Serena Williams def. Sorana Cirstea 6-1 6-2
Sorana Cirstea should refund everybody who paid for their tickets yesterday in her semi-final match because she was absolutely horrific. Serena Williams was just hitting the ball back and Cirstea will send it out immediately. Besides, Serena only landed 38% of her first serves in and it was enough to win this match in about an hour. What was Sorana thinking? And how the hell did she reach the semi-finals? Maybe the aspect of facing Serena was too intimidating that Sorana thought she might as well hit herself out instead of being demolished. Serena already has played 3 matches below her normal level and won all of them comfortably. Shows how piss poor this tournament is. I expect Serena to play sloppily in the final too; and win it in straight sets.
Coco Vandeweghe def. Yanina Wickmayer 6-2 3-6 6-2
Yanina Wickmayer has her best chance of reaching a Premier final and she screws it up majorly by losing to Coco Vandeweghe. Yanina should be better at this ball-bashing game then Coco; and she should be more confident after beating Marion in the quarter-finals. Coco is making the most of her lucky loser place in the main draw as she reaches her first finals of her career. Hopefully she gets a few games in the finals. Also, Yanina needs to work on her attitude and game. This attitude will gain her no fans and it's tough to win a match when nobody is rooting for you.
Palermo:
Sara Errani def. Irina-Camelia Begu 6-4 6-1
No surprises here as Sara Errani cruises to another clay mickey mouse finals. She is gaining cheap points from all these smaller tournaments and she's not ashamed of it. Why? Why slug it out with the big guns when you can feel superior among the commoners right? Watch Sara cruise to another title tomorrow against Barbora Zahlavova Strycova.
Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova def. Laura Robson 2-6 7-5 6-2
Well, just look at this statistic. 17 double faults. Tells the whole story. Crazy sloppy serving from Robson when she is know her her delivery. Why can't she just put it in? Barbora isn't really known for her explosive returns anyway. Leading by a set and serving at 5-6, Laura commits 4 double faults. If that isn't an invitation to win the match, I don't know what is. What a horrific way to end her breakthrough week. I suspect Laura will be prone to these breakdowns throughout her career. Perhaps too much is expected of her too soon. Let's hope she doesn't always break British hearts for the next few years.
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