It’s that time of the year to look back at last year’s predictions. I’m going to take this year’s review with a pinch of salt after a wild tennis year that saw the world number one (and my number one!) retiring from tennis and no ranking points for Wimbledon. Before posting my predictions for 2023, let’s take a look back at what I said from last year’s post and how my predictions stacked up against reality.
I’ve been excited about Anisimova for many years, but did simmer those expectations in 2021… Just a feeling that things might fall into place in 2022.
I predicted Anisimova to crack the world’s top ten. Anisimova was some way off, finishing the year at number 23 in the rankings, but there was a clear upward trajectory having started the season at #78.
[For Tauson] I think there’s a big Slam result incoming somewhere in 2022…
Oh dear. Well this one looks very silly now! Tauson started the season well, beating Anett Kontaveit at the AO, but it all went downhill from there as injuries ravaged Tauson’s season as she barely played a match between March and August.
Will Sabalenka win a Slam in 2022? Right now, i’d say no.
Yep i’ll take that one 😂.
Surely there’s another RG trophy before Halep retires and I think ’22 could be…
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