The Mystery Of ATP Rankings.

The ATP rankings were out yesterday after the Wimbledon, and a lot has changed after a Wicked Wimbledon for Roger Federer. With World No.1, Novak Djokovic staying afloat atop with 12310 points, an increase of 480 points.

The Mystery of rankings is such that, a player has to Defend his points he gained on over a 12 month period.
Novak lost in Semis last year to Federer, and he was a Finalist this year, eventually improving his previous appearance. This leads to gaining of points.Whereas, Roger Federer beared the brunt of ranking system, with his loss in 2nd round of The Championships, losing a whooping 1955 points. Federer was at No.3 with 7740 points well ahead of Rafael Nadal's 6895 points before Wimbledon. So, even though Rafael Nadal lost in the First round of Championships, he did not loose much as he had lost in 2nd Round a year before.
All in all, Rafael lost just 35 points from his total tally.

Roger has dropped to No. 5 in rankings for the first time in 10 years, Is this an Indication of what has to come in near future???.. I feel, he has to win a Slam to maintain the talks around the world of The Big Four.
The silent gainer in the midst of all this, has been the Spaniard David Ferrer, having reached Roland Garros Finals and a Quarterfinal appearance at Wimbledon, has risen to Career high ranking of World No.3.
It would be very interesting to see how Roger and Rafael fare in coming ATP tournaments to come. As from here on Rafael Nadal would gain points irrespective of the rounds he reaches at the tournaments. Nadal being out after Wimbledon last year, he had lost all points last year and hence he has nothing to loose from here onwards.

Roger Federer's next stop would be at Bet-at-home Open, Hamburg, Germany starting July 15, whereas Andt Murray , Nadal and Djokovic would make a comeback at Roger's Cup, Montreal, starting August 05.
Let's see how the next few tournaments turn out to the Top players.

Fred Perry's Ghost Finally Vanishes Away...Andy Murray Wimbledon Champion..

My heart pounding a bit more faster than it normally does, the adrenaline just could not get the hold of me and my mind constantly battling with my heart. These were the few of abnormalities happening during that last game of The Championships, which I thoroughly wanted to go the other way ( being an ardent Djokovic Fan).
Finally, after giving away 3 Championship points, Andy Murray won The Championships on the 4th one, a truly deserving and hard fought performance by the Dunblane native. The Brits couldn't have been much more happier and relived, as they had their very own Champion, at their home.
It was Fred Perry in 1936, who was last Brit to have won The Championships. Many generations have come and gone by and the English crowd were waiting for their own Champion. There were the likes of Greg Rusedski , Tim Henman and many more to name, who tried very hard in their own way to win hearts of the British People but Never could win the Title for them. A Nation had awaken once again to witness its Hero to be crowned The Champion.Going by the BBC, the Semi finals between Murray and Janowicz has about 13.2 million viewers and the numbers for Sunday finals could be very well above 16.9 million, it had in last years final.
Andy Murray had last year quoted that " I'm Getting Closer ", with tear full eyes, when he lost the finals to Roger Federer. This year, he has proved that he is a true Champion in all sense.

Novak Djokovic would be disappointed but satisfied with his overall show over the fortnight. He came into the semifinals without loosing a set and gave us an Unbelievable match against Juan martin Delpotro. It is said to be the best match of this year's Championships. Novak flattered at the very crucial moment of the tournament, as did Sabine Lisciki in Saturday's final.
Breaking into Novak's game, his best weapon throughout the championship, his Serve , ditched him at the very penultimate time. Unforced errors count was way high for Novak Djokovic's 40 to Andy's 21.
This was one of the real jinx in Novak's match against Juan martin Delpotro too.
Novak gave a glimpse of his mental strength in this match too, when he saved 4 Championship points but could not convert the break points in that game. It was a straight sets win for Andy Murray, but a match of high class tennis, torturing rallies , and that too in 40 degree Celsius heat.
Looking back, at the match, Novak could have played much better than he displayed and Andy was at his Exceptional best at the very right moment. hope we get to see many more gruelling and thrilling matches in the rest of year to come...

Quotes:

Novak Djokovic, After his loss to Andy Murray

"Congratulations to Andy you absolutely deserved it, you played incredibly"

Andy Murray about Ivan Lendl.

"This one is for Ivan as well, I know he did everything to try to win this one when he was playing. He's fantastic, he's been patient and I thank him.'

Few very interesting status put up by my friends:

Henman hill to be re-christened -  Tushar Dand.

It at you are not a Tennis fan in this era, you are surely missing something in your life.- Pramod Sahu

Wimbledon: Men's Final Preview

The day was clear and the sun bright enough for a perfect Wimbledon Semifinals. Novak Djokovic won the match but it was Juan Martin Delpotro who won the hearts of The Centre Court crowd and even of his Opponent Djokovic.
It was a Match worthy of a semifinals, which highly lived up to its expectations. The Respect shown by both the players for each other has been immensely appreciated by the audience around the world. In the Other semis, Andy Murray won over the Polish Poker, Jerzy Janowicz in 4 sets, dropping the first in tie break.

Its Sunday today and We have two of the best players in the world fighting for the Title. These two locked horns in the Australian Open Final this year, with Novak winning in  4 sets, 6–7^(2–7), 7–6^(7–3), 6–3, 6–2.
Novak Djokovic and Andy have been tested many times in such situations, but it will be interesting to see who holds his nerves better than the other.

It will be second Wimbledon Finals for both of them, with Novak having won it in 2011 , while Andy was the Finalist last year. The Burden of becoming the first man after Fred Perry to win The Championship, is such that Andy has himself said of Nerves getting over him. But Andy has all that it needs to win The Championships, he has been tested in Quarters against Fernando, being 2 sets down and winning the match and will also have the Centre Court crowd behind him.

