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It’s hard to believe she is #2 in the world!
Yeah. The worst too is when it feels like you're not doing anything that much different than you normally are, except you can't serve. I'm not a great player, somewhere between 3.5-4.0 NTRP, but my 2nd serve is usually ok. Sometimes though the doubles just come in waves and it kills my momentum. Other matches I will have maybe 1-2 a match.That’s such a horrible feeling. I absolutely hate double faulting.
I saw that yesterday in Sydney. Utterly confused me.What's with the direct acceptance and qualifiers gap. All these dubs player doing well in quallies.
Yeah. The worst too is when it feels like you're not doing anything that much different than you normally are, except you can't serve. I'm not a great player, somewhere between 3.5-4.0 NTRP, but my 2nd serve is usually ok. Sometimes though the doubles just come in waves and it kills my momentum. Other matches I will have maybe 1-2 a match.
I think maybe if you start slowing down your serve which is what Aryna apparently was doing, or thinking that you need to swing slower and "get it in," that also tends to lead to problems. You need the racquet head speed to get the serves down into the box, especially on 2nd serves. When you start slowing the racquet down it just leads to more problems.
I saw that yesterday in Sydney. Utterly confused me.
#94 Liu v #589 Shibahara with the latter winning
#88 Haddad Maia v #726 Dabrowski??
#90 Schmiedlova v #594 Heisen
#685 Olmos v #117 Parry with Olmos winning
Was nobody ranked 150-500 available? Why did it go from top 120 to players outside the top 550? Bizarre.
That was her ball toss, wasn't it? I recall it being poor at times but never needing to underarm it.Ana Ivanovic was the most famous recent serving yips.
That was her ball toss, wasn't it? I recall it being poor at times but never needing to underarm it.
It's not just about the score, she can't play! Her serve is in mid 140's and still double faults a lotAt least not double bagel you guys.
Agree with you there. I think she had 1-2 decent seasons at the end of her career where she won a few titles and got deeper into majors again but never another final.Yep, but can’t serve is can’t serve. Ana obviously had a good career, but she never truly recovered.
It's not just about the score, she can't play! Her serve is in mid 140's and still double faults a lot
Somewhat expected given the weight of expectation and complete lack of match play/tour experience from Emma. We have seen this on the WTA Tour time and time again - I'm really not surprised. Also, when we get to the clay season, the same thing is to be expected as she's not played any WTA clay events either - I've no idea if she's any good/confident with movement on clay. Really she needs to play out this season in full and I'll expect more from her in 2023. Of course, a 0 and 1 drubbing is pretty rough but given she had a 10 day Covid isolation and then didn't play last week I really wasn't expecting anything more than 6-2 6-2 at best vs an in-form Rybakina. To compound this, as the most recent major champion and 'it girl' sponsorship wise, all players will be looking to being Raducanu down a peg or 2. At this point a 50% win record this season is looking like it would be a good result.Two US open finalists get trashed! So much for GS champion.
Do you know if he was even available to be a full time coach on the tour? I thought the guy had commitments and a desire to remain in the UK for much of the year.Rybakina destroyed Raducanu! Wow! I told her she should of kept her U.S. Open coach! LOL!
Look at the bright side Harry_, at least you didn't have to go _Wild with scotch todayRybakina destroyed Raducanu! Wow! I told her she should of kept her U.S. Open coach! LOL!
She's not played a match since November, had 10 days in isolation and this is her first match of the season versus an in-form player who has a tonne of WTA match play over the past few years and far bigger wins over top players than Raducanu actually does.Raducanu really just gets killed in matches now! It such a beat down! Being a fan of hers, it sort sad and then I sort blame her for not keep her team after the U.S. Open. She has no confidence in her game now!
Maybe, but he could of still be her coach by Facetime and by telephone if not in person. The way I understood it, that she wanted someone with more WTA Tour experience, which to makes zero sense since her coach already when she won her GS title!Do you know if be was even available to be a full time coach on the tour? I thought the guy had commitments and a desire to remain in the UK for much of the year.
Do you know if be was even available to be a full time coach on the tour? I thought the guy had commitments and a desire to remain in the UK for much of the year.
Rybakina's had a lot of learning opportunities the amount of finals she's lost in the past few years. Of course, she may well break through this year but it appears she struggles with the occasion once it's marked as a final. She experienced it twice also at the Olympics in the SF and the Bronze medal match.He did have domestic commitmemts, but I don't think Raducanu asked him to carry on. Had she done then who knows, maybe he would have seriously considered it, especially if she'd shared some of that newfound wealth with him.
I agreed with the decision to move on from him at the time. I'm not so sure anymore. Maybe she should kept Richardson but brought in 'consultants' from time to time. I don't think she'd be winning these matches necessarily but she might be performing better.
God knows what that new guy thought of this performance. Even Rybakina looked fed up being out there. You don't learn much from winning like that.
I saw that yesterday in Sydney. Utterly confused me.
#94 Liu v #589 Shibahara with the latter winning
#88 Haddad Maia v #726 Dabrowski??
#90 Schmiedlova v #594 Heisen
#685 Olmos v #117 Parry with Olmos winning
Was nobody ranked 150-500 available? Why did it go from top 120 to players outside the top 550? Bizarre.
Gauff ain't hanging around. Takes out Siniakova 1 and 2. I'm expecting a major final or SF from her this year.
It's pretty cool that the top doubles players can push those around the #100 mark in singles, and even beat them. It just shows how competitive the doubles players are and often with that team aspect to their training that may benefit them competitively/mentally having the friendly competition and support. It would be good to see more of it going forward. I know I've seen Dabrowski on a number of qualies entry lists, so she must just dip in when she's at an event which needs to fill the qualies draw.I saw that yesterday in Sydney. Utterly confused me.
#94 Liu v #589 Shibahara with the latter winning
#88 Haddad Maia v #726 Dabrowski??
#90 Schmiedlova v #594 Heisen
#685 Olmos v #117 Parry with Olmos winning
Was nobody ranked 150-500 available? Why did it go from top 120 to players outside the top 550? Bizarre.
I seriously have never seen something like it. It's unreal that there's been little commentary on it, this is a world #2 and a top player who has completely forgotten their game.I have never seen serving yips like Sabalenka had last night. That was embarrassing. She even put herself behind in the point because she wasn't ready for a service return on the first serve, fully expecting it to be a fault.
Didn't get to see it live, sounds like a pretty epic meltdown. Wondering if anyone will make a highlight reel of all missed serves.I seriously have never seen something like it. It's unreal that there's been little commentary on it, this is a world #2 and a top player who has completely forgotten their game.
Guillermo Coria's 2004 Roland Garros final was excruciating to watch. It made it worse that it was a grand slam final and that he was the heavy favorite. People actually used to call him "the king of clay" before the actual best clay court player of all times showed up.I have never seen serving yips like Sabalenka had last night. That was embarrassing. She even put herself behind in the point because she wasn't ready for a service return on the first serve, fully expecting it to be a fault.
Watching the WTA highlights I had to replay several points to try to understand why Raducanu wasn't even close to reaching the ball. Sometimes she wasn't even out of position after hitting a decent deep ball, and still couldn't get anywhere near the next shot. Perhaps Emma's footwork isn't always up to snuff, but man those Rybakina groundstrokes are fast.