Tennis and All That

Giorgi Wins Montreal Camila Giorgi has won the Montreal title, a WTA 1000 trophy. Huge congratulations to her!🏆 🎾👏👏👏👏💪💪🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊🍾🍸🍰I'm delighted!💖🙂Although I'm sad 😥Pliskova lost, nevertheless, congratulations to her for returning to the top 5. Giorgi, however, is short on titles. She only has 3 singles titles to Pliskova's 16. For such a good player matches don't seem to go her way. She has it all, including speed around the court. Her athleticism is beautiful to watch. In many ways, she reminds me of Anna Kournikova who should have won more titles too. What makes Giorgi special is her movement and coordination. There are very few players who grace the court in this way. And she's average height which means she has control over her body which aids her movement. Other players similar to her that spring to mind are: Hingis, Kournikova, Sanchez-Vicario, Henin, Carla Suarez Navarro, Schiavone. There are many players that can run fast on court but Giorgi ...

Wimbledon Championships Wimbledon happened this year and with spectators who were more enthusiastically involved than any I've ever seen before. Seeds came and went but Karolina Pliskova and Barty made it to the final. Pliskova slipped early on which seemed to distract her and she never seemed to recover. That was rather disappointing given her fantastic play during the tournament.  Breaking the Grand Slam Ceiling As for the men, Djokovic won his 3rd Grand Slam of the year and I sincerely hope he wins the US title. Why? Because it's time that someone won the Calendar Slam just as it's time someone won 25 Grand Slams. I can't help thinking it rather strange that Margaret Court has still not been overtaken by any player, male or female! And it's been a while since someone won the Calendar Slam. Not since Stefanie Graf in 1988! Graf still holds onto the Golden Slam because Djokovic didn't bring home the Olympic gold medal in Tokyo this year. And Graf also achieved ...