Wednesday, August 28, 2013

2014 Women’s Wimbledon

The Women’s Wimbledon tournament in 2013 was expected to be a wide open competition, with a number of contenders for the title. However, nobody could have expected the events of that fortnight in London, as the tournament favourites all crashed out to lower ranked opposition, many in the first week, and Marion Bartoli emerged victorious, claiming her first ever Grand Slam title.

However, it is a big ask for Bartoli to retain her title in 2014. Although Wimbledon is her favoured Grand Slam, with her victory in 2013 adding to a final appearance in 2007 and a run to the quarter finals in 2011. Aside from Wimbledon, she only has 1 more semi-final and 2 more quarter final appearances in her Grand Slam career. Although she deserved her victory, she may find that fortune may not be on her side so much in 2014.

Sabine Lisicki was the beaten finalist, continuing her fine form at Wimbledon in recent years. She has now reached at least the quarter final stage there 4 years in a row, and is getting closer to winning her first Grand Slam title. Another player who enjoys playing at Wimbledon is Agnieszka Radwanska. After being defeated in the 2012 final, she may have thought that 2013 would be her year, but she was beaten by Lisicki in the semi-finals. She also been a quarter finalist in Australia and France recently, and perhaps a maiden Grand Slam win is on the horizon.

In 2014, there will be a number of players looking to make amends for their showing in the previous year. Serena Williams in particular will be looking to win her 6th Wimbledon crown, after losing to Lisicki in the 4th round in 2013 after being the pre-tournament favourite. However, a year is a long time in tennis, and Williams will be 32 years of age by the time the next Wimbledon tournament comes around.

Maria Sharapova suffered a second round shock in 2013, crashing out to Michelle Larcher de Brito. Despite being a regular in the latter stages of Grand Slams in recent times, she hasn’t won a Wimbledon title since 2004 and has reached just one final there since. However, her career win record at Wimbledon is almost 80%, proving that she can perform well there.

Victoria Azarenka was expected to do well in the 2013 tournament, but she was forced to retire in the second round due to a knee injury. Previous to the tournament, she had reached the semi-final stage in 5 of her last 6 Grand Slams, and been a semi-finalist in the last 2 years at Wimbledon. If she can stay fit for the 2014 tournament, she will again be one of the favourites to win.

Petra Kvitova has a great record at Wimbledon, since 2010. She was a semi-finalist that year, and followed it up with a victory in 2011. She went out at the quarter final stage in both 2012 and 2013, but Wimbledon is by far her most successful Grand Slam venue, and she will be looking to reach the latter stages again in 2014. Li Na is also a regular quarter finalist at Wimbledon, including her 2013 campaign. She has been a winner in the Australian Open before and a finalist in the French Open, and will be looking to better her previous Wimbledon appearances at the next opportunity.

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