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Re: '23 USO Day 13 OoP & Discussion

Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2023 10:25 pm
by JTContinental
:D

Re: '23 USO Day 13 OoP & Discussion

Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2023 10:30 pm
by ashkor87
Got up at 130 to watch this...worth it! Coco played like a champion, Saba is back to her bad old ways...

Re: '23 USO Day 13 OoP & Discussion

Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2023 10:33 pm
by Oploskoffie
Nothing against Aryna, but happy to see Coco win :)

Re: '23 USO Day 13 OoP & Discussion

Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2023 10:34 pm
by ti-amie

Re: '23 USO Day 13 OoP & Discussion

Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2023 10:35 pm
by ti-amie
What a match! Cori almost melted down but you could see the influence of Gilbert and Riba in the way she settled down and took over the match. Wonderful to see.

Re: '23 USO Day 13 OoP & Discussion

Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2023 10:36 pm
by ponchi101
I know that these players play at a different level than us. They have so many weapons, so much skill.
But sometimes, they do forget the most basic of all rules: KEEP THE BALL IN. Sabalenka played a 2nd and 3rd set that would make Ostapenko look controlled.
You can't hit 46 UE's and expect to win.
Coco did the opposite. Keep it in, hold the points, wait for the opening. I say the Pere/Brad team has done a hell of a job.

Re: '23 USO Day 13 OoP & Discussion

Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2023 10:37 pm
by ti-amie
ponchi101 wrote: Sat Sep 09, 2023 10:36 pm I know that these players play at a different level than us. They have so many weapons, so much skill.
But sometimes, they do forget the most basic of all rules: KEEP THE BALL IN. Sabalenka played a 2nd and 3rd set that would make Ostapenko look controlled.
You can't hit 46 UE's and expect to win.
Coco did the opposite. Keep it in, hold the points, wait for the opening. I say the Pere/Brad team has done a hell of a job.
I told y'all my friend calls Sabalenka Ostapenko with spin.

Re: '23 USO Day 13 OoP & Discussion

Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2023 10:49 pm
by ti-amie

Re: '23 USO Day 13 OoP & Discussion

Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2023 10:55 pm
by ti-amie

Re: '23 USO Day 13 OoP & Discussion

Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2023 11:03 pm
by ponchi101
More data points for my "Experience is overrated" theory.

Re: '23 USO Day 13 OoP & Discussion

Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2023 11:09 pm
by ti-amie
Amazing comments from Cori.


Re: '23 USO Day 13 OoP & Discussion

Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2023 11:10 pm
by ti-amie
In other words she's already kicked butt now she's just taking names.

Re: '23 USO Day 13 OoP & Discussion

Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2023 11:26 pm
by ti-amie
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Re: '23 USO Day 13 OoP & Discussion

Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2023 11:38 pm
by ponchi101
Serious question. Has there been many non-believers? She has been on the "future slam champ" category for a long time now.
I understand that some people talked about issues with her game (the FH analysis and all that) but is anybody surprised by this result? I may be speaking for myself, and I did say Aryna would win, but the fact that she won a slam surprises me not one bit.

Re: '23 USO Day 13 OoP & Discussion

Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2023 1:19 am
by shmrck14
3mlm wrote: Sat Sep 09, 2023 8:49 pm Due to the Disney/Spectrum dispute I've been watching the US Open by livestreaming Australian TV station 9NOW. A little before the match, Dokic and another Australian commemtator showed a video clip of Coco when she was 8 years old dancing in the stands at the US Open (2012?). As she was dancing she made a telephone gesture just like Ben Shelton's. Dokic even commented on it. Was that a dance move back then?
The song playing at the time of her dancing was "Call me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen, thus the phone gesture