Oudin struggling with expectations

THUNDERVOLLEY

G.O.A.T.
That ain't never going to cut it. Oh yea, and she pushes the ball, and too many of her balls just go straight down the middle of the court.

Zero strategy--it is as though she's just playing park tennis with no thought about winning points.



Very weak indeed - needs loads improvement.

Well, she needs to dump her entire coaching staff.
 

pmerk34

Legend
Well, so much for Oudin at the 2010 U.S. Open.

She needs a new coach just to work on her serve, and another to give her a sense of forming an actual strategy. I doubt this will happen since many around her are too comfortable thinking she's still in some "growing" phase.

She's hasn't grown an inch physically.

She should retire.
 

woody88

Rookie
US Open 2011.....

Reporter: "Melanie, in the past years, you have used the words "believe" and last year, "courage". can we ask you what word you are using for this year's sneakers?"

Oudin: "sure. it's the word "choke". I put it on my shoes, so it will remind me that I choked the last 3 games away of my match last year, when I lost 13 points in the row to lose the match"

seriously, get rid of all the wording mumbo jumbo on your sneakers. tell your camp to get rid of the cheesy marketing and concentrate on tennis.

what's most disappointing to me, yesterday, as she choked her match away, was that upon leaving, the crowd gave her a much encouraging cheer, and she would not even acknowledge the crowd that cheered for her throughout that match, and simply walked off the court. Sure, you can be disappointed in your effort, but how do you turn your back on your home crowd, who wish you to do well? inexcusable.
 

THUNDERVOLLEY

G.O.A.T.
US Open 2011.....

what's most disappointing to me, yesterday, as she choked her match away, was that upon leaving, the crowd gave her a much encouraging cheer, and she would not even acknowledge the crowd that cheered for her throughout that match, and simply walked off the court. Sure, you can be disappointed in your effort, but how do you turn your back on your home crowd, who wish you to do well? inexcusable.

...in the eyes of the tennis PTB--especially Mary Jo Fernandez (with her desire to return U.S. women's tennis to the era of nice, "obedient" little girls like Tracy Austin), Oudin can do no wrong when it comes to behavior, so no one will say a word about the exit you refer to.
 

woody88

Rookie
...in the eyes of the tennis PTB--especially Mary Jo Fernandez (with her desire to return U.S. women's tennis to the era of nice, "obedient" little girls like Tracy Austin), Oudin can do no wrong when it comes to behavior, so no one will say a word about the exit you refer to.

that's too bad. because I was shocked to see that behavior. I can see that Oudin was about to cry, as she was just choking the match away. But come on, the crowd was for you the entire time, the least you can do, is to wave back and thank them. It's not that hard.
 

ttbrowne

Hall of Fame
Biggest reason she's not doing well is that she's too excitable. She's like a manic depressive during a match...extremely HIGH and then at the very bottom. She needs to level out. Notice how she'll get on the high by doing her loud "C'mon" thing even when an opponent makes a routine unforced error. Ridiculous. Level out. Play the game and try to leave the rollercoaster emotions to a minimum. Save them for when they are really needed.
 

Grass_for_cows

Semi-Pro
Biggest reason she's not doing well is that she's too excitable. She's like a manic depressive during a match...extremely HIGH and then at the very bottom. She needs to level out. Notice how she'll get on the high by doing her loud "C'mon" thing even when an opponent makes a routine unforced error. Ridiculous. Level out. Play the game and try to leave the rollercoaster emotions to a minimum. Save them for when they are really needed.

C'mon is the most annoying outcry in tennis and it is made worse by the fact that they are saying it to themselves. WTA/ATP should ban c'mon for a year just to force the players to experiment with more creative and perhaps sensible expressions.
 

jones101

Hall of Fame
No, she does not have a huge serve. It is not a joke like Dementieva's, but it is not some consistent weapon in her game.

Regarding Oudin: she simply needs to work on better placement of the serve, like going out wide, then coming in on occasion, since it will never be a weapon for easy points.

Henin regularly hits her serve at 115 and her second at 90+mph. It may not be that consistent, but for her size, it is one pretty big serve. Her second serve traditionally has been one of the best on tour, for points won behind it, its quite big and not easy to attack.
 
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pmerk34

Legend
Henin regularly hits her serve at 115 and her second at 90+mph. It may not be that consistent, but for her size, it is one pretty big serve. Her second serve traditionally has been one of the best on tour, for points won behind it, its quite big and not easy to attack.

Henin and Oudin have height in common, that's where the similarities end.
 
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