Rainer Schuettler completed the semifinal field after an epic five-setter with fellow former Sekiwake Arnaud Clement. For Schuettler this implies the return to the Sankyaku ranks after 5 years of absence. He will meet Rafael Nadal next who has played a superb tournament thus far, keeping his Yokozuna run on track--a win at Wimbledon and Nadal will be the 15th male tennis player in the open era to make it to Yokozuna tennis' higest rank.
Also back is in the Sanyaku ranks is former Ozeki and world No. 1 Marat Safin, who will play the grand Roger Federer in the semis.
Williams vs. Williams
In the ladies' tournament the semis are already completed. For the third time after 2002 and 2003, Venus and Serena Williams will play the Wimbledon final. To some degree this confirms the Yokozuna tennis ranking system--the Williams sisters were ranked as the only active Yokozuna before the tournament, even though they occupied only the #6 and #7 spots on the seeding list. Venus beat former Ozeki Elena Dementieva in two sets, who will therefore make a return to Sekiwake. Serena won her seminfal by an almost identical result over the surprise of the tournament, Jie Zheng of China, who earned a promotion to Komosubi for the first time in her career.
Thus far Serena is 5-1 in Grand Slams finals over Venus...
| Federer (Y, seeded 1) | vs. | Safin (former O) | |
| Schuettler (former S) | vs. | Nadal (O, 2) | |
| Zheng | vs. | S. Williams (Y, 6) | 2-6, 6-7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dementieva (former O, 5) | vs. | V. Williams (Y, 7) | 1-6, 6-7 |
Promotions (already secured)
Dementieva from non-ranked to Sekiwake
Safin, Schuettler, Zheng, Radwanska from non-ranked to Komosubi
Demotions
[Djokovic, Ivanovic from Ozeki to kadoban Ozeki]
Sharapova from kadoban Ozeki to Sekiwake
Ferrer, Roddick, Jankovic, Kuznetsova, Safina from Sekiwake to Komosubi
Monfils, Tsonga from Komosubi to non-ranked
.
No comments:
Post a Comment