Turn Five

The 2008 tennis season is winding down. The U.S. Open is all that remains for the Grand Slam tournaments. I fully expect the Williams sisters to dominate this and to play each other in the final match for women’s singles. The U.S. Open tennis tournament is always exciting, especially when these two outstanding athletes play each other.

I always have to wonder how their father feels when they play each other. I’ve seen him sitting exactly at the net line so he won’t appear to be in favor of either one. I guess for him, as long as one of his girls wins, he wins. I just think it must be so difficult.

I wonder how Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will par. Nadal won the French Open and then 2 weeks later he won the Wimbledon. I bet one of two things: Federer will play with unyielding fury or he will be easily defeated.

Either way the tournament should be exciting and worth watching.

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I hope the French Open tennis news coverage is good this year. It has been good in the years past but I think this year’s tournament is going to be something else. That’s because the ranking ATP number one tennis player, Roger Federer, is hoping to finally win the French Open tennis tournament. If he does, he will have a career Grand Slam.

In the world of tennis, the Grand Slam events are the Australian Open, then the French Open, followed by Wimbledon and then the U.S. Open. Next to the Olympics, these are the most prestigious tournaments for tennis. Federer has won all of them, more than once, except for the Roland Garros.

Hopefully this year’s tennis news will show Federer receiving the sterling silver trophy. He is number one in the world for a reason and I hope that when he retires, it is with a career Grand Slam.

The 2008 French Open is set and the reigning King of Clay, Rafael Nadal, is hoping to win for the fourth straight time. He has beat the King of Grass, Roger Federer, for the past two years. Federer would love to see himself kissing the trophy on the French Open highlights during the evening news.

The women’s singles 2007 winner is Justine Henin. She is hoping to break the record that she is currently tied for by winning four consecutive French Opens. She shares the tie with Monica Selles.

The Grand Slam tennis tournaments are always exciting. It is especially exciting when someone wins a career grand slam or a regular grand slam, which is when a player wins all four tournaments in a single season.