The Women S Wimbledon Championship Game
William Michael Sponheimer
SYP 3650
Media Coverage Essay
Women’s Wimbledon Championship: Serena Williams vs. Garbine Muguruza
When it comes to professional tennis, The Championships, Wimbledon is the oldest running and most prestigious championship in the world which dates back to its founding in 1877, a span of over 138 years. “Perhaps that’s another part of Wimbledon’s prestige. In a world that seems to be more and more complicated, Wimbledon keeps it simple: Be respectful and play with honor… (Rudnansky)”. Located at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London, England, the women’s tournament is comprised of 128 tennis players from all across the world. These athletes play in matches over two weeks during the end of June and beginning of July, eventually leading to a championship game played at Wimbledon’s Centre Court, the largest court at the most prestigious tennis venue in the world. Wimbledon has been witness to some of the greatest moments in tennis history, for both men and women, and each year that it is played, history is being written over again and those who participate, both winners and losers, they will go down in tennis history forever. During this era that we live in, the media plays a big role in the storylines of sports events and they can hype up those events, and the Women’s Wimbledon Championship applies to that notion. You have Serena Williams, the top female tennis player in the entire world, looking to win her sixth Wimbledon Championship, twenty-first Grand Slam Championship, and complete the “Serena Slam” (winning the Australian Open, French Open, US Open, and Wimbledon). In the other corner you have Garbine Muguruza, an up and coming tennis star in the making, who beat Serena Williams in the French Open in 2014 and who also “defeated some top players, such as Angelique Kerber (seeded 10th), Caroline Wozniacki (fifth), Timea Bacsinszky (15th) and on Thursday she beat 2012 runner-up Agnieszka Radwańska (13).
SYP 3650
Media Coverage Essay
Women’s Wimbledon Championship: Serena Williams vs. Garbine Muguruza
When it comes to professional tennis, The Championships, Wimbledon is the oldest running and most prestigious championship in the world which dates back to its founding in 1877, a span of over 138 years. “Perhaps that’s another part of Wimbledon’s prestige. In a world that seems to be more and more complicated, Wimbledon keeps it simple: Be respectful and play with honor… (Rudnansky)”. Located at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London, England, the women’s tournament is comprised of 128 tennis players from all across the world. These athletes play in matches over two weeks during the end of June and beginning of July, eventually leading to a championship game played at Wimbledon’s Centre Court, the largest court at the most prestigious tennis venue in the world. Wimbledon has been witness to some of the greatest moments in tennis history, for both men and women, and each year that it is played, history is being written over again and those who participate, both winners and losers, they will go down in tennis history forever. During this era that we live in, the media plays a big role in the storylines of sports events and they can hype up those events, and the Women’s Wimbledon Championship applies to that notion. You have Serena Williams, the top female tennis player in the entire world, looking to win her sixth Wimbledon Championship, twenty-first Grand Slam Championship, and complete the “Serena Slam” (winning the Australian Open, French Open, US Open, and Wimbledon). In the other corner you have Garbine Muguruza, an up and coming tennis star in the making, who beat Serena Williams in the French Open in 2014 and who also “defeated some top players, such as Angelique Kerber (seeded 10th), Caroline Wozniacki (fifth), Timea Bacsinszky (15th) and on Thursday she beat 2012 runner-up Agnieszka Radwańska (13).