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Re: '24 Aus Open Day 10 Order of Play & Discussion
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2024 3:19 am
by meganfernandez
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2024 2:48 am
Serving for a set, ANY SET, in tennis, has got to the most (expletive) difficult thing to do in the world.
I kid you not.
She was playing a gorgeous set and then plays a game that would even embarrass me.
It shouldn't be too tough if your serve is a weapon. But hardly any woman has one.
Re: '24 Aus Open Day 10 Order of Play & Discussion
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2024 3:28 am
by skatingfan
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2024 3:13 am
And... Coco tightened to give it back.
And I am sorry. Calling the physio now is cheap.
Not the physio - just the trainer - those feet needed some work.
Re: '24 Aus Open Day 10 Order of Play & Discussion
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2024 3:28 am
by JTContinental
That was the worst set of tennis Gauff has played since last summer, but somehow Kostyuk managed to play even worse.
Re: '24 Aus Open Day 10 Order of Play & Discussion
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2024 3:29 am
by atlpam
Will Kostyuk come back out firing or implode in the second set?
Re: '24 Aus Open Day 10 Order of Play & Discussion
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2024 3:31 am
by ponchi101
I like Kostyuk. But that was one of the most pathetic sets of tennis I have seen in a long time.
Label it "Exhibit A: Player that does NOT have it".
Re: '24 Aus Open Day 10 Order of Play & Discussion
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2024 3:31 am
by nelslus
WELL. THAT 1st set was some ugly s**t.
Re: '24 Aus Open Day 10 Order of Play & Discussion
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2024 3:33 am
by martini4me
And then Gauff plays a real stinker of a first game to break herself.
Re: '24 Aus Open Day 10 Order of Play & Discussion
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2024 3:34 am
by nelslus
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2024 2:48 am
Serving for a set, ANY SET, in tennis, has got to the most (expletive) difficult thing to do in the world.
I kid you not.
She was playing a gorgeous set and then plays a game that would even embarrass me.
She played some gorgeous points. But- she was making way too many errors even getting to 5-1 up. Then- she decided to play, somehow, more pathetically than Coco.
Re: '24 Aus Open Day 10 Order of Play & Discussion
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2024 3:35 am
by ponchi101
They are showing the stats.
Kostyuk lost a set where she was leading 5-1, and her opponent had a 5-24 W/UE count. A truly WTF moment in tennis.
Re: '24 Aus Open Day 10 Order of Play & Discussion
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2024 3:37 am
by nelslus
martini4me wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2024 3:33 am
And then Gauff plays a real stinker of a first game to break herself.
AND then Kostyuk, of course, returned the favor.
Re: '24 Aus Open Day 10 Order of Play & Discussion
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2024 3:40 am
by JTContinental
In addition to the UFEs, Coco's shot selection has been pretty dismal today.
Re: '24 Aus Open Day 10 Order of Play & Discussion
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2024 3:41 am
by nelslus
OK, Cheap Jokes Alert: Kost-yuck.
Cost-yucks?
Re: '24 Aus Open Day 10 Order of Play & Discussion
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2024 3:44 am
by ponchi101
Mortem Kostyuk?
Re: '24 Aus Open Day 10 Order of Play & Discussion
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2024 3:50 am
by ti-amie
José Morgado
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josemorgado@sportsbots.xyz
"Go to her forehand", says Kostyuk's coach. An obvious tactic against the US Open champ.
Re: '24 Aus Open Day 10 Order of Play & Discussion
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2024 3:57 am
by ashkor87
The way she is playing today, Coco won't stand a chance against Sabalenka. .except for the mental fortitude she has displayed..?