Friday, January 29, 2010

Women's Final Tonight

After Federer breezed through Tsonga last night, there isn't a lot to say today, other than to tell Andy Murray to watch out. Federer himself abandoned most of his pretense at being a humble champion, and went ahead and talked some smack about Murray.

Anyway, moving ahead to the much-anticipated Women's final tonight, it really is a pick-em. Serena Williams is the favorite, as she has every right to be, since she is the world number one and the defending champion. But unranked Justine Henin, in just her second tournament back from retirement, is only a 2.12:1 underdog. Keep in mind that 2:1 is an even coin flip.

Justine has made it to the final, even though she hasn't displayed her most impeccable form. But on-form or not, her opponent has to be tired. Venus and Serena won the doubles title yesterday, and Serena did not look that much the worse for wear, but she has just played so much tennis lately. If she were as fresh as Justine, I'd take Serena on form, no question. As it stands, this has the potential to be one of the most interesting and competitive grand slam finals in recent history.

Or, of course, one of the players could be exhausted (either one, really) and unable to bring her best game, and we'll have another blowout. We'll wait and see what happens on the court.