Stosur and Raymond in the WD final - Go, Sam and Lisa!! *Spoiler*

[westside]

second MP Stosur and Raymond

[westside]

The chinese save and they have set point. 8-7

[westside]

Stosur and Raymond lose the second set and

[StraightSets]

Stosur / Raymond lose the second set 7-6. Wasted opportunities.

[Keifers]

Aarrgh!

Have the Chinese changed their tactics?

[Yours!05]

Originally Posted by westside

Stosur and Raymond lose the second set and

...mental disintegration sets in

[westside]

Originally Posted by Keifers

Aarrgh!

Have the Chinese changed their tactics?

Not really, Stosur and Raymond weren't attacking as much and the chinese played a little better.

Stosur and Raymond should win this set.

[westside]

AAARRGGHH!

Raymond and Stosur were 40-0 up and then they got broken. The chinese lead 2-1

[Keifers]

Gotta press the attack! Keep cool heads but definitely attack.

[westside]

Stosur's vollying are letting her down.

[Yours!05]

Stosur so nervous she'e finessing volleys in(to the net) instead of thwacking them. Marcos would NOT act like this!

[Keifers]

Man! I was afraid that Sam would get nervous. She did that in the USO final, and at this AO she's getting that much more attention and press coverage and fans and friends and all the rest of it...

[Yours!05]

Stosur pushes her last volley into the net - for today. All credit to the Chinese. They forced them to play THEIR game. They were tougher, much.

[Keifers]

Rats! I had hoped that Sam's bigtime match with Hingis had given her some added oomph and confidence going into this final.

[TennisWooh]

I really didn't think the Chinese could actually pull it out. Kudos to them for keeping it together.

[go_nadal]

Stosur's volleys just went off in the last set. She was just poking them back with no real force.
But full credit to her, making the final of the womens dubs as well as 4th round? (i think it was) in the singles, and is still in the mixed, up to the semis.

[Yours!05]

Originally Posted by go_nadal

Stosur's volleys just went off in the last set. She was just poking them back with no real force.
But full credit to her, making the final of the womens dubs as well as 4th round? (i think it was) in the singles, and is still in the mixed, up to the semis.

She has to deal with that paralysed by "fear of losing" thing - and soon.

[go_nadal]

Originally Posted by Yours!05

She has to deal with that paralysed by "fear of losing" thing - and soon.

I agree completely. I spose the more she plays the more confident she gets and the better she plays underpressure.... At least i hope.....

[Keifers]

Originally Posted by Yours!05

She has to deal with that paralysed by "fear of losing" thing - and soon.

Also agree. I put this down to her youth. She'll come good.

[West Coast Ace]

Wow. That is impressive. Considering how far the country's tennis program has come in a few short years. It wasn't that many years ago that 'racket sport' meant badminton and ping pong in China.