10 Things I Learned From Wimbledon 2013
8. Womans Tennis Shows Some Depth
At the start of Wimbledon foreseeing anything other than a Serena Williams victory in the Womans singles was a very, very, very big long shot. Over the last decade Serena has dominated Wimbledon with 5 singles titles and 5 doubles titles with her sister showing she has long ruled over grass courts and winning so easily that her inevitable winning was starting to become boring.
Since coming back from a potential career ending blood clot Serena has never been hotter playing her best tennis currently holding the US Open, Olympic Gold medal and French Open championship. At times the American has seemed unbeatable and the only hope for an exciting Wimbledon final would be if her rival Maria Sharapova got in the final too as in pre Wimbledon press conferences the two girls fired a few digs at each other building up an off court rivalry.
However shockingly not only did Maria crash out of the tournament but Serena herself fell in the 4th round to a German player Sabine Lisicki. Lisicki emerged as a real star of the tournament as the 23 seed came from nowhere to go all the way to her first Grand Slam final. he had a good record at Wimbledon before this years tournament and only a career threatening ankle problem derailed her progress of her trying to break into the top 10.
Her two week tournament performance was very impressive battling back from losing sets against Serena, Sam Stosur and the number 3 seed Radwanska to get to the final. Her tears in the final mid-way through the second set as she was being battered warned the Wimbledon crowd to take the young blonde to their hearts and even though she was outmatched heavily in the final there is no doubt she will have chances to reach other Wimbledon finals in her career.
Another woman making a big impact at Wimbledon was Laura Robson a big British female hope for the future as she reached the 4th round the first British woman to do it since 1998. Her first round match against the number 10 seed Maria Kirilenko saw the Brit come out as a straight sets winner and at only 19 she can only get better as a player and hopefully can deal with the added pressure she will surely now be under to win Wimbledon.