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the miami open women's final preview

So, here we are. Since the draw started shaping up, many of us anticipated this to be the final, and boy have our prayers been answered. The incoming World No 1 against the former World No 1. The battle of the Grand Slam champions. The clash of superstars. Naomi Osaka v [2] Iga Świątek The two have taken two very different paths to get here. For Naomi, its been a massive rebound of sorts. After a heartbreaking loss to Amanda Anisimova in the Australian Open third round and the unfortunate incident that happened the fortnight earlier in Indian Wells, the four-time Grand Slam champion has found what she has called her “home tournament” a very happy hunting ground. Meanwhile the Pole Iga Swiatek has been on a tear. Two consecutive WTA 1000 titles and a third consecutive final here in Miami. The 2020 Roland Garros champion has certainly cemented her spot at the very top of the women’s game and will take over from retired Ash Barty to become World No 1 on 4 Apr, rightfully so. Road to the f...
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a lesson from ash - playing doubles does matter

Honestly, if you weren’t in shock on the morning of 23 March 2022(SGT), I don’t believe you. A minority of us thought that a forehand passing shot winner in an Australian Open final would be the way World No 1 Ash Barty would end her career on. However, the way her career has gone does reminds me of how current singles champions in the sport had to find their footings in the doubles game first, before propelling to singles success. Barty partnered Casey Dellacqua in the first part of her career and made three of four Grand Slam finals in 2013, only missing out on the Roland Garros final. After her famous tennis break for cricket, she came back in 2016 and within a year, made the 2017 Roland Garros Women’s Doubles Final with Dellacqua. The breakthrough, though, came in 2018 when Barty partnered Coco Vandeweghe to win the US Open title. The following year would see her famous 2019 campaign, with titles in Miami and then Roland Garros to ascend to World No 1, and then capping the year off...
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