Tennis Random, Random (On Court)

[meganfernandez]

If you go by the women, you will see some more people. Kvitova, Mugu, Kerber, Barty, possibly Azarenka. Wozniacki will get in because of her long stay at #1, Halep will also be considered. It will not be as bleak as the ATP prospect.
Then you will have the years of 10 players with 1 slam. And time to reconsider again.

The thing is, the HoF has a marketing element. It's a ceremony and they want to attract a good crowd. Maybe it's a fundraiser, too. So they need stars whenever they can get them. They need Ivanovic and Wozniacki and other big names for marketing purposes. They have to balance that with the integrity/mission of the HoF. Good point about their being a slew of women at some point. Yay, parity.

i'm all for considering personality and impact on the game in addition to wins and accomplishments, the subjective X-factors. Ivanovic was a star. Ivanisevic was a big, unique personality on tour, made several other finals, and still has a presence as a top player's coach, and evidently a good coach, since Cilic was also with him when he won the US Open.

[ti-amie]

[ponchi101]

Good message, and a surprising stat, more so since she has never won one.
Guess she has made a lot of semis.

[JazzNU]

[ponchi101]

[ti-amie]

[ponchi101]

A solid, hardworking pro. Would make a good coach.
Best of luck.

[ti-amie]

[meganfernandez]

And still No. 7 in the world. Tells you how good the rest of her game is. I applaud her for dealing with the frustration. Hope she gets the serve under control.

[ponchi101]

And when I look at her serving, all she needs to do is change her grips a little bit. Go for an eastern BH grip.
And call Navs. She will fix it.

[ptmcmahon]

400 double faults "scored" That's one way to spin it.

[ashkor87]

I voted for Cara Black..great doubles player..doubles is also tennis!

[meganfernandez]

400 double faults "scored" That's one way to spin it.

I didn't know if that was a troll or what. Kinda funny.

[Deuce]

Elizabeth Mandlik. Remember that name. She will be a top 30 player, at least.
You heard it here first.
She is 21 years old and is Hana Mandlikova's daughter (I have no idea where the 'ova' went - maybe it's because Elizabeth is American).

She is playing Leylah right now at a 125 level tournament in Tampico, Mexico. Mandlik was ahead by a break in the 1st set, but Leylah broke her back when she was serving for the set. Then Leylah won the tiebreak 10-8.
I was more impressed with Mandlik in that set than I was with Leylah. She has the tools - and the tennis genes, obviously... all that's missing is the experience at the WTA level.
She is currently ranked #124. It would not surprise me at all if she is a top 10 player in about 3 years.

[Deuce]

Leylah upped her level in the 2nd set, while Mandlik kind of fell apart for the first few games. Before long, it was 4-0 Leylah. But Mandlik came back to win the next 2 games, and had points to win a 3rd game in a row, but didn’t. The last game endured about 15 minutes, with Mandlik saving several match points before succumbing.

Total points were 82 to 75 - a difference of 7 points. Leylah had 5 aces to Mandlik’s zero, and Leylah had only 1 double fault to Mandlik’s 3. So there’s your 7 point difference right there. Leylah also served in the 65% range for 1st serves, and Mandlik was at about 45%. Other than those differences on serve, it was very close.