Great hope Halep - How far now?
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Marius_Hancu
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2020 Roland Garros
4th R
Iga Swiatek b Simona Halep 6-1 6-2
In short, what sadly happened today was IMO the result of professional negligence on Cahill's and Simona Halep's part to do the required due diligence on a day when the opponent played inspired tennis, fuelled by the thirst for revenge:
- a failure to properly scout the opponent, who displayed exactly the arsenal in the previous match, with Bouchard
- a failure to evaluate the coming encounter, to prepare a plan B, and to execute it
- a failure to see that continuing to feed Swiatek high topspin balls serves her preference of attacking such balls or dropshot her; Halep did not execute perhaps even a slice, meant to lower the trajectory of the balls, to take Swiatek off her routine
- a failure to be prepped to execute aggressive returns
- a failure to improve Halep's 2nd serve, which becomes critical against power players
- a failure to be pumped up: Simona seemed quite indifferent to the developments on the court
Instead, what seemed to have been present was an overall dismissal of the opponent before the match, caused by the results of the previous encounters.
4th R
Iga Swiatek b Simona Halep 6-1 6-2
In short, what sadly happened today was IMO the result of professional negligence on Cahill's and Simona Halep's part to do the required due diligence on a day when the opponent played inspired tennis, fuelled by the thirst for revenge:
- a failure to properly scout the opponent, who displayed exactly the arsenal in the previous match, with Bouchard
- a failure to evaluate the coming encounter, to prepare a plan B, and to execute it
- a failure to see that continuing to feed Swiatek high topspin balls serves her preference of attacking such balls or dropshot her; Halep did not execute perhaps even a slice, meant to lower the trajectory of the balls, to take Swiatek off her routine
- a failure to be prepped to execute aggressive returns
- a failure to improve Halep's 2nd serve, which becomes critical against power players
- a failure to be pumped up: Simona seemed quite indifferent to the developments on the court
Instead, what seemed to have been present was an overall dismissal of the opponent before the match, caused by the results of the previous encounters.
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TopspintheTerrible
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I agree but what’s Plan B? She’s not comfortable @ net. Her serve isn’t big enough to S&V. She doesn’t have a great slice.... apart from playing more aggressive, what’s a viable alternative strategy?
DSH
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Este un eșec complet pentru Simona, care se pregătea exclusiv pentru turul de mini teren de lut și mai ales pentru Roland Garros.
Fiind principalul favorit pentru a-l câștiga, este de neconceput și inacceptabil să pierzi în modul în care jucătorul român și-a luat rămas bun de la Paris.
După cum spui, există greșeli de neiertat pentru ea și Cahill pentru că și-au subestimat tânărul rival.
A fost, fără îndoială, o mare oportunitate ratată pentru Halep de a câștiga un nou GS în cariera ei.
Și în fiecare an șansele ei de a reuși în turneele majore vor scădea.
spystud
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Harry_Wild
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Wonder why she had back problems since it is only March and limited schedule?
Ronaldo
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Carrying the Tour a heavy load
Marius_Hancu
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Enceladus
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Simona in Miami won her 400th match at WTA Tour:
Enceladus
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Simona withdrew from the Miami Open:
Rafa.the.Magnificent
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Oh this is really sad, so soon before the French Open! I’m sure Halep was hoping to snag that major this year. Truly feel bad for her!She’s gonna be out for awhile now.
spystud
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Jason Swerve
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Learning these things.
James P
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Marius_Hancu
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In tune with her times: opened a luxury fashion store in Constantza, her city. Doing well. apparently.
Marius_Hancu
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In 2021 Montreal, tough opponent in her first match: Collins, on the upswing recently.
Marius_Hancu
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Five years later, Simona finally adopted some of the serving changes I recommended then in:
tt.tennis-warehouse.com
Not that I assume my post was the deciding influence, but who knows?
Great hope Halep - How far now?
