Daniel Andrade
Hall of Fame
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I haven't had the chance to watch Emma.I said it! When everybody was preaching how good and hot raducanu was i was saying that i prefered leyla! Much more interesting gamestyle, pity that she lost uso finals but emma was unstopable there it seems
STRONGWORDSShe's kind of meh, Raducanu is not an atg talent but she's definitely better than Fernandez.
Ball landing deep close to body and she has no time to prepare. Not just her. Many other wta players do that.what is the explanation for the kneeling/squating shots she sometimes hits?
Getting under low balls.what is the explanation for the kneeling/squating shots she sometimes hits?
She lost btw.
Nice avatar!Her luck in close three-setters finally ran out.
Dude where have you been the past THREE years?
poor footwork.what is the explanation for the kneeling/squating shots she sometimes hits?
I have no idea, perhaps they come too low?what is the explanation for the kneeling/squating shots she sometimes hits?
Under a bunch of rubbleDude where have you been the past THREE years?
Living under a rock?
what is the explanation for the kneeling/squating shots she sometimes hits?
I call it improvisation. Sometimes, you just can't be in position because the opponent took time away from you or the ball is coming fast and deep at your body and you don't have time to make room. That's tennis.poor footwork.
I call it improvisation. Sometimes, you just can't be in the position because the opponent took time away from you or the ball is coming fast and deep at your body and you don't have time to make room. That's tennis.
I completely agree, someone calling her out on bad footwork? Seriously? She made it the US Open Final on that footwork.
...and Kerber?She's watched a lot of Radwanska matches?
Footwork is overrated.Davenport made it to seven slam finals with her footwork.
Tennis is overrated.Footwork is overrated.
Give Fernandez some time. In order to appear in seven finals she would've had to be a pro at 11 years old! She's only 18.Davenport made it to seven slam finals with her footwork.
Give Fernandez some time. In order to appear in seven finals she would've had to be a pro at 11 years old! She's only 18.
Well the thing is.....Give Fernandez some time. In order to appear in seven finals she would've had to be a pro at 11 years old! She's only 18.
Salt is overrated.Tennis is overrated.
Davenport made it to seven slam finals with her footwork.
The point is that you can make it to many slam finals with below-average footwork.
Including doubles she actually made it to a total of 20 Grand Slams. So again, it couldn't have been that bad, if it got her there.
You've already made up your mind about foot work, so I'm not going to try to convince you otherwise. I think tennis at any level requires you have good footwork to be successful, but we can agree to disagree.
Leyla is very very good, extremely good even, but so are Raducanu, Halep, Kenin, Swiatek, Muguruza, Azarenka, Kerber, Barty, Svitolina, Pliskova, Sabalenka, Osaka etc.
Hehe, then, neither is LeylaNo one of those players is "extremely good".
All are extremely good.No one of those players is "extremely good".
All are extremely good.
It's easy to be a role model when you win. Your true character shows who you are as the favorite during a loss and how you handle adversity.She’s beautiful. Her and Emma already great role models and so young!
Kerber does this the most I thinkBall landing deep close to body and she has no time to prepare. Not just her. Many other wta players do that.
And you.Maybe compared to you.
Kerber is the queen of that move.Ball landing deep close to body and she has no time to prepare. Not just her. Many other wta players do that.
The Radwanska shotwhat is the explanation for the kneeling/squating shots she sometimes hits?
+1She's only done well in 1 slam. This is the WTA where surprises are commonplace.
Explain why she is not another Vondruosova, Brady, etc.
Why do you think she will win more slams than Emma, Ostapenko, Swiatek, Stephens, Andreescu, Kenin,?
She'll have to beat the above players along with Osaka, Barty, Krejcikova, Muguruza, Kerber, Gauff, and yet another imminent WTA newcomer who will go deep.
There's always a surprise right?
I'm not against her. It's because the WTA is so up and down. She's a crafty very skilled lefty. I expect her to do very well at the FO and Wimbledon with her array of shots & movement. But I don't expert her or Radacanu to repeat their USO deep runs unless they face similar opponents or simply improve.
When Serena & Venus were great, you knew. When Osaka or Halep is focused, you know they will go deep and dominate.
So, I guess it says I don't know either way with Leyla or Emma.