Day two of Wimbledon was full of shocks and surprises and
this is my review of men's and women's games.
Men
Novak Djokovic had a comfortable straight sets victory and I Iike Novak’s style of tennis and he also come
across as an engaging character. For this tournament now that Rafa is out I
would love Andy, Novak or Jon Wilfred to win.
Women
I am disappointed that Heather Watson went out in the first
round and watching her match I could see that she was struggling with her
fitness. I noticed that she is also going to play doubles which I think is
probably not a great idea as she still needs to recover from that bout of
glandular fever.
Laura Robson did very well and I did not expect her to get
past Maria Kirilenko but she served and returned the ball really well and
hardly made any errors. I was very surprised at Maria Kirilenko as she is
normally a good grass court player but she seemed a little one dimensional
today and when she was losing it did not seem to me that she had a plan B.
After the disappointment of Heather Watson, Tara Moore
definitely lifted my gloom and even though she lost in to Kaia Kanepi she is
definitely one for the future. I was very impressed with Tara’s serve and
movement so I did a little google research and found out she trained at Nick
Bollettieri’s academy which explains a lot. As there are not too many UK female
tennis players that can move and serve like that. I am hoping that Tara will
get right sort of sponsors and a coach that will help take her career to the
next level.
I am little surprised that Daniela Hantuchova is out already
after winning the title in Birmingham I thought she was going to do well here
but sadly this did not happen and was beaten in straight sets. Serena Williams
played well enough to win the match and I think she was familiarising herself
with the grass and so I hope she will be able to play even better in second
round.