#ed_op#br#ed_cl#LOL.. the only time Sloane beat Serena is when Serena had her ankle looking like a grape fruit in Australia. Since then, it's been a one-way street (Don't believe me. Check the H2H).#ed_op#br#ed_cl# Sloane's pushing game has no prayer against the Queen of Compton, Princess of Wakanda.#ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl#If Serena's serve is on, she'll finish off Pliskova, the last power player left in the draw on this fast court. .#ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#div#ed_cl#If her serve is off, she'll have hard time getting rid of Pliskova. And I don't see Sloane getting by Pliskova. #ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#/div#ed_cl##ed_op#div#ed_cl#Sloane's 2nd serve is begging to be hit. And the first serve is too weak for Serena or Pliskova. It will get punished. #ed_op#br#ed_cl#Sloane has yet to face a ball striker like Osaka or Sabalenka who are throwing bombs right now. (Watching the Replay on ESPN)#ed_op#/div#ed_cl##ed_op#div#ed_cl#Sloane is the new Wozniacki. Push, push, push until the opponent misses. It works against other pushers and ball bashers.#ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#/div#ed_cl#Graveller wrote:We are two rounds away from a Keys vs Stephens final....#ed_op#br#ed_cl#Feels almost inevitable.....
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US Open Draw and ResultsLast edited by Ace2Ace on Sep Mon 03, 2018 6:10 pm, edited 14 times in total. <font color=brown>@ <b>Ace2Ace</b>:</font> Are you sure that it was Sloane that you have been watching? 😀😀. Sloane defends when she has to defend, plays aggressive when she has to, pushes when she has to... If pushing in a specific match is the strategy that is most likely to result in a win, then it would be stupid to try something else. She is the player that reminds me most of Clijsters. As for a weak second serve: that never stopped Henin... "Never argue with an idiot - they take you down to their level and then beat you on experience" "Don't wrestle with a pig: you both get dirty, but the pig actually likes it" #ed_op#font color="brown"#ed_cl#@ #ed_op#b#ed_cl#Graveller#ed_op#/b#ed_cl#:#ed_op#/font#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#div#ed_cl# Wozniacki, Sloane, Svitolina, all play different brands of the same pushing game. When the opponent is not missing, they look miserable because they have no answer. We've all seen it. (Sloane has power but she doesn't use it).#ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#/div#ed_cl##ed_op#div#ed_cl#I watched her against Mertens. Mertens was the better player who made the crucial mistakes when she tried to close out the points. Sloane was just happy pushing side to side. Never hit a single ROS winner while Mertens had a few. Never tried to end a point unless it was a short ball on a wide open court and there was no other choice but finish.#ed_op#br#ed_cl#The better player lost that match. It happens in tennis. That's how Wozniacki got to #1. #ed_op#/div#ed_cl##ed_op#div#ed_cl#Sloane's draw is so open she got another pusher coming next in Sevastova. Luck of the draw. God bless her.#ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#/div#ed_cl# Last edited by Ace2Ace on Sep Mon 03, 2018 6:28 pm, edited 4 times in total. #ed_op#div#ed_cl# #ed_op#br#ed_cl# #ed_op#/div#ed_cl##ed_op#div#ed_cl#(correction.. Osaka is still in... but she'll have to have a superb serving day, the kind she had at Indian Wells. Have not seen that since).#ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#br#ed_cl##ed_op#/div#ed_cl# Last edited by Ace2Ace on Sep Mon 03, 2018 6:17 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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