WTA 1000 Doha 2/9 - 2/15 2025

[ponchi101]

Glad for her because I have always liked her, but it is only one tournament for a player that has been on tour since 2016 (at a very young age, admittedly). I hope you are right, but she needs more than one Doha title to say she has come off age.
And it is her 3rd title overall. Which surprises me.

[JTContinental]

Anisimova is the first woman since 2007 to beat six top 40 players in a row

[JTContinental]

Glad for her because I have always liked her, but it is only one tournament for a player that has been on tour since 2016 (at a very young age, admittedly). I hope you are right, but she needs more than one Doha title to say she has come off age.
And it is her 3rd title overall. Which surprises me.

She did have an extended absence when her dad died and wasn’t serious about tennis when she first came back. She has clearly decided to commit again over the last year and is on the brink of a career-high ranking so I hope she can keep up the momentum

[ponchi101]

Totally agree. Her dad's death was extremely hard for her. As I said, I hope she can come back all the way, but I will wait some time. The tour is tough right now. You know, my "parity rules" speech.

[ti-amie]

[ashkor87]

It is reported (by Tignor, of all people!) that a key tactical decision Anisimova made was to get more first serves in, even at the cost of slowing them down , so Jelena could not pulverize her second serve. Shows her growing maturity as a player.

[ponchi101]

A strategy developed by Mats Wilander for the 1988 RG final, in which he missed just two first serves so Laconte would not tee off his second.
Smart from Amanda.