ashkor87 wrote:Osaka played really badly...not moving well, error after error..Anisimova had to fight too but she looked much more solid....
I love Anisimova’s game and want her to do well, but her negative energy on court is hard to watch. She mentioned it today after the match, saying she tries to keep it in check these days, but every time I see her play she is grumpy and yelling at herself.
ponchi101 wrote:But Maddie is Maddie. I know, she is a grand slam champion. But the reality is that, with all those gorgeous strokes, she should have more than one. She is an underachiever, in that aspect.
And losing to Siegemund only adds to that narrative. Because it was not that she lost, it was the score. 3 & 3? Wow!
Broken 5 times. Served 70%, which is good, but was 1/19 on second serve points. Dreadful. Siegemund is a tough out. I don’t think it’s a terrible loss. Disappointing, though.
I think she is more than a forehand. Serve is usually a weapon and her backhand is more than solid.
Her serve is better than good. Her FH is gorgeous. The BH is solid. The net game is solid too. She is fast.
She should have more hardware.
Suliso wrote: ↑Fri Jul 04, 2025 5:50 pm
Hard courts is where Keys really excels not clay or grass as can be seen by her GS results (6 out of 7 SF's). But still Siegemund???
True enough, I was commenting only on overblown expectations of her on grass. Her defence, ability to get low, aren't good enough at W. Even Davenport makes the same mistake - as a W champion herself, she should know better...
“Do not grow old, no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like curious children before the Great Mystery into which we were born.” Albert Einstein
“Do not grow old, no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like curious children before the Great Mystery into which we were born.” Albert Einstein
The whole fifth set tiebreak was one of the most entertaining tiebreaks I've seen in a while. I'd argue that probably wasn't the best point of the tiebreak either. There were one or two earlier in the breaker that were just... well... jawdroppingly entertaining. And Borges won those points after falling behind by a sizeable deficit. Really good stuff.
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