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January 19, 2022,
Before they enter a Grand Slam tournament, many professional female tennis players fall into the hopeful category.
Hopeful to draw an easy opponent in the first round.
Hopeful to get past the first round.
Hopeful to better their results from what they did in the previous year’s four Grand Slams.
Why you have hope and what you hope for often depends upon your current rankings and future aspirations.
According to tennisnow.com American tennis player Bernarda Pera is ranked 97th in the world. Her first round opponent Ekaterina Alexandrova is ranked number 40.
We sense Bernarda is hopeful.
Others are not as much. She has already lost to Ekaterina twice with no victories.
The team at tennistonic.com had a prediction regarding the joust, “Ekaterina Alexandrova and Bernarda Pera will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Australian Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 2:00 pm on Court 15. As per the initial odds, Ekaterina Alexandrova is the pick to win this match.”
Seems reasonable enough.
How did things go?
Bernarda won 7-5, 6-3.
So much for predictions.
This is why you play the games.
Ms. Bernarda is a Croatian-born American tennis player.
Ms. Pera has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour along with nine singles titles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On March 2, 2020, she achieved her career-high singles ranking of world No. 59.
Bernarda was born in Zadar in a Croatian-Dalmatian Italian family.
Besides English, she speaks Croatian as well.
When she was 16, her father, who is a US citizen, moved their family to the United States for the benefit of her budding tennis career. They settled in New Jersey, where it wasn’t hard for them to adjust because they already had friends and relatives there.
She is hopeful to feel at home in Australia, 2022.
Her first round victory is a nice starting place.
Which brings us to Amanda Anisimova.
She is hopeful for great results at this year’s Aussie Open.
In February of 2019, here is what Femcompetitor Magazine shared, “While most 17 year olds are hunched over writing answers on tests they barely studied for or look half bored as the teacher lectures them about virtually anything, there is one 17 year old that is traveling the world.
She is not remotely bored.
She is on television too.
She is the youngest player ranked in the top 100 by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) and achieved a career-high ranking of No. 87 in the world in January 2019.
That was then and this is now. As of January 28, 2019, guess where she is ranked today?
Number 62 in the world.
Simply put, Amanda Anisimova from New Jersey, is living the teenage dream in a way that very few ever have.
Talk about dreaming big.
Entering the 2019 Australian Open tennis tournament, one of the big four, some were actually predicting that Amanda might surprise everyone and win it all.”
That would have been a wonderful surprise.
That didn’t happen but the quote shows you how many admired Amanda’s talent, abilities and results.
Currently Amanda is ranked 61 in the world.
Recently the leaders at wtatennis.com surmised, “Amanda Anisimova had no problems moving into the Melbourne Summer Set 2 final on Saturday. The American dispatched No.3 seed Daria Kasatkina 6-2, 6-0 in a 56-minute semifinal clash and Sunday will face Belarusian qualifier Aliaksandra Sasnovich for the title.”
They added that the victory breaks a nearly three-year drought since Anisimova’s last final, which came in April of 2019 when she won her first WTA singles title in Bogota over Astra Sharma.
It appears that Amanda’s upward surge has made her hopeful Down Under 2022.
She got off to a great start.
She defeated the Netherland’s star Arianne Hartono in the first round 2-6, 6-4, 6-3.
In terms of her captivating playing style, Amanda is an aggressive baseliner, who has powerful groundstrokes from both wings.
Her two-handed backhand is her most potent weapon, and is hit consistently with depth, speed, and power.
The New Jersey product achieves many winners with her backhand down-the-line.
Her forehand is also strong, and is hit flat with a condensed swing, allowing her to generate sharp angles with this stroke. She can hit her forehand effectively at any ball height, rendering her forehand deadly on any surface. She is fast around the court, and her footwork is quick and intricate.
She is extremely fun to watch.
The young American gets to move on.
Which brings us to the talented American Madison Brengle.
Madison’s greatest success occurred in early 2015, reaching her first WTA Tour final in January, followed by a fourth round Grand Slam appearance at the Australian Open.
In May, she reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 35. Her greatest victory came in 2017 over world No. 2, Serena Williams. She has won two WTA Challenger singles titles, 15 ITF singles titles, and seven ITF doubles titles.
The Australian Open has been good for her.
At the 2015 Australian Open Madison defeated the 13th-ranked Andrea Petkovic in the first round.
Afterward she won in straight sets against both Irina Falconi and CoCo Vandeweghe, eventually losing in the fourth round to Madison Keys, 2–6, 4–6. This was her best performance in a Grand Slam tournament so far.
If things go well, she could face Madison Keys again. Two Madison’s are always better than one.
At the 2021 US Open, Madison reached the third round for a second time since 2015.
Hopeful? Madison appears to be primed and ready to go.
In the first round she defeated Ukraine’s luminary Dayana Yastremska 6-1, 0-6, 5-0, the last set in a walk over.
Currently Madison is ranked at a very respectable 59.
Getting past the first round of any Grand Slam is a major accomplishment. It helps to take away the nerves and jitters.
These are the three names that we are watching closely in the second round.
In terms of their chances?
Hope springs eternal.
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http://www.tennisnow.com/Rankings/WTA-Singles.aspx
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernarda_Pera
https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2442167/anisimova-cruises-into-melbourne-2-final-sasnovich-stops-li
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_Brengle
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