Wimbeldon Tennis 2010 Monday Draw : Maria Sharapova Vs Serena Williams and Soderling v Ferrer
After the conventional Sunday break at the All England Club, the grass court Grand Slam Championship recommences on Monday with what may rightly be the most outstanding day of sports exhibiting whole year.
The players from men as well as women’s side will contest all of their stage of sixteen clashes on a single day. Numerous of the encounters could undoubtedly be semi finals or final ones in any major tournament, and for the pertinacious tennis lovers, it will certainly be a day of chewy selection.
One of the interesting clashes on today’s schedule would be the match between the strongest strikers of the tournament Maria Sharapova and the top seeded Serena Williams. Maria did well against the Williams in the final of Wimbledon edition back to 2004 but since then Serena has emerged as one of the high quality players of all times where as Sharapova on the other hand has strived with fitness issues. Sharapova at times has found it hard as far as her second serve is concerned; however, the girl has an influential ground stroke combined with a high degree of talent to dare Serena. The number one seeded player, Williams however has been exhibiting a wonderful display of tennis apart from grabbing majority of her serves.
Another exciting match would be the clash between the Belgian players Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters on the court number one at the All England Club. Both the players are making their comeback in this tournament after retirement. So their encounter would definitely be a thrilling one without any measure of speculation at all. Their comeback performances have been tremendously awful so far, with Clijsters triumphing in the U.S Open last year in the month of September while Henin falling down by the top ranked Williams in the Australian Open final encounter this season. This clash will be a fight for command from the start of the match as both the Belgians will put all their efforts to take on the charge as early as possible and then carry on with it for the rest of the match.
Henin for sure would be looking to bring a lot of modifications as far as her back hand is concerned. During her previous grass court performances, Henin has intelligently utilized the crisp for keeping the white ball low on the court, then moved in and altered side on her backhand, rending successors down and out. Both the players on their part commented that it is definitely going to be a worth watching battle in the fourth round of the tournament at the All England Club.
Right after, Henin- Clijsters clash, Lleyton Hewitt will play Novak Djokovic in a much awaited matchup. Hewitt who triumphed at Wimbledon some twelve years ago is in a wonderful form over the last few matches. Just about fourteen days ago, he managed to defeat the tennis master Roger Federer in the final match in Halle and thus has emerged as one of the strongest contender more particularly on grass from the men’s point of view.
Djokovic on the other hand, has the talent to knock down any one provided that the tennis sensation plays at his best however he at times disentangles on the most important occasions. What favours her being on the grass court is her serve that becomes even more placid and eloquent here. However, he is an absolute delight to watch every time he plays by making intelligent use of his natural talent. So undoubtedly, the clash would be a harder one that could comfortably exceed four sets.
In the end, David Ferrer will face the favourite Robin Soderling on the grass court at the All England Club. In case of Soderling winning this match, he will meet Rafael in the quarterfinal match of the tournament on Wednesday. However, it won’t be as easy as one might think, as Ferrer is a hard challenger with his hard-headed steadiness as well as effectiveness. However, the court sets just the perfect conditions for Soderling to knock down his contender, Ferrer at the All England Club.
Hence, today is definitely going to be a thrilling day wrapped up with tennis, tennis and all tennis that no sports lover dares to miss in any case!
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