6. Petra Kvitova Primed To Rule
WikipediaOn the women's side of Wimbledon 2014, two things happened; Serena Williams folded and Petra Kvitova stepped up to claim her crown as the current Queen of women's tennis. Her dominant disposal of a resurgent Venus Williams proved to reawaken her terrifyingly brilliant form she displayed en route to winning her maiden Wimbledon title in 2011, which once again served her well in decimating young hopeful Eugenie Bouchard in this years Wimbledon final. After all it took Kvitova less than an hour to warm up, play a match and win her second Wimbledon Championship. This tall 24 year old Czech has a powerful arsenal of weapons at her disposal. Her swinging 'lefty' serve dismantles her opponents return game, whilst her laser like flat and powerful groundstrokes off both the forehand and backhand wing neutralises her opponents in all areas of the tennis court. Of course after winning Wimbledon in 2011, Kvitova was similarly tipped to use her victory as a catalyst to even more Grand Slam titles. Unfortunately in reality her immediate performance from 2011 until Wimbledon 2014 has been woefully short many people's expectations. Kvitova herself has acknowledged that she let the pressure of her first Wimbledon triumph undo a lot of her hard work, which is something she is not keen to repeat following her victory at SW19 this past Saturday. By claiming the Venus Rosewater Dish for the second time, Kvitova has momentarily wrestled the crown from the Queen of women's tennis Serena Williams, and looks set to reign over the women's game until Williams decides she would quite like her crown back!