14-07-2017, 01:24
Well, that was a disappointing day in the women's semi-finals, for varying reasons.
Magdalena Rybarikova has had a wonderful tournament. She has shown courage and, at times, exceptional grass-court skill, to defy a lowly ranking of 87 in the world. However, today on the big occasion her touch deserted her. Garbine Muguruza leathers that tennis ball with such force, she quickly becomes the last player you want to face when you're having an off day. A combination of blistering baseline shots from the Spaniard and crippling big day nerves from the Slovakian meant there was only going to be one winner.
As for Johanna Konta, yes I agree it was a depressing, painful defeat and one that will hurt. Obviously from a British point of view it's understandably disappointing to see our last hope depart, but it also seemed a far less competitive scoreline than I was expecting. Mistress of Wimbledon ceremonies Venus Williams, who seems to flourish to a higher degree without her younger sister present, did an excellent job in silencing the crowd. She was able to dismantle Jo's game step by step in an exercise of control. I'm sure Jo will learn a lot from this loss though. She's now had the experience of painful defeat in semi-finals and she can learn from this. It will set her in good stead for future slams. I'm very confident that in Konta, Britain has a quality player of whom we can be proud.
Muguruza vs Venus should be an exciting battle in Saturday's final.
Magdalena Rybarikova has had a wonderful tournament. She has shown courage and, at times, exceptional grass-court skill, to defy a lowly ranking of 87 in the world. However, today on the big occasion her touch deserted her. Garbine Muguruza leathers that tennis ball with such force, she quickly becomes the last player you want to face when you're having an off day. A combination of blistering baseline shots from the Spaniard and crippling big day nerves from the Slovakian meant there was only going to be one winner.
As for Johanna Konta, yes I agree it was a depressing, painful defeat and one that will hurt. Obviously from a British point of view it's understandably disappointing to see our last hope depart, but it also seemed a far less competitive scoreline than I was expecting. Mistress of Wimbledon ceremonies Venus Williams, who seems to flourish to a higher degree without her younger sister present, did an excellent job in silencing the crowd. She was able to dismantle Jo's game step by step in an exercise of control. I'm sure Jo will learn a lot from this loss though. She's now had the experience of painful defeat in semi-finals and she can learn from this. It will set her in good stead for future slams. I'm very confident that in Konta, Britain has a quality player of whom we can be proud.
Muguruza vs Venus should be an exciting battle in Saturday's final.
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The Williams sisters have been a joke to tennis for years!
