Tennis Goddess Venus Williams Advances Novak Djokovic loses Cool And Match In Miami

Tennis goddesses Venus and Serena Williams both won their second round matches in straight sets at the Miami Masters Series women’s event. Serena destroyed her opponent Edina Gallovitis 6-1 6-2 in less then an hour. Serena looked sharp, focused, and very determined. Serena has an incredible record at the event she is also the defending champion. Serena has already won Miami four times and Venus has won Miami three times.

In the evening match Venus was inconsistent but still prevailed in straight sets defeating Marta Domachowska 6-4 6-3. Venus had a 5-1 lead in the first set and almost let the lead slip. Venus does have a tendency to lose her concentration during the early rounds. Venus regained her concentration and closed out the match. The danger for Venus opponents is in the later rounds if she can gain some consistency and strike the ball well she becomes very dangerous.

The problem for Venus is she can be erratic early in tennis events and this is when she is most vulnerable. By contrast, Serena tends to rarely ever lose early only if she’s injured. Serena tends to be much more consistent because Serena has a superior serve and forehand.  Venus has worked very hard on her forehand she’s hitting it much better these days. Venus knows the other women on the WTA always attack her forehand side because it is the weaker groundstroke. Why doesn’t Venus learn from her younger sister? Serena also does pull back if she’s making a ton of unforced errors in her matches. Serena knows when she’s not playing well she needs to take her time in her matches to gain some consistency.

Venus also had seven double faults in her match and that’s too many free points given away to an opponent. It is very typical of Venus in the early rounds of an event to be inconsistent. I wish Venus would pull back a bit on her serve instead of going for the big bombs why doesn’t she just try to get an effective serve into the court? Why not be a bit more cautious and go for the big serve only when necessary? Perhaps if Venus pulled back a bit she would give away less points?

The third seed on the men’s side defending champion Novak Djokovic lost in a stunning upset to South African Kevin Anderson 7-6 3-6 6-4. Djokovic is very talented but needs to improve his consistency if he wants to be number one. Novak was perturbed by the chair umpire warning him about bouncing the ball too many times before serving. Anyone that watches tennis knows Novak has a habit of bouncing the ball numerous times prior to hitting his serve. The chair umpire told Novak to speed up his service delivery and Novak became upset. The Miami crowd got into it and Novak became flustered and upset he lost his concentration and the match.

I still believe Novak will become the number one player in the world. Nadal might reach number one first but I don’t believe Nadal has the weapons to maintain the top spot for long. Nadal plays too defensively on the faster surfaces. Despite being six foot one, a muscular body, strong firm legs, Nadal has a cotton candy serve he just spins it in. Nadal has one of the weakest serves I have ever seen for a male tennis player ever.

In fact, some players on the WTA have faster and more powerful games then Rafael Nadal. Lindsay Davenport has a better return of serve and a bigger serve then Nadal. Even Justine Henin can fire her serve over 120 miles per hour and that’s faster then Nadal’s serve. Novak Djokovic is also more talented then Rafael Nadal he has a superb return of serve, a huge serve, he’s a bigger stronger man. Nadal is a one surface player he’s great on clay and that’s it. Nadal has maintained his number two ranking for so long because he is a clay court champion. However, Novak Djokovic has arrived the pressure is on Nadal this year he can be passed in the rankings if his game doesn’t improve dramatically.