Hello all. I don't come on here often, but I just had a few thoughts about what I've seen this tournament. Did anyone notice some commentator's favoring of Eugenie this Wimbledon, mainly by Chris Evert; I even noticed some of the other commentating staff trying to temper and counter the favoritism. I would have overlooked the favoritism if Eugenie is American, but she's not. She's a great player, but in order for her to win big titles like this, she is going to either have to gain 5-10 pounds so that she can really focus only on her game or she is going to have to employ some better tactics for each match. How about slice or drop shots or good net play or, more important, computing exactly what her opponent is doing and adjusting? Eugenie is an aggressive player mentally and tactically, but she doesn't have the pure power of players stronger than her.
Back to the commentating, it seems like many commentators want Bouchard to be the new darling of women's tennis. That's why I love Martina Navratilova's commentating because it's mainly about what's happening in the match.
Anyway, Kvitova is no joke out there on the court. She hits harder than any woman's player I've seen. She played a great match. She has the type of game to beat anybody at anytime when she's not making errors. Great match by her.
Side note: I know I should probably start a new thread on this, but forgive me. I don't spend much time on here. Isn't Radwanska's game riskier than most? She takes on the ball truly flat (a lot of commentator's claim that a player hits really flat when in fact they are just hitting low over the net with good topspin), with good hands instead of repeatable mechanics, like Pete Sampras or Lindsay Davenport. And she uses a variety and plethora of technically difficult shots without making an expected amount of errors. If she would hit the gym hard, she could be a great champion, but that remains to be seen.
Anyway, great tennis by Bouchard and Kvitova this Wimbledon. Congrats to Kvitova, and I look forward to what Bouchard has to offer in her career.
Back to the commentating, it seems like many commentators want Bouchard to be the new darling of women's tennis. That's why I love Martina Navratilova's commentating because it's mainly about what's happening in the match.
Anyway, Kvitova is no joke out there on the court. She hits harder than any woman's player I've seen. She played a great match. She has the type of game to beat anybody at anytime when she's not making errors. Great match by her.
Side note: I know I should probably start a new thread on this, but forgive me. I don't spend much time on here. Isn't Radwanska's game riskier than most? She takes on the ball truly flat (a lot of commentator's claim that a player hits really flat when in fact they are just hitting low over the net with good topspin), with good hands instead of repeatable mechanics, like Pete Sampras or Lindsay Davenport. And she uses a variety and plethora of technically difficult shots without making an expected amount of errors. If she would hit the gym hard, she could be a great champion, but that remains to be seen.
Anyway, great tennis by Bouchard and Kvitova this Wimbledon. Congrats to Kvitova, and I look forward to what Bouchard has to offer in her career.