クルム伊達公子の全英 - 42 Years 9 Months in Wimbledon

Kimiko Krumm-Date won the second round by 2-0 against Cadantu, and it was the new record of oldest winner in this level. The former record holder was Navratilova. Kimiko’s strokes tended very fast making the opponent difficult to be fully ready to receive them, and it appeared to me she might have brushed up her “rising shots” even further. In the 9^th game of the second set, Cadentu hit a very sharp cross shot to Date’s left corner and it seemed her backhand wouldn’t reach it, at which time she switch the racket from right to left hand and properly returned the ball. Date is a right hand tennis player but she is genuinely the lefthander. Cadentu must have been puzzled with this.

The great senior has made the entries in the singles, the women’s doubles and the mixed doubles at this age and she is scheduled to confront with #1 Serena Williams hoping that she could survive 90 minutes or so rather than 60 minutes.

クルム伊達公子、接戦だったけどストレートで2回戦勝ちましたね。ナブラチロワの記録を破る2回戦最年長勝利だ。芝のせいだけじゃないと思うけど、ストロークの球足が速くて、若い頃よりライジング磨いたんじゃないかと思うくらい相手のカデンツが合わせるのにかなり苦労していた。

伊達はテニスでは右手フォアだけど、第2セット第9ゲームで相手の攻勢クロスに対して、バックではラケットが届かないところを左手一本で返して起死回生、相手も焦っただろう！伊達は元々が左利きだからね。

42歳でダブルスも混合もエントリーして、しかも次はセリーナだからなあ〜。素晴らしい！