The French Open:as it happened(Part 2)

In the first part of this review I told about the 1st week and the upsets. Now, I will analyze the 2nd week and the matches of the 2 finalists. From all the QFs the only interesting match was the clash between Safarova and Muguruza. It was a fascinating match between 2 very talented players. Garbine is a hard-hitter with nice shots and I hope she will be able to show up in the future,while Lucie has always been an excellent player and during the last years her game is shining. Lucie won 7-6 6-3 and she set a clash with Ana Ivanovic who overcame Elina Svitolina. For me, Ana was a surprise. She has not been playing her best tennis this year and I didn't expect from her to change in Roland Garros but she proved me wrong. Ana has the game of a top player and she has won Roland Garros and reached the world no1 for a reason. In terms of the other side of the draw, Timea Bacsinzsky edged Alison Van Uytvanck in a first-timers QF. Timea is playing nice tennis and she seems to have rejuvenated after years of injuries.For her opponent I don't have many  things to say,she had matches in her potential despite her low ranking and she took advantage over the upsets to make her biggest result.The other QF was an easy match-up for Serena Williams who faced Sara Errani. I know that Paris is probably Sara's favorite court and she has made her best results but as long as her serve is not improving she has no chance against Serena,we all remember their semifinal match-up 2 years ago. Serena won 6-3 6-1 and she set a semifinal clash with Timea Bacsinzsky. Serena was clearly unwell inside the court and as Chris Evert said she was on the verge of dying in every point. She wanted to make the rallies shorter and shorter and when a rally ended she was like she had been drinking all the night. She lost the 1st set 6-4 but her will to win woke up and she took the other 2, 6-3 6-0. Generally speaking about Williams, she had the worst tournament of her life in Paris. She played bad tennis and the only thing that saved her was her mental strength and her will to win. She told that she was battling with flu but she had some good matches also(the minority) like the one with Errani,with Azarenka and of course the final. The 2 dropped sets with Safarova and Azerenka are not due to Serena's bad game but to the perfect game of her opponents.Now,to the other semifinal Lucie proved that she was into the semifinals for her undoubted skill. Her serve was firing and she took advantage as a lefty and she led Ivanovic to her "drawback", her backhand.The match was great,Lucie had a little choke in the game when she served for the match but she handled it and prevailed 7-5 7-5. About the final, I have to say that it was a good final. In the first set Serena seemed more healthy than her semifinal match and there were not many signs of the flu.Moreover,Lucie was a bit nervous and that gave the chance for Serena to lead 6-3 4-2. However,after a tremendous forehand, Lucie took confidence and she started playing her game again winning 3 games in a row to put Serena back in the score. The set went to the tie-break when Lucie was perfect so eventually she grabbed the 2nd set 7-6 and with confidence in her side she led 2-0 in the 3rd. Then, Serena's will woke up and she was able to return winning 6 straight games and eventually to close the match.
However, the Czech may have left disappointed the singles final but she won the trophy in doubles with her friend Bethanie Mattek-Sands.
That's all from Paris... Let's head now to the grass court season(my favorite one).
Tournaments this week
-Den Bosch,Eugenie Bouchard(no11 after RG) is the hiighlight
-Nottingham,Aga Radwanska(no13) is the top seed

the finalist and new world no7 Lucie Safarova