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FEDERER & MUGURUZA BLITZ THEIR WAY TO WIMBLEDON TITLES

7/18/2017

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This Week In Tennis
​Season 2, Vol 20

#ThisWeekInTennis recaps the tennis happenings of the last week via news reports, social media, featured articles, rankings, and podcasts. This edition takes a look back at championship weekend at the 2017 Wimbledon.
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RUNDOWN
  • Roger Federer captured a men's record eighth singles title at Wimbledon over the weekend. Federer extends his all-time Slam tally lead to 19, and rises to #3 in the new ATP rankings.
  • Garbine Muguruza beat Venus Williams in the Wimbledon final to win her second career Slam title. With the win, the Spaniard jumps 10 ranking spots to #5.
  • Venus Williams, in her second Slam final of 2017, once more fell two sets short of adding an eighth Slam singles title to her resume. She re-enters the WTA top 10 at #9 and rises to #4 in the Road To Singapore standings.
  • Marin Cilic, struggling with a blister on his foot, lost in straight sets to Federer in his second career Slam final. The Croat holds steady at #6 in the ATP rankings. 
  • Tomas Berdych matched his semifinal performance from one year ago, but was unable to score a set off Federer despite pushing the eventual champion to tiebreaks in the first two sets.
  • Johanna Konta provided ample entertainment for her home crowd at Wimbledon, winning multiple three-set matches on her way to a second career Slam semifinal. She reaches a new career high ranking of #4. 
  • Magdalena Rybarikova continued her meteoric rise up the rankings in 2017 after reaching her first ever career Slam semifinal. She rises 54 spots to #33, two shy of her career best ranking from 2013.
  • Sam Querrey, vanquisher of Novak Djokovic at last year's Wimbledon on his way to the quarterfinals, beat Andy Murray this time around to reach a career-best semifinal.
  • The doubles team of Makarova/Vesnina scored a double bagel win in a lopsided final to win their third Slam title together. Only an Australian Open win remains for the duo to claim a career golden slam. 
  • Other doubles winners: Kubot/Melo (Men's Doubles), Hingis/Murray (Mixed Doubles). Martina Hingis won the 23rd combined Slam title of her career. The only Slam title missing from her resume is French Open singles (two-time finalist).
  • Victoria Azarenka vaults a whopping 482 spots in the rankings to #201 after reaching the fourth round in her first Slam event since her return to the WTA Tour. 

PRESS
Q. Back to 2001, beating your idol Pete Sampras, to this day lifting your eighth trophy, can you imagine ever doing this?
ROGER FEDERER: No, I didn't think I was going to be this successful after beating Pete here. I hoped to have a chance maybe one day to be in a Wimbledon finals and have a chance to win the tournament.
Winning eight is not something you can ever aim for, in my opinion. If you do, I don't know, you must have so much talent and parents and the coaches that push you from the age of three on, who think you're like a project.
I was not that kid. I was just really a normal guy growing up in Basel, hoping to make a career on the tennis tour. I guess I dreamed, I believed, and really hoped that I could actually maybe really do it, you know, to make it real. So I put in a lot of work, and it paid off.


Q. It looked like when you saved those two set points in the first set, you never looked back after that. Tell us what went through your mind after you fought through that moment, what changed for you after that?
GARBINE MUGURUZA: You know what, nothing went through my mind. I was expecting the best Venus, because I saw her, and she was playing very good. I knew she was going to, you know, make me suffer and fight for it.
When I had those set points against me, I'm like, Hey, it's normal. I'm playing Venus here. It's not...
So I just keep fighting. And I knew that if I was playing like I was playing during the two weeks, I was going to have eventually an opportunity. So I was, like, calm. If I lose the first set, I still have two more. Let's not make a drama, you know.
Q. When you were quite emotional, was that because you feared you might have to stop at that point, not carry on?
MARIN CILIC: Well, it was just a feeling that I knew that I cannot give my best on the court, that I cannot give my best game and my best tennis, especially at this stage of my career, at such a big match.
It was very, very difficult to deal with it. You know, that was the only thing. But otherwise, you know, it didn't hurt so much that it was putting me in tears. It was just that feeling that I wasn't able to give the best.


Q. At this age, 37, you're not supposed to be doing what you're doing right now. Can you talk about what you think you have in yourself ability-wise and also emotionally that allows you to play so well?
VENUS WILLIAMS: I believe that those are not my thoughts or words, that I'm not supposed to be doing this.
I'm doing exactly what I'm supposed to be doing right now.

Q. How did she make life so difficult for you this afternoon, in what way?
JOHANNA KONTA: Well, I think she did what she does well. She dictated the match from the very first ball till the very last one. I think she just showed her true qualities and why she's a five-time champion here, just a true champion that she is.
It was very difficult for me to get a good foothold in the match. The few opportunities that I did get, she did incredibly well to take them away from me.
I don't think I did too much wrong out there. I think it was all credit to her.


