Talk About Tennis 2.0

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Fri May 19, 2023 1:39 am

jazzyg wrote: ↑Thu May 18, 2023 9:45 pm Ostapenko's biggest problem is being out of shape, which exacerbates her mental instability.

Thank god someone finally mentioned it. She is overweight, and it must inhibit her in some way. Does anyone ever run her side to side and try to make her winded or at least force her to hit when she is out of position? I get that she is still in decent shape - she's winning matches at the highest level - but surely she would do even better with optimum fitness. I don't understand why a professional athlete would let their fitness slip so much. It's one think they can totally control.

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Fri May 19, 2023 4:28 am Maybe but we must allow for differences in body types...TT, Ostapenko et al, may be perfectly fit for all we know..she doesn't seem to run out of breath nor does she decline to chase balls, so I think she is ok...definitely a threat to win on clay...

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Fri May 19, 2023 3:40 pm Starting with her service game to win the match, Kalinina lost 12 straight points to lose the set.
That was sad.

Vukov said before that Jelena called Elena a f***ing b**ch during the earlier rain delay so Elena really put her in her place there.

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Fri May 19, 2023 2:46 pm

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Fri May 19, 2023 4:28 am Maybe but we must allow for differences in body types...TT, Ostapenko et al, may be perfectly fit for all we know..she doesn't seem to run out of breath nor does she decline to chase balls, so I think she is ok...definitely a threat to win on clay...

I think even allowing for body type, she is carrying quite a bit of extra weight. It's objective truth that she is winning matches at her current fitness level, but I have a hard time believing that better fitness wouldn't help her overall. She was still hitting pretty hard when she was fitter.