The Sun, UK has put up an article saying that the Tickets for this year's Finals, have recorded its highest rate of £83,785 for 2 tickets, which is 322 times their face value. Can u just believe it???

This is enough to show, what this means to the Brits. Such high Expectations and highly anticipated mach of this year's Wimbledon. Novak on other side, Quietly and Silently reached he semis until the Newspapers in UK spoke about his Semifinal Heroics. Novak is much more composed and calm before a turbulent Match. He would have to not only face Andy Murray but the whole of Britain in his mind. He would love to be called a Slayer of their Hero, for conquering his 7th Grand Slam title and a Second Wimbledon.

UNFORCED ERRORS

Speaking of Other Statistics, Novak Djokovic committed 48 unforced errors in his semis against Delpotro while Andy Murray committed only 15 unforced errors. it is here which would make a difference between the two. If at all Novak would go all out to finish the points faster as he did in the Second set of his semis, probably he would find himself committing unforced errors, but along with this comes the winners too. It would very important to see, who would break the ice first and take a lead. Either of them would find some resistance and would have to consolidate the break to have an upper hand in the match. When it comes to Mental Stability, it very important for both to win big points, which I feel Novak has a slight edge over Andy here. But giving Andy's Motivational win over Verdasco, Novak would have to use all that he has in his armour to win over Andy.

SERVE

Speaking Of Serves, both have a very decent Ist serves In percentage, 69% for Nole and 70% for Andy. The Average speed for both of them is between 120-130 mph for 1st serves and 95-115 for 2nd serves. The Percentage of Ist serves won is also commanding in both cases as 83% for Novak and 76% for Andy.

But the real problem comes at 2nd Serves won percentages where Andy is placed fairly higher than Djokovic, Andy has won 71% of his 2nd serve points, where Djokovic has only 39% of his 2nd serve points won. This would bother Djokovic, if at all he has to gain momentum over Andy, he would have to make his best 2nd serves.

BREAK POINT CONVERSION

Also the conversion of break points for Djokovic is 2 out of 10, whereas for Andy it is 4 out of 10. This clearly shows that Andy would not think twice to pounce as an when he gets the Opportunity to break Djokovic.

NET PLAY

Coming to the Most Important play in Tennis, the Net Play. Djokovic has soft hands at nets as compared to Andy, Djokovic would often come towards the net and has found success 75% of times whereas Andy only 60% of time.

Giving a Brief summary, Andy Murray would find resistance in form of the Djokovic double handed backhand and also in terms of Net points. But he would surely not give up easily for the title he has been waiting since long. Andy Murray would be the Happiest man on earth, should he win The Championships, else it would be very difficult for him to come to terms with the loss. Hope for an Epic encounter between the two of greatest fighters and their wills on Court this day.

Njoy...

Wimbledon: Men's Semi Final Preview

It was a Whacky Wednesday for the Spaniards as both  David Ferrer and Fernando Verdasco bowed out of the Championships in the Quarters. In the first of Semis, we have

Novak Djokovic vs Juan Martin Delpotro

Djokovic lost to Delpotro here at SW19 last year in Olympics in straight sets for the Bronze medal match. This year the two have locked horns twice, with each sharing One match each. Coming into Semis, Novak has not lost a Set in The Championships so far and so does Del potro. Both are in great form and would be thriller of a match. Novak Djokovic has the lethal weapons of his serve and his ability to return from every nook and corner of the court would be an added advantage to the serb. Agility and Flexibility are the qualities that no one could reach near to Djokovic. His test in the Semis would be the Delpotro Forehand.
Juan Martin's Strength would be his Forehand, which booms like a rocket. He hits the Forehand Off court with such great power and force that it could convert into a winner. This is where Djokovic would be tested in his defence. Having Injured his left knee in the Quarters, Delpotro would find it difficult to cop with Djokovic backhand and it would infact be his test of placing a berth in his maiden Wimbledon Finals.
It Would be the Delpotro Forehand Vs Novak Djokovic Backhand, to watch out for.

Andy Murray Vs Jerzy Janowicz.

The Pole has proved that why he should be considered a threat even to the likes of top players by consitently  showing his presence till later stages of ATP tournaments. I still remember Paris Masters' 2012 , where Jerzy Beat Andy murray enroute to his first ATP 1000 Masters Finals. On the other hand , we have Andy Murray, the lone British hope for First ever British Wimbledon Champion in Open Era. Andy Murray has upon him the burden of Entire nation, but coming off from a 2 set deficit in his quarters against Fernando Verdasco, Andy is truly inspired for the Tiltle. He kept his nerves and made a dramatic comeback to win the match.
Jerzy Janowicz is Tall and serves really very big and upto 140 mph. The serve is his biggest strength and heavy ground strokes would make Andy run hard for the Match.
Considering the fact that, Janowicz has beaten many top 10 players this year including Tsonga and Almagro, he would atleast win one set in his semis against Andy Murray. Andy has got the right temperment, skills to fend off Jerzy's Groundstrokes.
It would be a interesting match and Often Underdogs perform at big stages, so keeping Fingers crossed for Andy Murray.

Djokovic would be very motivated to reach the Finals and reaffirm his stature, whereas Juan Martin Delpotro would be a Major hindrance and would himself go all out against Novak to prove that he was Not a One Slam Player.
Andy has to win this to keep a Million hopes alive for the Champion , they waited for years, but the Polish Boy would make life difficult for Murray, considering that he himself is the First Polish Player to reach Semis at Wimbledon and would be highly pumped up for winning the Match.
Njoy.....