2013 US Open Photo Essay

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US OPEN 2013

A Photo Essay

By

Ahmed Olayinka Sule, CFA

[email protected]


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I took a trip to the greatest city in the world to cheer Sister Serena and to also watch the Men's Semi Final and the Men's Singles final. The ladies final was a

repeat of the 2012 final featuring Sister Serena and Victoria Azarenka. Would Azarenka get her revenge of would Serena continue her dominance over

Azarenka?

The ladies final was a classic lasting almost three hours. After winning the first set, Sister Serena blew a 4-1 lead in the second set and failed to convert two

match points thereby allowing Azarenka to wrap up the set. When Azarenka took the second set, I went into panic mode as I got flashbacks to Serenas loss

to Sabine Lisicki at Wimbledon (which I watched at Centre Court) where she blew a 4-2 lead in the third set to lose the match. I got off my seat and went

downstairs to pray for Serena to prevail and also to cool my head (which was pounding) and by the time I reentered the Arthur Ashe Stadium, Sister Serena

was back on top and she eventually won the match. With this victory, Serena has captured her 17th Grand Slam title and she becomes the oldest female in

the Open era to win a Grand Slam title. She also extends her previous record of having the longest span of success in female professional tennis to 14 years

between her first victory at Flushing Meadows in 1999 and her latest victory.

So where next for Sister Serena? Well, she is going to take a well-deserved break and then focus on her next goal. For now, we want to eclipse Chris Evert

and Martina Navratilova's 18 Grand Slam titles. So Serena will be working extra hard to win two more Grand Slams to take her tally to nineteen. Once she

has achieved that, we can then start to take a look at Steffi Graff's record of 22 Grand Slam titles. This should keep Sister Serena motivated and hungry for

more success.

The Men's Semi final featured Rafael Nadal vs. Richard Gasquet, which turned out to be a one sided match with Nadal winning in straight sets. The other

semi final was a classic between Novak 'D Joker' Djokovic and Stanislas Wawrinka which lasted over four hours with Djokovic prevailing. The highlight of the

match was the 21-minute game, which was a beauty to behold. So the Men's final was between the two best players in the world and it did not fail to

disappoint. Nadal was able to make effective use of what I call his weapon of mass destruction i.e. his forehand to defeat Djokovic and win his thirteenth

Grand Slam Title.

The US Open was not all about Sister Serena, there was also a new discovery. Tornado Ali Black from the USA reached the Girls Singles final and she

showed a lot of potential for a girl of fifteen. A number of commentators are tipping her to one day step into the shoes of the Williams Sisters. Watch this

space. Monica Seles was also inducted into the Court of Champions and Luca Sithole became the first African to win a US Open title in the Wheelchair

singles.

The images that follow are what I documented during my time at Flushing Meadows.

Happy viewing.

Ahmed Sule, CFA

September 2013


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SERENA WILLIAMS

MOMENT OF GLORY


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RAFAEL NADALS

MOMENT OF GLORY


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2013 US Open Photo Essay