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Marbella has this week been hosting The Andalucia Tennis Experience, a women´s tennis tournament that attracted 2 of the world´s best players – Jelena Jankovic and much to everyone´s amazement, the world´s best player, Serena Williams.
Luckily blessed with great sunny weather, Marbella has never looked better, and the venue for the tournament, the Puente Romano Hotel tennis club on the famous Golden Mile, looked in fine fettle.
Of course, everyone expected the tournament´s final to feature the 2 top seeds Jankovic and Williams on Easter Sunday, but the tournament´s plans (and indeed its appeal) was blown apart after events on Tuesday evening on the clay surface of centre court.
I bought a ticket for Tuesday´s tennis (just €15 for an all-day pass – not bad!), as I had been told that Serena Williams would be making her first appearance of the tournament, and at 6pm, the World No. 1 emerged on to court in a striking orange and white ensemble to a chorus of cheers from the packed arena.
What followed was at times bizarre, and at times quite uncomfortable. Playing against a young lady ranked at No. 94 in the world, Serena proceeded to lose the 1st set in quick time before storming back to clinch the second. Just as we thought that Williams would storm through to take the match, her form collapsed again and she lost the 3rd set 6-1.
Something appeared seriously wrong with Serena Williams from the moment she stepped on to the court. I just don´t know if it was a physical problem or a psychological one (or maybe a combination of the two).
Physically, she seemed to be struggling from the start, at times seeming to be playing on one leg. In the 1st set particularly, she ran for nothing….and I mean NOTHING. It was embarrassing. Sporting hefty strapping around her thigh, she seemed severely restricted in her movements.
Psychologically, she seemed completely disinterested. Perhaps I am being really unfair, but not once did she acknowledge the crowd, proceeding instead to stomp around the court like a spoilt brat as things got worse and worse.
It was obvious that she really didn´t want to be there, for whatever reason.
The defeat proved very costly. Serena lost her No. 1 world ranking as a result.
I´m just glad that I didn´t buy a ticket for the final! At least I caught a glimpse of the world´s best player……..I think.
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