
Agnieszka Radwanska, crumbling her with her powerful serves and forehands to claim yet another Grand Slam title.
The American senior sustained her powerful serve at the London Olympics and swiftly bagged home the gold medal. She proved her excellent run of form by securing the gold medal in the doubles category with her sister Venus Williams.
She gave all her opponents straight sets defeat, manifesting her superior experience. In the final, she rallied past the Russian beauty, Maria Sharapova and consolidated her remarkable straights win 6-0, 6-1, to claim gold at the great games.
In order to prove her higher serve she contested in the Western and Southern Women’s Open held at the hard courts of Cincinnati, United States. She received a straight sets defeat by the lower ranked German challenger, Angelique
Kerber.
William salience all her critics by celebrating her outstanding performance at the US Open at her home ground. As she bagged away the last Grand Slam tournament of the year, she avenged her loss against the top seeded, Victoria
Azarenka a three-setter, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5, defeating her in the final.
The 5 ft 9 inch American participant was ranked world number one five times in single category and she still has a remarkable potential to overpower against all odds. She sets record of being the only female to win over $40 million
as the prize money. She pocketed away 30 Grand Slam titles that comprise of 15 single, 13 doubles, and 2 mix doubles. Williams sets a record for generations to come by being the only tennis player to secure all four Grand Slam titles in her tennis career,
along with an Olympics gold medal.
She displayed a classic year and marking an emphatic beginning to her ending years. She is surely a tennis legend and will surely be the greatest tennis icon in times to come.
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