Yes!!!! pic.twitter.com/evqTlwOaRf

— Garbiñe Muguruza (@GarbiMuguruza) July 15, 2017

Dnes to bol tazky den pre mna, snazila som sa zahrat najlepsie ako som vedela, ale bohuzial to dnes neslo a naopak @garbimuguruza hrala famozne, patri jej velka gratulacia a vela stastia vo finale.Dnesny den Roger urobil pre mna trochu krajsim :) Este raz vam chcem vsetkym podakovat za obrovsku podporu, velmi si to vazim. Semifinale je krasne. Tough day at the office today for me.I was trying to play the best i could but it was just not working, on the other side @garbimuguruza played amazing and big congrats to her and wishing her good luck in the final. @rogerfederer made my day a little easier :)I want to thank you one more time for your huge support i appreciate it a lot.Semifinal is great :) □□□□□#wimbledon2017 #thankful #greatsupport #kingroger

A post shared by Magdalena Rybarikova (@magdalena_rybarikova) on Jul 13, 2017 at 10:29am PDT

. @rogerfederer At this point you're just showing off :) Congrats my friend! #8 #19

— andyroddick (@andyroddick) July 16, 2017

Thank you everyone for the love and support over these past 2 weeks. ❤❤ @wimbledon

A post shared by Johanna Konta (@jokonta91) on Jul 13, 2017 at 8:59am PDT

This is the incredible Martina Hingis with her Wimbledon mixed doubles trophy. Right b4 she dropped it on my foot. □ pic.twitter.com/ZMVhuHzwWn

— judy murray (@JudyMurray) July 16, 2017

#19 tastes great pic.twitter.com/3Hv3lM5Rk9

— Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) July 16, 2017

Bring it on, champ □□ @GarbiMuguruza https://t.co/QKwRoCQ3jR

— Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) July 16, 2017

It was an amazing journey on this year's @Wimbledon! Congratulations to @rogerfederer and a HUGE #ThankYou to my #TeamCilic! #NeverGiveUp pic.twitter.com/eVhRf9OySm

— Marin Cilic (@cilic_marin) July 16, 2017

I will definitely remember today! Although right now I am not celebrating a victory on the… https://t.co/dfQPsKOevR

— Karolina Pliskova (@KaPliskova) July 11, 2017

That's my boy. ❤️ https://t.co/ldZUQ2wbZj

— judy murray (@JudyMurray) July 12, 2017

Leo and I saw uncle Gael @iamgaelmonfils after his match today. He lost unfortunately but we love him anyway ❤️#friendsthatarefamily

A post shared by Victoria Azarenka (@vichka35) on Jul 8, 2017 at 11:06am PDT

Thank you to everyone,who came to meet us at the airport and special thank you to @tartakova for organizing everything□❤️Спасибо всем большое,кто нас встречал вчера в аэропорте Шереметьево,отдельное спасибо Сонечке @tartakova за организацию и контролированию процесса□□❤️□ #welcomehome #thankyou #добропожаловатьдомой #ура #спасибо #еленавеснина #екатеринамакарова

A post shared by Elena Vesnina (@vesnushka86) on Jul 18, 2017 at 2:12am PDT



RANKINGS WATCH

  • ATP:  Federer (+2 to #3), Wawrinka (-2 to #5), Raonic (-2 to #9), Muller (+4 to #22), Querrey (+5 to #23), Anderson (+7 to #35), Paire (+9 to #37), Mannarino (+10 to #41), Ferrer (-7 to #46), Bedene (+10 to #48), Donaldson (+9 to #58), Tomic (-10 to #69), Bemelmans (+28 to #96)
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  • ​WTA​​: Pliskova (+2 to #1), Konta (+3 to #4), Muguruza (+10 to #5), V Williams (+2 to #9), S Williams (-11 to #15), Konjuh (+7 to #22), Rybarikova (+54 to #33), Osaka (+10 to #49), Makarova (-12 to #59), Giorgi (+14 to #72), Watson (+23 to #79), Martic (+46 to #89), Azarenka (+482 to #201)

ON THE WEB

​
Garbiñe Muguruza Wins Wimbledon, Defeating Venus Williams​
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal Duel, Once Again, for Supremacy​
New Canadians lead the country’s tennis push
​In a Time of Borders, Tennis Keeps Crossing Them
The Cliche that Tennis is a Sport of Matchups is Probably Right
​Andy Murray: the feminist that tennis needs
​50 parting thoughts from Wimbledon 2017
​Venus Williams is Dominating Wimbledon
​Letter to my granddaughter: I hope you have a Federer too, when you grow up
​In 1977, Wimbledon Took the Men's Game to New Heights of Popularity
​There's Mental Toughness, and then there's what Venus Williams is Doing at SW19
​Nick Kyrgios, the Reluctant Rising Star of Tennis
​Why tennis, and fans, are cheated when players retire early
​The General Joy of Roger Federer, Wimbledon Champion Once Again


PODCASTS

The Body Serve - ​Muguruza Spoils Vee’s Party & Federer as Non-Religious Experience
​Beyond The Baseline - ​Paul Annacone from Wimbledon 2017
No Challenges Remaining - Wimbledon a Wimbledud?​
​Realz Tenis Fanz - ​Fantastic Federer, Vanquished Venus and MFing Muguruza​
​
The Tennis Podcast - Multiple episodes
​The Main Draw - Casting Tennis' Bond
​Tennis.com - Multiple episodes 
​WTA Insider - Multiple episodes
​Thirty Love - Louisa Thomas on Muguruza, Venus and Roger
Tennis Connected - Federer and Muguruza Rule the Lawns of London
​The Night Session - Wimbledon Recap Part 1; Wimbledon Recap Part 2
 

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