2022 Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic - San Jose (WTA500)
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flyingboris
Legend
Decent comeback by Naomi in the second set, just couldn't quite get it level.
NaomiKonjuhPotapova
G.O.A.T.
Gauff is very fast, good stuff. NO can still improve honestly, the first set rather dull and only relied on serve, below 50% first serve will not make it past top-10 quality players.
coolcamden
Hall of Fame
CG is incredibly FAST in real life. I’ve seen a lot of fetchers/retrievers, none is as fast getting to the ball as her.
She played almost flawless tennis tonight.
Oh… and she has huge feet.
She played almost flawless tennis tonight.
Oh… and she has huge feet.
ttwreader
Hall of Fame
PSNELKE
Legend
That average 2nd serve speed is not even impressive, it just means she's brainless.
UnderratedSlam
G.O.A.T.
Jabba the Ons seemed very nervous in the tie-break, made many dumb errors.
Missed a smash, double-faulted, missed easy FHs...
No idea where from the tiny Kudermetova gets all her power from.
Missed a smash, double-faulted, missed easy FHs...
No idea where from the tiny Kudermetova gets all her power from.
Bud
Bionic Poster
You know what they say about women with huge feet...CG is incredibly FAST in real life. I’ve seen a lot of fetchers/retrievers, none is as fast getting to the ball as her.
She played almost flawless tennis tonight.
Oh… and she has huge feet.
PSNELKE
Legend
She ain't tiny at all. 5'7" and while she has a slim frame, her legs are muscular. Look at em, that's where the power comes from
flyingboris
Legend
Badosa-Gauff underway
Edit: two holds followed by two breaks. 2-2. Both players not that sharp at the outset. Badosa playing it safe (no sharp angles), Gauff hitting a nice drop shot and some good angles, but butchering a makeable volley. Still, enjoyable match so far.
Also interesting, Paula has tons of time to set up her shots but she isn't able to put pressure on Gauff, imo due to conservative placement (and Gauff's speed).
Edit 2: missed part of the set, picked it back up in the tiebreak. A terribly ill-adviced squash shot followed by two double faults by Gauff gave Badosa the tiebreak. 1-0 Paula.
Edit: two holds followed by two breaks. 2-2. Both players not that sharp at the outset. Badosa playing it safe (no sharp angles), Gauff hitting a nice drop shot and some good angles, but butchering a makeable volley. Still, enjoyable match so far.
Also interesting, Paula has tons of time to set up her shots but she isn't able to put pressure on Gauff, imo due to conservative placement (and Gauff's speed).
Edit 2: missed part of the set, picked it back up in the tiebreak. A terribly ill-adviced squash shot followed by two double faults by Gauff gave Badosa the tiebreak. 1-0 Paula.
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Mark-Touch
Legend
Strange you would say that.
I tuned in for the last few games and I'm seeing a watered down version
of what I was seeing from last year (Paula).
She should be blasting Coco off the court!
I tuned in for the last few games and I'm seeing a watered down version
of what I was seeing from last year (Paula).
She should be blasting Coco off the court!
Mark-Touch
Legend
Coco more gifting the match than Badosa winning it.
PSNELKE
Legend
That's pretty much the main reason why I hate watching WTA matches. You know exactly when the match is over. Gauff was cruising until she hit those 3 DFs to get broken serving for the set and that was the neck breaker. Another DF to lose the TB and the match was over at that point
SystemicAnomaly
Bionic Poster
And yet you keep watching & commenting on WTA matches.
PSNELKE
Legend
I have no choice. Football season is starting tomorrow again after the summer break
spystud
Talk Tennis Guru
AA not following the script so far.
UnderratedSlam
G.O.A.T.
She has the narrowest shoulders of all girls, very skinny girly arms, a small girly head...
She's tiny.
Mark-Touch
Legend
Kudermetova is totally opposite of Kenin.
Kenin's idiosyncratic service motion, where she tosses the ball first, keeping her head down,
and then looks up to find the ball.
Kudermetova looks up first, and then tosses the ball.
You can't make this stuff up!
Kenin's idiosyncratic service motion, where she tosses the ball first, keeping her head down,
and then looks up to find the ball.
Kudermetova looks up first, and then tosses the ball.
You can't make this stuff up!
coolcamden
Hall of Fame
Kuder is cute. I didn’t see that service motion until just now, after you pointed it out. Lol…
SystemicAnomaly
Bionic Poster
@Mark-Touch
Hadn't looked at Kenin's serve before. But, yeah, it is rather unusual. Federer looks up a bit late -- he is eyeballing his opponent until he the moment he releases the ball. But Kevin is even later than that. She might not get away with that if her toss was lower or inconsistent
Mark-Touch
Legend
I don't know about you guys but I really like Rogers.
It'll be hard for me to pick a fave if Badosa goes through.
Ahhh.. so that was her secret. She's been hitting the gym!
I could see she's really trimmed herself down. (Rogers).
Would have preferred Amanda to win her match though.
It'll be hard for me to pick a fave if Badosa goes through.
Ahhh.. so that was her secret. She's been hitting the gym!
I could see she's really trimmed herself down. (Rogers).
Would have preferred Amanda to win her match though.
ttwreader
Hall of Fame
They will play each other again in a few days.
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