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Re: Ladies' draw: Miami 2019

Post by Ace2Ace » Mar Fri 22, 2019 7:49 pm

Watching Halep vs Taylor ...
If Taylor cannot get a tennis coach, she should just go back to school, play college tennis.. lol

How does one play a match standing 100 feet behind the baseline on ground strokes, first serve and 2nd serve. Does she even watch the top players play tennis?

Doesn't she watch Osaka, Serena, Ostapenko, even Andreescu? They are on the baseline, ready to step inside on short balls. Taylor stands back waiting for any ball to come to her. What kind of coaches watches that without doing anything about it?
There is no pressure on her opponent's serve. nothing.. And those moon balls are not going to hurt your opponent. If this girl is serious of becoming a tennis pro, she needs to hire a coach. She can't do it on her own.

My lady Halep will eat you up like cheap burrito. How did Halep even lose 2 games in this 2nd set?
This should be a double bagel.

I tried to watch Bencic vs Puttintseva so I can talk about it to Graveller ... :) :)
That was a bad match too. I don't really see what makes Bencic a top player. She is just back there redirecting, trying to get her opponent tired running side to side. :) Still not impressed no matter how I try to tune into her game.
I couldn't watch. all the matches I saw were so snoooooooozzzzzzzzzz tonight.
Putintseva at least tried to change up the shots. Bencic's shots are too predictable. This match could have gone either way. But Bencic could not defend her breaks.

Only saw Serena's last set. Girl looks like she is pregnant again. hmmmmm... 2nd baby on the way?

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Re: Ladies' draw: Miami 2019

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Re: Ladies' draw: Miami 2019

Post by Ace2Ace » Mar Fri 22, 2019 10:19 pm

[1] N. Osaka vs [27] Hsieh
[Q]Niculescu vs [13] Wozniacki
Tomljanovic vs [21] Kontaveit
Andreescu vs [8] Kerber

[3] Kvitova vs [26] Vekic
[19] Garcia vs [15] Goerges
[12] Barty vs. Stosur
Kuzmova vs. [7] Bertens

---------- Bottom Half --------

[5] Ka. Pliskova vs. Cornet
Putintseva vs [11] Sevastova
[16] Mertens vs. Vondrousova
Maria vs. [4] Stephens

Y. Wang vs [25] Collins
[18] Q. Wang vs. [10] S. Williams
[14] Kasatkina vs. Williams
[28] Hercog vs. [2] Halep

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Re: Ladies' draw: Miami 2019

Post by Ace2Ace » Mar Sat 23, 2019 12:34 pm

Kvitova vs Vekic... It's all about what Petra's doing.
I thought Vekic was a power player but no.. she just gets the ball back. She really has nothing to hurt Petra.
If you don't have Halep's down-the-line beauties or Andreescu's drop shots or Osaka's serve and returns, what can you do that Petra cannot handle?

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Re: Ladies' draw: Miami 2019

Post by Ace2Ace » Mar Sat 23, 2019 1:00 pm

1 great backhand winner from Vekic.. So why don't we see that often?

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Re: Ladies' draw: Miami 2019

Post by Mytiwtiw » Mar Sat 23, 2019 4:25 pm

Another victory parade right at Miami 🎊🎊🎉🎉🇷🇺🇷🇺I wish I could be a part

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Re: Ladies' draw: Miami 2019

Post by rex » Mar Sat 23, 2019 4:33 pm

Congrats to Su-wei on dismissing the one-dimensional Naomi Osaka. Had her on the ropes at the AO, but just didn't finish. Today, the continuing education program continued, but with a different result.

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Re: Ladies' draw: Miami 2019

Post by Mytiwtiw » Mar Sat 23, 2019 4:38 pm

WTA bringer of excitement was again booted out that makes two victory parade 🎉🎊🎊🎉

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Re: Ladies' draw: Miami 2019

Post by Ace2Ace » Mar Sat 23, 2019 7:10 pm

Osaka was good. She had a few bad patches at the wrong moment.
She is still the better player IMHO, not Hsieh.
Serena did lose a big match against Vinci. That doesn't make Vinci the better player. Everyone loses badly sometimes.
Osaka is still an excellent player. She was able to handle all the junk balls from Hsieh. Some of the shots she got back were just too good. She could have closed out this match in 2 straight sets.

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Re: Ladies' draw: Miami 2019

Post by djmm1962 » Mar Sat 23, 2019 7:31 pm

Second baby by Serena, Ace??

Oh Lord!!

That tummy was poofed out though ~ She's just not chiseled enough aka fit enough!! Now, with an injured knee, it'll be harder for her to train and lose weight. Not as easy to bounce back as she thought it would be. Should've asked Oracene!!

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