Simona Halep v Eugenie Bouchard - Wimbledon 2014 SF

[Nostradamus]

is Eugenie's serve as good as Serena's ?

 

[BigServer1]

Great set of tennis.

I hope Halep's ankle can hold up to go the distance.

Me too, but good signs so far. She played some awesome defense in that TB.

 

[TahoeTennis]

That was an awesome, high quality tiebreak!

Hope this goes to 3!

 

[Marius_Hancu]

Strange TB, with a long interruption
Many errors on both sides, also caused by the grass quality

Bouchard prevails
7-6

 

[Avles]

Aggressive, tactical, SILENT tennis-- hope this is the future of the WTA...

 

[Down_the_line]

Good hold by Halep to open the 2nd set.

What do you think, Ace of Hearts?

 

[veroniquem]

Yes! Go Genie!

 

[Steve0904]

Seems like Halep can run all day, but I hope she tires out.

 

[romeo8880]

is Eugenie's serve as good as Serena's ?

Eugenie's serve is slightly better than Halep's serve.

 

[Fed881981]

Great to watch a match with no screams.

 

[Steve0904]

These are awesome points.

 

[BigServer1]

Aggressive, tactical, SILENT tennis-- hope this is the future of the WTA...

So true...So, so true.

 

[T-Noone]

Genie needed that first set. Good for her!

 

[Ironwood]

Aggressive, tactical, SILENT tennis-- hope this is the future of the WTA...

Yes....hadn't noticed the missing shrieks and grunts as I've become so used to it on the woman's side....refreshing!

 

[Strobe Lights]

Moments of luck at the right moment can be so crucial. Genie got that fortunate net cord at 2-4 down in the TB. A huge difference between 2-5 and 3-4. But you then need to capitalise and Bouchard did just that, coming from behind to take it.

 

[Down_the_line]

What a point!

 

[BigServer1]

Some great points early in this set. I haven't found a women's player that I genuinely like watching since Henin and Hingis, but these two are awesome. Many people talking like these two are the future, and I hope they're right. Great players, likeable women.

 

[Down_the_line]

Two break points for Genie...

 

[Steve0904]

2 BP's. Big chance here.

 

[Steve0904]

Genie breaks for 2-1.

 

[BigServer1]

Genie's return seems to get in an opponent's head. Couple untimely DFs there.

Can Genie hold serve enough to take this?

 

[Ironwood]

Would love to see the Wimbledon champ come out of this match, but Kvitova will be tough. Big serve, big game big experience and she's won it before!

 

[Down_the_line]

What a forehand to seal the game. I just love how Genie is able to change direction on her shots.

 

[Marius_Hancu]

Halep seems to have lost it in face of strong fight by Bouchard, two double faults, plus a moonball sent out

Her cross court FH is not reliable at all

broken

3-1 Bouchard in the 2nd

And now the chair umpire makes an overule against Halep, which is shown to be wrong by Hawkey

4-1 Bouchard
10-5 FH winners in her favor -<< this is where the game has been won by her until now.

 

[beernutz]

Aggressive, tactical, SILENT tennis-- hope this is the future of the WTA...

So true. If only the announcers would follow suit.

Halep was game but it is clearly over for her.

 

[TahoeTennis]

6-1 final set. I think Halep is mentally broken.

 

[Down_the_line]

Don't count Halep out yet. She's a tough cookie herself.

 

[easywin]

What an overrule

 

[Steve0904]

Double break. Yes!!

 

[BigServer1]

Genie has raised her level, Halep's level has dropped. Bad timing for Simona.

 

[Fed881981]

Sad to see this now.

 

[Ironwood]

A little fist pump....Genie looks focused!

 

[Down_the_line]

Another break to Bouchard. Gotta like Bouchard's chances to finish this off.

 

[veroniquem]

This match is going exactly the way I hoped it would!
Halep is another Radwanska, she has no big weapon to hurt a 1st class attacker like Genie.

 

[onyxrose81]

So this makes rooting for the Women's final easier. Go Petra.

 

[Down_the_line]

So this makes rooting for the Women's final easier. Go Petra.

If Bouchard can handle Petra's serve, I like her chances. Bouchard will hurt Kvitova in every other way.

 

[dirtballer]

So true. If only the announcers would follow suit.

Halep was game but it is clearly over for her.

Chris Evert must own stock in Bouchard. She's been gushing over her non-stop for the last hour. What happened to neutrality.

 

[Steve0904]

It's not over yet.

If this was a mens match with 2 breaks I'd feel better.

 

[InvisibleSoul]

Chris Evert must own stock in Bouchard. She's been gushing over her non-stop for the last hour. What happened to neutrality.

Because Bouchard reminds her of herself.

 

[Nostradamus]

who is better ? bouchard or Kvitova ?

 

[Down_the_line]

As confident as I was in Bouchard, I'm surprised she's dominating the 2nd set. I thought Halep had a little more in her. The ankle injury plays a big part I suppose.

 

[Ironwood]

Noticed whenever Bouchard hits a great wide angle shot , Halep hits a better return

 

[veroniquem]

How can one not gush over Genie? Inspiring player with NO screaming or screeching of any kind and nothing passive/defensive in her game. One would have to be really fastidious to pass on that in WTA.

 

[TahoeTennis]

6-1 final set. I think Halep is mentally broken.

Called it.

 

[Terenigma]

Bad sportsmanship there.

 

[Chico]

Ugh. Asking clear ace to be replayed. Not nice at all.

 

[Down_the_line]

Genie, why are you worrying about this at this point in the match??

 

[tacou]

Wow just lost a decent amount of respect for Genie.

 

[Steve0904]

Halep has dug in here since the convo.

 

[TahoeTennis]

How can one not gush over Genie? Inspiring player with NO screaming or screeching of any kind and nothing passive/defensive in her game. One would have to be really fastidious to pass on that in WTA.

+1 exactly.

She's like the terminator in T3, silent and deadly!