Viva Venus Wins 44th in Luxembourg

These past two years have been very quiet for Venus Williams.  I certainly missed her - and her below par performances in the Grand Slams have begged the question - is she going to retirement - especially when that news of that disease broke out.  But gauging from her performance here in Luxembourg, it looks like she still has that desire to win - and even if the scorelines of her matches show how fast the competition has closed in - it's still great to see Venus power herself into a title, now for the 44th time!

Fantasy Tennis: WTA 2012 Championships

The final eight players have been finally decided for the WTA 2012 Championships.  They are:

#1 Victoria Azarenka from Belarus
#2 Maria Sharapova from Russia
#3 Agnieszka Radwanska from Poland
#4 Serena Williams from the USA
#5 Angelique Kerber from Germany
#6 Petra Kvitova from the Czech Republic
#7 Sara Errani from Italy
#8 Li Na from China


With the list complete, let's play fantasy tennis using the present head-to-head.  Here's how the teams are distributed -

Team A

Victoria Azarenka             3 wins 0 loss
Agnieszka Radwanska     1 win 2 losses
Angelique Kerber             0 win 3 losses
Li Na                                   2 wins 1 loss

Team B

Maria Sharapova       2 wins 1 loss
Serena Williams         3 wins 0 loss
Petra Kvitova             1 win 2 losses
Sara Errani                 0 win 3 losses


Here's how the competition panned out for Team A using the current head-to-head -

Victoria Azarenka winner over Agnieszka Radwanska - 11-3
Li Na winner over Angelique Kerber 5- 1 
Victoria Azarenka winner over Angelique Kerber 2-0
Li Na winner over Agnieszka Radwanska 4-3
Victoria Azarenka winner over Li Na 4-4 (96 pts-92 pts)
Agnieszka Radwanska winner over Angelique Kerber 4-2

Semifinalists - Victoria Azarenka and Li Na


Here's how the competition panned out for Team B using the current head-to-head -

Serena Williams winner over Maria Sharapova 9-2
Petra Kvitova winner over Sara Errani 3-0 
Maria Sharapova winner over Petra Kvitova 4-2
Serena Williams winner over Sara Errani 4-0 
Maria Sharapova winner over Sara Errani 1-0
Serena Williams winner over Petra Kvitova 3-0

Semifinalists: Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams

SEMI-FINALS:

Li Na vs. Serena Williams

Victoria Azarenka vs. Maria Sharapova

FINALS:

Serena Williams vs. Victoria Azarenka

WTA CHAMPION 2012: Serena Williams

Fun Pictures: Matthias Bachinger

 

 

 German tennis has indeed gone through some sort of renaissance especially on the women's side.  The men too have slowly found their mark again in the world spotlight.  One of their up and coming players is Matthias Bachinger.  I have here some fun pictures of this cute German.