Week 14 - WTA Premier ($795,707) Charleston, SC, USA - Clay

murrayman650 · ATP level

RE: Week 14 - WTA Premier ($795,707) Charleston, SC, USA - Clay

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

4-5 down. Looks like Genie's got it together with her serving.

murrayman650 · ATP level

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6-4 Bouchard

Laura you need to serve better

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Hmmmmmm...............

steven · Tennis legend

BenR:

First set to Genie Bouchard 6-4 over Laura Robson. Long, tight, uncomfortable set, as expected. #FCC2013

Looks like Laura could do with learning from her best friend how not to be too nice to one's best friend!

PaulM · Tennis legend

She can't get a serve in from the ad-side. Yesterday her serve was the only poor aspect of an otherwise strong performance.

Guessing its nerves but it's destroying her game today.

philwrig · Hall of fame

I will say this that I did see a photo which looked as if her left shoulder was taped yesterday, so maybe that explains the lack of penetration on her first serve. I don't see her coming back here as she was always struggling slightly more than Genie miracuously saving her 1st 8 BPs. Obviously doesn't enjoy playing Genie whereas Genie doesn't seem to mind playing Laura.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Best friend? I hadn't even realized that they were buddies until the discussion came up on this topic. Is it a childhood thing? Robbo needs to get over it whatever it is.

steven · Tennis legend

Ben:

"That wouldn't have been very many apologies...#FCC2013 RT @stephenVking: @BenRothenberg did they apologize to each other after every winner?"

Ouch!

Julia Carrot · All-time great

philwrig wrote:
I will say this that I did see a photo which looked as if her left shoulder was taped yesterday, so maybe that explains the lack of penetration on her first serve.

Was that a post-match photo? I certainly didn't notice it on the stream, but I wasn't watching it on full screen.

murrayman650 · ATP level

2nd set

Laura 2* - 1 up

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murrayman650 · ATP level

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paulisi · Tennis legend

Come on Laura - concerned about the number of break serves Genie has on your serve. Go and serve out the second set and then run away with the final set.

murrayman650 · ATP level

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tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Laura cut out the double faults completely in that set which certainly helped!