US Open 2009 - Women's Draw

It was all different in the women's side.All the action was heated from the first round for there were more shocks and unexpected results.

One time French Open Champion Ana Ivanovic suffered her defeat in the first round itself. Next in her row was the Serbian Jelena Jankovic. Not even winning a single grand slam she was highly in this tournament. But guess she disappointed her fans. The next one was my favourite one,Dinara Safina. Holding on to the first rank without any grand slam titles was difficult for her and was highly expected to win her first ever slam title. But every thing became a dream for her in the hands of an unseeded player.

With most of the seeded players out Maria Sharapova was expected to be in the hot list. But guess she was out of touch in her raquet since she exited in the third round giving a huge company for Dinara. It was another surrender to the unseeded player Oudin. On the other side a silent progress was made by the wild card entry Kim Clijsters.

With most unseeded players in the tournament the action became too weak. It was time for Venus to get her exit. She got her exit in the hands of none other than the Mom, Kim Clijsters. Kim was so happy at the end of the action. With only Serena left from the top seed, she was expected to win the title. The quarter finals had four unseeded players which was so unusual in the tournament.

I was so excited about the semi between Kim and Serena. With everything going out of her hand Serena gave away the first set to Kim. It was not a trouble for Serena since she had always made a lot of comeback. Everything was out of place even in the second set for Serena. Kim was so composed and was a point away from her come back finals. It was at this time Serena was called for a foot fault and she lost her temper. This gave away a penalty point for Kim and she entered the finals. Unbelievable for Kim that she had made to finals.

The other end was so smooth and Wozniacki made to her finals. I was happy about the finals since I was so sure that Kim would make her come back a worth while. The match happened for 1 hour and 30 minutes with the new champion Kim.

Kim became the first mom to win the title after Evonne Goolagong. It was time for all the emotional union with her family. Kim didn't make it easily. She defeated Venus and Serena,the two top most players. After taking break for two years she was so composed and was fully energized. She will never regret coming back in her career.

Well, This years grand slams had different taste and I guess I will catch the readers with the updates next year.