Today, Indian Wells produces men's and women's singles titles. In the women's singles final earlier, No. 3 seed Swatak defeated No. 6 seed Sakari 6-4, 6-1 to win his fifth WTA Tour title. This is also Svatek's two consecutive WTA 1000 back-to-back victories after winning the championship in Doha.
After creating an 11-game winning streak of the season, she will reach a new high in the world rankings in the new week – second in the world, which equals the highest world ranking of a Polish player previously held by Radwanska.
I actually care more about Svatek's growth than I do about counting such and such records. In today's women's tennis world, whose state is as unpredictable as rolling dice, Swatak's results have actually been relatively stable since she won the French Open. Of course, her competitiveness on the hard ground in the past was limited, but now she is constantly making new breakthroughs on the hard ground, and for the women's tennis world, there is no doubt that there is such a stable and promoted player, which undoubtedly makes people see more hope.
Swadec reached the final four of this year's Australian Open and subsequently won two hard-court WTA1000 titles. It doesn't seem surprising that she was able to take revenge this year after three consecutive defeats against Sakkari last year. Of course, although Sakkari still has the problem of lack of rules and key breakups in the game, it is undeniable that she is also improving, at least breaking through the bottleneck of her own final four.
We often admire the talents of the players more, but as we increase our experience, we also understand more and more that their talents are difficult for ordinary people to reach and learn from. Instead, paying attention to the growth of the players and observing how they solve the problem will allow us to have more dimensions of understanding.
Nadal's men's singles final against Fritz was a bit dramatic. News came before the game that Fritz had been practicing for five minutes in the morning and had returned, and the broadcast footage cut to Fritz bandaging his ankle before the game. All indications were that Fritz appeared to have been affected by a right ankle injury.
But unexpectedly, at the beginning of the game, Nadal moved slowly, made outrageous mistakes, and returned the ball to the frame from time to time, and suddenly fell behind 0-4.
It seems that the last match against Al karaz was a serious drain on Nadal, and in that game, Nadal had accepted a medical timeout in the decider. Match data showed that Nadal's opening serve was nearly 10 mph slower than the average serve in the race.
After the same injury stoppage and painkillers, Nadal's condition improved, but he was still far from normal. After losing the first set 3-6, Nadal struggled to maintain a balance with his opponents in the second set with more cutting, and repeatedly saved dangerous situations, but finally lost the opportunity ball and lost the seven when he grabbed the seven 5-4. In the end, Fritz defeated Nadal 6-3, 7-6 (5) to lift his first Masters title.
It was a very atypical Game for Nadal, who didn't show his "big heart" like he had in the past on key points, and even made outrageous mistakes. Many people feel that Nadal's strong will has penetrated deep into the bone marrow, but when the body has really left control, the will is not omnipotent. Even if he is Nadal.
In fact, Nadal should have sensed that his body was on the verge of being at its limit in this game, so he withdrew from this week's Miami Masters. This actually reminded him and the fans that In the past clay season, Nadal always played at full capacity, but whether such an intensive clay schedule is needed this year may be a question worth exploring for him and the team.
After all, the last game was opposite Alcarraz, and although Nadal won in the end, he was far from the opponent of the young man in the face of the collagen competition.