Coco needs to improve her serve to compete with those three regularly.
There is still hope for Pegula. Seems like she didn't play Madrid, right?
Coco needs to improve her serve to compete with those three regularly.
Agreed, ST played a thoughtless game with no finesse, at all. A bagel and a breadstick is what you get for that kind of game.
I stand by it. When she has done well against them, she has kept her DFs way down. This year, her DF percentage is pretty bad. Last year, she kept it under control. She won't beat Iga or Aryna giving them 10-12 free points.JTContinental wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2024 1:19 am Meh, even without the serve, she competes just fine against Sabalenka (4-3) and Rybakina (1-0). Only 1 of those 9 matches wasn't competitive.
My guess is she'll just play Rome. She evidently isn't in a hurry to get to Europe and, I think, not setting a ton of goals for the clay-court season. She was entered into Stuttgart but played BJK Cup instead.
I guess we'll see, but she's currently 5 in the race midway through the season, and based on current form, I don't really see anyone in the top 20 that would pass her besides Rybakina and maybe Collins. It's unrealistic to think she'll defend all those points this summer, but she won't lose all of them, either.meganfernandez wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2024 2:14 amI stand by it. When she has done well against them, she has kept her DFs way down. This year, her DF percentage is pretty bad. Last year, she kept it under control. She won't beat Iga or Aryna giving them 10-12 free points.JTContinental wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2024 1:19 am Meh, even without the serve, she competes just fine against Sabalenka (4-3) and Rybakina (1-0). Only 1 of those 9 matches wasn't competitive.
I don't think Gauff will maintain her Top 5 ranking by the end of the year unless she improves the serve, then maybe.
Gauff has had a decent season so far - title and two big SFs - but that won't continue if she keeps DF'ing at her current clip. She's No. 5 and heading south with that DF rate.JTContinental wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2024 3:04 amI guess we'll see, but she's currently 5 in the race midway through the season, and based on current form, I don't really see anyone in the top 20 that would pass her besides Rybakina and maybe Collins. It's unrealistic to think she'll defend all those points this summer, but she won't lose all of them, either.meganfernandez wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2024 2:14 amI stand by it. When she has done well against them, she has kept her DFs way down. This year, her DF percentage is pretty bad. Last year, she kept it under control. She won't beat Iga or Aryna giving them 10-12 free points.JTContinental wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2024 1:19 am Meh, even without the serve, she competes just fine against Sabalenka (4-3) and Rybakina (1-0). Only 1 of those 9 matches wasn't competitive.
I don't think Gauff will maintain her Top 5 ranking by the end of the year unless she improves the serve, then maybe.
I think that IS her game, she played the way she can. Against folks like Vika it worked..didn't against IgaOwendonovan wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2024 1:42 amAgreed, ST played a thoughtless game with no finesse, at all. A bagel and a breadstick is what you get for that kind of game.
When Coco has stayed with the other top players, she has served better than she has been lately. She is in another serving slump. The mental toll is just as bad as the free points she is losing.ashkor87 wrote:I guess Coco can stay with Sabalenka et al but she isn't winning enough lately to even get to play them..early losses, before QFs..she is sort of fading as a force. I agree she needs to cut down her dfs..
What does it mean that Nadal didn't get the afternoon court time, and Alcaraz did?
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