16yo Mirra Andreeva vs. 43yo Venus Williams next week in Cleveland. First round.

[Sudacafan]

Dude (people like using this these days), ever heard of in-vitro conception?

No problems in being calling Dude, but I prefer to be called Sir, or directly, Milord.

 

[MichaelNadal]

Hoping for some good matches from the Queen at the US Open

 

[aus89]

Wildcards should also be given to players coming back from pregnancy.

Yes they should or for any reason at the tournaments discretion really lol

 

[Mark-Touch]

Yes, of course, but it still counts for less than 1 of 10000 pregnancies in the world, and I only discuss events with high occurrency frequence.

And how was I know to know that?

 

[Mark-Touch]

Mirra made life really difficult for herself today.
I know Korpatsch is no slouch, but to win the first set 6-0 and then have to fight for your life to hang on in the 3rd,
is not playing your best!
Four match points needed too to finish it.
But onwards and upwards for Mirra!

 

[Sudacafan]

And how was I know to know that?

Now you know.

 

[No_Kwan_Do]

High on drama, low on quality. 60% of the match was just moonballs back and forth.

 

[Mark-Touch]

High on drama, low on quality. 60% of the match was just moonballs back and forth.

I joined in sometime in the 2nd set expecting Mirra to run away with the match after seeing the 6-0 score.
But no such thing.
Part experience from Korp to just keep the ball in play + Mirra being rusty from her absence the past few weeks.
Mirra was overly cautious today.

 

[jimmy8]

Mirra made life really difficult for herself today.
I know Korpatsch is no slouch, but to win the first set 6-0 and then have to fight for your life to hang on in the 3rd,
is not playing your best!
Four match points needed too to finish it.
But onwards and upwards for Mirra!

This makes me think of the below thread:

Whenever I go up like 4-0 and I start to think - I'm going to beat this guy easily - that's when I lose in a comeback. Now, when those thoughts come into my mind, I tell myself - anything can happen, just play your game, don't think a comeback is not possible, don't think it's going to be easy, don't change your game, don't go for shots that you know you are going to miss and waste points, don't go conservative, because he's going to put those shots away.

 

[No_Kwan_Do]

I joined in sometime in the 2nd set expecting Mirra to run away with the match after seeing the 6-0 score.
But no such thing.
Part experience from Korp to just keep the ball in play + Mirra being rusty from her absence the past few weeks.
Mirra was overly cautious today.

Yeah, her opponent used her experience to frustrate Andreeva into crying at points throughout the match, and Korpatsch is an ITF player at best on hard surfaces. I don't think she's ready emotionally to compete on the WTA at the moment. Crying mid-match is the sort of things Juniors do. A better player would have taken full advantage of that yesterday.

As I've said before, it's a lot easier to rise up through the ranks when nothing is expected of you like she did when she was taking names in Madrid and Wimbledon. When you come up against players you're then expected to beat and other players want to take you down a peg or two, it's a different sort of pressure.

 

[Mark-Touch]

Yeah, her opponent used her experience to frustrate Andreeva into crying at points throughout the match, and Korpatsch is an ITF player at best on hard surfaces. I don't think she's ready emotionally to compete on the WTA at the moment. Crying mid-match is the sort of things Juniors do. A better player would have taken full advantage of that yesterday.

As I've said before, it's a lot easier to rise up through the ranks when nothing is expected of you like she did when she was taking names in Madrid and Wimbledon. When you come up against players you're then expected to beat and other players want to take you down a peg or two, it's a different sort of pressure.

I agree that her outbursts were very disconcerting. They aren't a good sign to be sure.
But I think we must cut her some slack here.
I wasn't watching Fed yet in his early years, but I heard he didn't quite have his emotions in check either at that stage.
He matured and I expect Mirra to do likewise.

What bothered me more than that though in the match was her lack if imagination.
Other than her usual topspin shots she didn't try anything to change up the pace and throw Korp off.
Very few slices, few drop shots, few net approaches etc.

She'll need to be more creative when she plays against players like Korp.
She was also quite tentative with her bread and butter FH and BH's.
She'll be really tested tomorrow against Stephens, in just her second match since her brief hiatus.