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ashkor87 wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2024 5:54 am
Delighted that the ultimate aggressor Ostapenko beat the ultimate junk player SST..nothing against SST but the game will be destroyed if people like her consistently beat the more positive players like Ostapenko..
Ostapenko positive? Surely you jest.
? Too deep for me...
Ostapenko's attitude on court is rarely "positive". She does get down on herself a lot.
I guess you meant "positive" in the sense that she will attack and try to destroy the ball. Owen was talking about something else.
(I guess)
I don't care if a player is negative about herself, I admire her if she is positive about trying to win the point ..I am not her psychiatrist, just her fan.
Keys vs Swiatek. Swiatek won in Madrid...strangely enough, I feel Keys will do better against Iga on a slow court...30% Keys.
I still remember how I laughed when Davenport (her mentor) called her a future Wimbledon champion..she is possibly a future champion on a slower court...I always thought she would do better on clay than on grass, at RG than at W. Flushing Meadow has slowed down a bit lately, gives her a chance...
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Coco vs QZ next...I don't see how Coco can win, with double digit dfs ..you can get away with that against lesser lights like Badosa but not against Qinwen...
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2024 3:25 pm
Keys vs Swiatek. Swiatek won in Madrid...strangely enough, I feel Keys will do better against Iga on a slow court...30% Keys.
I still remember how I laughed when Davenport (her mentor) called her a future Wimbledon champion..she is possibly a future champion on a slower court...I always thought she would do better on clay than on grass, at RG than at W. Flushing Meadow has slowed down a big lately, gives her a chance...
If Davenport, one of the worst movers ever tor each #1, could win W, Madison could too. She has the serve, the FH and the volleys. But she is one player with a huge standard deviation. She can play top 3 tennis one day, and top 100 the next.
That will always dim your chances over 7 matches.
T. Fritz (11) Vs (8) G. Dimitrov Not Before 1:00 PM I. Swiatek (1) Vs M. Keys (18) Followed By A. Zverev (3) Vs N. Borges Not Before 7:00 pm S. Tsitsipas (6) Vs (9) A. de Minaur Not Before 8:30 PM C. Gauff (3) Vs Q. Zheng (7)
Grand Stand Arena
Starts at 11:00 am
A. Tabilo (29) Vs (16) K. Khachanov Followed By
Z. Zhang Vs (Q) T. Monteiro Followed By N. Jarry (21) Vs (Q) A. Muller Followed By T. Paul (14) Vs (2) D. Medvedev
Pietrangeli
Starts at 11:00 am
S. Bolelli/A. Vavassori Vs (2) R. Bopanna/M. Ebden Not Before 12:30 PM C. Dolehide/D. Krawczyk (8) Vs G. Olmos/A. Panova Followed By L. Kichenok/LAT J. Ostapenko (6) Vs S. Errani/J. Paolini Followed By (7) H. Hurkacz Vs (17) S. Baez
Court 12
Starts at 14:00
M. Granollers/H. Zeballos (1) Vs R. Matos/A. Molteni
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ponchi101 wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2024 7:05 pm
If Davenport, one of the worst movers ever tor each #1, could win W, Madison could too. She has the serve, the FH and the volleys. But she is one player with a huge standard deviation. She can play top 3 tennis one day, and top 100 the next.
That will always dim your chances over 7 matches.
Keys problem is she can do that within a single match - last year's US Open semis for example.
Vika really showing us why she is a double major champion, and Sakkari isnt - that was a masterful exhibition of serving and hitting.. didnt think Vika is this good on clay..
ashkor87 wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2024 3:25 pm
Keys vs Swiatek. Swiatek won in Madrid...strangely enough, I feel Keys will do better against Iga on a slow court...30% Keys.
I still remember how I laughed when Davenport (her mentor) called her a future Wimbledon champion..she is possibly a future champion on a slower court...I always thought she would do better on clay than on grass, at RG than at W. Flushing Meadow has slowed down a big lately, gives her a chance...
If Davenport, one of the worst movers ever tor each #1, could win W, Madison could too. She has the serve, the FH and the volleys. But she is one player with a huge standard deviation. She can play top 3 tennis one day, and top 100 the next.
That will always dim your chances over 7 matches.
Davenport winning W was 25 years ago, and it was a suprise to me even then - I think Graf (whom she beat in the finals) was about to retire ..
That was the last match Graf played; she retired about two weeks later.
It was a surprise to everybody, and I always felt that Graf thought that if she could not beat Davenport on grass, the writing was on the wall.
Coco - QZ match again involves a coach switching sides..Riba was Coco's coach...wonder how much it matters..probably not much ? It is not the coach who has to play..!
Davenport also lost in the Wimbledon final twice--once 9-7 in the third set to Venus--and twice in the semis. She was a fantastic grass court player.
If you were surprised she won there, you simply weren't paying attention.
Keys has struggled at Wimbledon, but she did reach the quarters twice and also has three grass titles. There's nothing strange about Davenport predicting Keys would win Wimbledon early in her career.
jazzyg wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 6:50 pm
Davenport also lost in the Wimbledon final twice--once 9-7 in the third set to Venus--and twice in the semis. She was a fantastic grass court player.
If you were surprised she won there, you simply weren't paying attention.
Keys has struggled at Wimbledon, but she did reach the quarters twice and also has three grass titles. There's nothing strange about Davenport predicting Keys would win Wimbledon early in her career.
You don't really have to move all that well on grass if you play first strike tennis like Keys does and Davenport did.
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