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USO OOP....Day 8... 9/2/19For me, it is not that Osaka plays Bencic's game: Osaka plays as usual, but Bencic take the ball earlier, and simply follows Osaka until she gets an opening. Osaka is not used that someone manages to deal with her baseline game that long without making some error on witch she can capitalise. So she keeps her very monotonous baseline game. And when Bencic starts to redirect and starts to create angles, she fails. Why is Osaka not doing that? Because, - like Rex says - she can't: that kind of strategy would be a Plan B, which she is lacking. I predicted that she would be outside the top 16 once the US open and AO open points from her wins were gone.. Well, she indeed failed to defend most of the US Open points. Expect the same at the AO2020. There was not a single top10 player left in the top half after R3.. and she fails at the first decent hurdle. "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"
Re: USO OOP....Day 8... 9/2/19When I read this support from you to Ahn, I knew it would be easy for Mertens... And a bit later, we got 6-1 6-1 for Elise "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"
Re: USO OOP....Day 8... 9/2/19This is why the event hypes Coco and others in the early rounds because there's no guarantee the stars will make it to the latter stages, and the way it's looking, semi-finals and finals could be a complete letdown. Bencic, Mertens, Svitolina, et al.... Re: USO OOP....Day 8... 9/2/19Tiger Woods in the house for Rafael's 4 set win over Marin....
Re: USO OOP....Day 8... 9/2/19TT had chances to win in straights. Let's see what the 3rd brings. Re: USO OOP....Day 8... 9/2/19Taylor's game is raw. It's ITF game. If she wants to get better, she has to play on the WTA tour. Re: USO OOP....Day 8... 9/2/19I didn't see the match for it was on at the same time as Naomi's match with Belinda. But.....checked the stats and they were jaw-dropping for Julia.... "21" aces and "57" winners, offset by 50 donations to Vekic's 3 aces, 22 winners offset by the same number of donations and she loses to Vekic? Vekic? This is sad. Nice recap, Ace, and I agree with the rest of your comment, save for Serena being the best server ever, male or female, for no one serves like Ivo...... |