Good call. She should focus on winning one of the two Premier 5 tournaments in China.
tt.tennis-warehouse.com
Not that I assume my post was the deciding influence, but who knows?
Dedans Penthouse
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. . Eleven years ago, Simone modified her milk tanks - curving changes I did not recommend.
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I think 4r
Ronaldo
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Rack Him!
Dedans Penthouse
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James P
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Looks like her partnership with Cahill is over. Wouldn't be surprised if she retires in the next 12 months.
https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/simona-halep-announces-coaching-split-from-darren-cahill
https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/simona-halep-announces-coaching-split-from-darren-cahill
Ronaldo
Bionic Poster
Why retire?
James P
G.O.A.T.
Fertility clock is ticking. She's said on record she wants to be a mother.
ffw2
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Ronaldo
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Nah, Serena was a real mother at 17
Nostradamus
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she gonna have baby now ? with these teenagers coming out to dominate, might be good to take some time off and have a baby
Marius_Hancu
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2021 IW features this mouthwatering 3rd R derby
Halep - Raducanu
which will be tough.
A propos of Raducanu and Halep exchanging many (justified and no doubt sincere) pleasantries:
"A (half) brother (sister) is a (half) brother (sister), but the cheese must be paid for ..." (a Romanian proverb, i.e., nothing is for free, even between brothers).
Coach Dobre finally mentions doing changes I recommended more than 5 years ago (serve, return, more attacks at net - see uptread), because "the new generations are forcing the issue," he says. To which I say waiting this much (both Simona and Cahill culprits) is generally a recipe for very unpleasant turns of events.
Simona could have been a 5-7 Slam winner ...
"Don't give the Romanian his/her last mind" (another Romanian proverb i.e. let's hope she won't have to regret the errors of her former ways).
Halep - Raducanu
which will be tough.
A propos of Raducanu and Halep exchanging many (justified and no doubt sincere) pleasantries:
"A (half) brother (sister) is a (half) brother (sister), but the cheese must be paid for ..." (a Romanian proverb, i.e., nothing is for free, even between brothers).
Coach Dobre finally mentions doing changes I recommended more than 5 years ago (serve, return, more attacks at net - see uptread), because "the new generations are forcing the issue," he says. To which I say waiting this much (both Simona and Cahill culprits) is generally a recipe for very unpleasant turns of events.
Simona could have been a 5-7 Slam winner ...
"Don't give the Romanian his/her last mind" (another Romanian proverb i.e. let's hope she won't have to regret the errors of her former ways).
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Marius_Hancu
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Halep was broken in doubles today.
Great volleys , but serve not up to par.
This may spell trouble ... even with Kostyuk, not to speak of Raducanu.
Great volleys
, but serve not up to par.This may spell trouble ... even with Kostyuk, not to speak of Raducanu.
Marius_Hancu
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Halep today:
"Putem spune că ne gândim să ne întoarcem la jocul din 2013, jucam mai agresiv atunci. "
"We can say we think about returning to the game [I had] in 2013. I was playing more aggressively then."
I've been saying all the time that.
One step away from playing Raducanu in Romania, in the SFs of the 250 Transylvania Open.
"Putem spune că ne gândim să ne întoarcem la jocul din 2013, jucam mai agresiv atunci. "
"We can say we think about returning to the game [I had] in 2013. I was playing more aggressively then."
I've been saying all the time that.
One step away from playing Raducanu in Romania, in the SFs of the 250 Transylvania Open.
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Marius_Hancu
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Not playing Raducanu at this 2022 AO either ... not Simona's fault.
On the way back to form, she hits a roadblock - Cornet
On the way back to form, she hits a roadblock - Cornet
Harry_Wild
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Cornet played above her grade!
Ronaldo
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Took long enough! Award winning moment
Musterrific
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It would help her cause if she were to learn how to volley.
spystud
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spystud
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Fintft
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Coco favorite? Pfft!
UnderratedSlam
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Hey, I cast my vote in the poll!
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