2022 Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic - San Jose (WTA500)

[spystud]

Shelby breaks to 5-all, this is like JV tennis.

 

[ttwreader]

Dasha missed her opportunity to close the set on serve and now has to serve to get to the tiebreak.

 

[ttwreader]

1st set Rogers.

 

[Mark-Touch]

I'm going with the hetero.

 

[Baseline_Bungle]

Go Shelby! Let's get this monkey off the back!

 

[Pass750]

How does a pro tennis player serve up a 52 mph serve?! Her serve is horrendous, wouldn’t she take off a couple of months and work on getting a real serve?

 

[coolcamden]

SR psyched herself out after winning the 1st set. SHE left the court for 10 minutes, came back and laid an egg. Well… a breadstick to be precise.

 

[Baseline_Bungle]

SR psyched herself out after winning the 1st set. SHE left the court for 10 minutes, came back and laid an egg. Well… a breadstick to be precise.

Yup - I mean, doesn't she even know the basics? You ONLY take a toilet break after LOSING a set.

Looks like the monkey is there to stay. She's been playing great, but apparently doesn't have the stuff to win a WTA final.

 

[spystud]

All over but the handshake now.

 

[ttwreader]

Shelby has no answer for the top spin from Dasha.

 

[ttwreader]

Dasha won. She will be back to top 10 on the WTA ranking next week.

 

[zvelf]

Yay! Kasatkina wins San Jose! I'm not quite sure what changes Kasatkina has made to be playing so much better recently. She may have cut down on her unforced errors, but her second serve is still quite slow and weak.

 

[ttwreader]

Her strokes are the same but she plays more consistently and looks smarter and adapts/exploits her opponents better.

 

[zvelf]

Kasatkina did not have an easy draw: Rybakina, Townsend (who is not usually very good but has been playing better recently), Sabalenka, Badosa, and Rogers (not consistent, but a very dangerous opponent).