In the second Thursday semifinal at Wimbledon, Maria Sharapova was able to withstand 13 double faults and advance to the tournament final. In the first semi, Victoria Azarenka wasn't so fortunate:
1. Azarenka had double faulted once all match prior to that one.
2. If there was ever a doubt about how affected Azarenka's grunts are, listen to the similarities between the first serve and second serve shrieks. How could an easy, 81 mph serve elicit the same sort of effort squeal as a loaded up first serve?
3. To all television broadcasters, please stop cutting to the player's box immediately after the match. The progression of cuts are the same following every victory: wide shot of point, close-up of player celebrating, close-up of people clapping/high-fiving in player's box, lingering on the close-up of people clapping and high-fiving in the player's box for a beat too long and then the handshake at the net. Look, we get it; the people in the player's box are happy. Who cares? Unless there's Brooklyn Decker or Sasha Vujacic there, people in the player's box are completely interchangeable. So are their celebrations. Instead of cutting to them, how about keeping the camera on the winner or showing a shot of the player who just lost? That's where the drama is. How long will the winner celebrate? Will he/she jog to the net? Is the loser going to be perturbed because of the wait? There are dozens of ways the end-of-match scenarios could play out. The player's box is the same thing every time.
4. Given that Petra Kvitova is playing the erratic-serving Maria Sharapova on Saturday, there's a legitimate chance she could be on the receiving end of match-winning double faults in both the semis and the finals.
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