I agree, Genie has a lot to work on, but she's 20 with a killer work ethic. She'll get there. I also think strategy needs to play a part in this. Genie will need a plan B that she can incorporate into her game. Would have been interesting to see her drop back on the return, use the slice, something to switch up the looks she was giving Petra.
She didn't even try and make any adjustments. At some point Bouchard has to realize she can't take that aggressive service return position when players like Kvitova are serving that well. She might have had a better chance to place the return instead of just bunting it back. On her own serve if she's going to take that much pace off, at least try and serve into Kvitova's body.
what does 2011 have to do with 2014? petra won and that is what counts...
Was Evert referring to Kvitova's history of poor fitness and her recent adulterous relation with "the worm?" What else could she mean--if one considers the past few years of Kvitova's career?
I don't think she'll have to. I think people are underestimating just how much power Petra has especially when zoned on grass. She dominated Sharapova in 2011 playing just like she did today, and Sharapova has a lot of power.
Because she's not playing with any significant difference than the years since her first major, which was a reply to:
Sampras went three years without winning a major between his first and second slqm. Wh as t say you to that?
Not at all. Kvitova was in beast mode and blew her off the court
Bouchard perhaps could've played a tiny bit better, but no. Kvitova was just on fire. It's a cliche I know, but I don't think anybody was beating her today.
Bouchard's serve deserted her. The match stats say she only got 46% in on her first and didn't win enough points on her second either (36%). So that could maybe be put down to nerves. By contrast, Kvitova got 83% first serves in. That, and her powerful groundstrokes and returns, quickly swung things in her favour. Kvitova looked determined and focussed right from the start. She just didn't let Bouchard into the match.
Oh I agree with all of this. Kvitova would have beaten anyone playing like she did today. I also agree that Bouchard has the goods to handle the other top players. I just meant that I think she needs a little more than she had today when she's up against those players on a regular basis, at least until Serena and Li start to decline for good.
Bouchard stood on the baseline all match, making her hit a load of shots on the half-volley, and generally it seemed a bad strategy. Kvitova played brilliantly, lights out, huge serve, shots all over the place hard and deep from both wings. A crushing performance, Bouchard didn't change her gameplan, refused to step back and try and get in some rallies, and in the power game there was only one winner.
Actually, after the women's SF, MaryJoFernandez mentioned this being good experience for Bouchard even though she won't win the title. Before the match today, she gave Bouchard higher marks than Gilbert did for Kvitova.
i wasn't saying it wasn't legitimate i just felt it was silly bringing it up about a two time wimbledon winner vs someone with no slams. genie has nothing...so there is no comparison. add that to chris's overall genie bias...
i agree but kvitova is a better version of that- more fit, less emotional.
That. I'm no Kvitova expert, but I guarantee she isn't able to play at the level she did today for every match. She is known to be an up and down player. When she has a down day, many people can beat her. When she has an up day like today, probably not very many can beat her. She just had an exceptional day today. She played ridiculously well.
agreed, bouchard is easy on the eyes but she is overhype even more then dimitrov(though dimitrov beginning to deserve it) said petra in 3, and wake up to this spectacle.
She played an opponent who--for the first time in majors appearances this year--seemed caught in the moment.
Djokovic too!
I don't think SLD76 is taking anything away from Bouchard. He's just giving props to Kvitova. That's the way I look at it and most people are looking at it. Only a select few are making rash judgments on Bouchard.
Incredible.
Kvitova did deal with it..quite convincingly too.
Pretty much this. Only trolls and potential Bouchard stalkers see otherwise
Lisicki was caught in a moment last year.
The biggest winner was Sharapova. ....she is still the reigning blonde darling of tennis lol. It would have been fitting symmetry had Bouchard won and become an overnight sensation like Maria did 10 years ago.
Say what? So...she is a Reagan fan. ..and has the hots for Bieber?
Yes, she has the mjor hots for him. All she kept talking about was, how he might notice her now. She was waiting for him to send her a message before the final...LOL, maybe that is why she was blown off the court. j/k.
