Wimbledon Results

 

Just catching up on an eventful and thoroughly enjoyable Wimbledon.   

Here are your champions - Carlos Alcaraz (expected!)  and Barbora Krejcikova (very unexpected!)

The biggest question mark before the event was what shape Djokovic would be in after his recent surgery. He was on pretty fine form if truth be told as he comfortably negotiated his opening matches. He benefitted from a walkover against De Minaur (QF) and in the semi final he made short work of the Musetti (who had a great Wimbledon.)   

Alcaraz, meanwhile, seemed to grow into the event, surviving a scare in a 5 set thriller against Tiafoe.  He came back impressively from dropping the first set in his semi final against Medvedev and we seemed set for a classic Wimbledon final.

In the end the final was both remarkable but also an anti climax.  It seemed to have all the makings of a 5 set thriller but Novak could just not cope with the high level of tennis from his young Spanish opponent and Carlos coasted to a surprisingly easy straight sets win. 

If the men's final lineup was predictable, the same can definitely not be said of the women's event.  One of the pre tournament favourites Sabalenka withdrew, Swiatek crashed out to Putintseva, Gauff lost to Navarro, Jabeur lost to Svitolina. Chaos! 

Meanwhile two players who were definitely not among many folks pre Wimby predictions were going deep.   Barbora Krejcikova had barely won any matches since the Australian Open but after surviving a 1st Round battle with Kudermetova she began to work her way quietly through the draw.  Jasmine Paolini has taken the tennis world by storm this year culminating in a French Open final appearance but she had no track record whatsover on grass prior to this season.

Krejcikova was on the tougher side of the draw but managed to defeat both Ostapenko and Rybakina to secure her place in the final.  Paolini meanwhile saw off the impressive Navarro with surprising ease before defeating  Donna Vekic in an epic semi final.

The surprise finalists served up a thoroughly enjoyable final but ultimately it was Krejcikova who prevailed winning 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 to secure her 2nd Grand Slam title.  Hopefully Paolini will have more chances after a spectacular run on the clay and the grass. 

Here is the final FTL table for Wimbledon

Congrats to the Commissioner and Muhammad for both breaking the 1000 point barrier at Wimbledon - an impressive achievement!   A little bit of detective work was required to establish who the mysterious commissioner was but it has emerged that its Jeremy P's 2nd team in the global league. Congrats Jeremy!!

Lets take a look at the two top teams who were only separated by 3 points.

The Commissioner and Muhammad had both male finalists as many teams did.  Muhammad also had semi 3 excellent semi finalist picks in Rybakina, Medvedev and DH Vekic.   The Commissioner had a solid male DH in Ugo Humbert but it was his female DH who made all the difference.  Barbora Krejcikova was indeed available as a DH folks but I don't think anyone imagined she would go all the way.  Jeremy's faith in her was rewarded big time!

Of course when it comes to weekly prizes, its the level 2 league which counts and we have a different 2 teams heading that table.  Here is the level 2 table.

Mohaib was the clear winner in level 2 finishing 40 points above his nearest chasers Anthony and Augusto.  Congrats to Mohaib and Anthony and Augusto on a great Wimbledon.

Lets take a look at the Head to head between the top 2.

Both these teams were actually very similar even to the extent that they had the same female DH pick.  The two crucial differences were firstly the player placement.  Mohaib had Medvedev as a KP whereas Anthony had him as a TP  and then Mohaib's DH Shelton scored higher than Sonego for Anthony.