The final grand slam of the year starts August 31st and ends on August 13. It comes with biggest prize purse of US $ 42.3 million. Federer is trying to win one more slam, Nadal is trying to come back, Murray is forever trying to come back, having reached the haloed top 4- there but not quite there, Djokovic is No 1 and the only guy is not have a 'conditions attached' tag to his participation. Kei Nishikori will try and ride till the semi finals on his awesome form with a searing forehand and super backhand- all working like as ans when he wants it. Stan Wawrinka will try and win more to end 2015 on a high.
These players are want more, are in the right fram of mind, so much so that Federer said that this is the start of the long hard court season for the next six months when we ordinary mortals were calling it end of the season. He has dived into Flushing Meadows with wons over Murray and Djokovic in the semis and final respectively. He played an aggressive game in Cincinnati and will want to carry over his game in New York too.
What about the women, you will ask. I have only one answer- Serena Williams unless ofcourse she decides to defeat herself. Women's tennis is at an all time nadir with Williams reigning supreme. There are no contenders, plenty of rising stars that fade away and nobody to lift the WTA save Williams but then she needs a strong opponent to lift her game as well. Right now all she is doing is carry on her practise game in to the all the rounds and the final as well. Women do not deserve equal prize money as the men's simpley because they do not put in the work, an average of 3 hours or more and 5 sets to an average of just over an hour with three sets is not what you earn 3 million dolalrs for. Best of 5 will actually lift women's games from the doldrums that it lies in now. A chance to rise, pull up your game in the 3rd set, a comeback in the 4th and then its anybody's game in the 5th. Out of the Top 10 in WTA only Williams, Sharapova, Kvitova and Ivanovic have won grand slams out of which Serena's recent win has been Wimbledon this year, Sharapova's being last year French Open, Kvitova winning last year's Wimbledon and Ivanovic's last and only grand slam being the French Open in 2008.
I think we definitely need the roller-coaster of 5 sets in women's game.
These players are want more, are in the right fram of mind, so much so that Federer said that this is the start of the long hard court season for the next six months when we ordinary mortals were calling it end of the season. He has dived into Flushing Meadows with wons over Murray and Djokovic in the semis and final respectively. He played an aggressive game in Cincinnati and will want to carry over his game in New York too.
What about the women, you will ask. I have only one answer- Serena Williams unless ofcourse she decides to defeat herself. Women's tennis is at an all time nadir with Williams reigning supreme. There are no contenders, plenty of rising stars that fade away and nobody to lift the WTA save Williams but then she needs a strong opponent to lift her game as well. Right now all she is doing is carry on her practise game in to the all the rounds and the final as well. Women do not deserve equal prize money as the men's simpley because they do not put in the work, an average of 3 hours or more and 5 sets to an average of just over an hour with three sets is not what you earn 3 million dolalrs for. Best of 5 will actually lift women's games from the doldrums that it lies in now. A chance to rise, pull up your game in the 3rd set, a comeback in the 4th and then its anybody's game in the 5th. Out of the Top 10 in WTA only Williams, Sharapova, Kvitova and Ivanovic have won grand slams out of which Serena's recent win has been Wimbledon this year, Sharapova's being last year French Open, Kvitova winning last year's Wimbledon and Ivanovic's last and only grand slam being the French Open in 2008.
I think we definitely need the roller-coaster of 5 sets in women's game.
