Week 3 - Australian Open Grand Slam - Melbourne, Australia Hard

emmsie69 · Top national player

RE: Week 3 - Australian Open Grand Slam - Melbourne, Australia Hard

the addict · Tennis legend

emmsie69 wrote:
Peter too wrote:
I suspect Emma probably won more points and got more break points but Coco was better on the break points, both defending and attacking them. Emma was certainly not outclassed in that match, if Emma had played another match or two before meeting Coco I suspect it could well have had a different result.
That was my feeling too, even before they played today.

Stats are interesting, and show how close the match was.

Points Emma 71 Coco 76

Break points Emma 2/10 Coco 3/7

UFE Emma 42 Coco 41

First Serve Emma 35/67 Coco 65/90 (90 ? !!)

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Just my tuppence worth, but - yes - I thought Emma played well - I thought the coach was getting her to do the right things - it was really pretty close - she made a couple of lose errors on important points in the first set and was behind in the second (whether with a rib strain or not). Coco's complete mental AWOL moment gave Emma a great chance which, if she'd been just a little more match savvy, she'd have taken advantage of and we'd have had a third set at least.

But good to see Emma hitting the ball well, getting some great penetration, serving well (overall), and seemingly with a plan, not lost and cross on the court as she was for so much of last year.

And a big bravo to Coco for managing to get herself out a hole, and get her arm swinging again

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

Mrs Jaggy about to start but Ruud v Brooksby is proving too good a match just now so shes relegated to the IPad as 2nd choice

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

Shes safely into round 3 with a likely match up with Bencic which would be a great match up.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Leylah F has just lost to Caro Garcia - which is no disgrace at all, great match, and Caro is in great form

But given there's not really a huge difference between someone who wins a Slam and the runner-up (well, of course there is for the glory and and the records but if you've got 128 players and you're number 1 or number 2 it's not really any difference in level), it's interesting that no one really focuses on Leylah's 'disappointments' and all on Emma's (although maybe some minor Canadian newspapers that I never see are different)

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

I love watching Garcias game there was some really clutch moments in that match. To be honest the best player overall lost poor Layla but the big points and moments on Carolines serve she aced or found a way. Really high quality match, I can see the womens tournament being one of the best and strongest in years hopefully Caroline gets a Slam.

dodrade · Futures qualifying

Coup Droit wrote:
Leylah F has just lost to Caro Garcia - which is no disgrace at all, great match, and Caro is in great form

But given there's not really a huge difference between someone who wins a Slam and the runner-up (well, of course there is for the glory and and the records but if you've got 128 players and you're number 1 or number 2 it's not really any difference in level), it's interesting that no one really focuses on Leylah's 'disappointments' and all on Emma's (although maybe some minor Canadian newspapers that I never see are different)

I'm pretty sure Leylah would have been happy to put up with the increased scrutiny Emma gets in return for the US Open title.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

dodrade wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
Leylah F has just lost to Caro Garcia - which is no disgrace at all, great match, and Caro is in great form

But given there's not really a huge difference between someone who wins a Slam and the runner-up (well, of course there is for the glory and and the records but if you've got 128 players and you're number 1 or number 2 it's not really any difference in level), it's interesting that no one really focuses on Leylah's 'disappointments' and all on Emma's (although maybe some minor Canadian newspapers that I never see are different)
I'm pretty sure Leylah would have been happy to put up with the increased scrutiny Emma gets in return for the US Open title.

Absolutely ! No question....

Nix · Futures level

Coup Droit wrote:
Leylah F has just lost to Caro Garcia - which is no disgrace at all, great match, and Caro is in great form

But given there's not really a huge difference between someone who wins a Slam and the runner-up (well, of course there is for the glory and and the records but if you've got 128 players and you're number 1 or number 2 it's not really any difference in level), it's interesting that no one really focuses on Leylah's 'disappointments' and all on Emma's (although maybe some minor Canadian newspapers that I never see are different)

Newspapers, particularly tabloids, love to flog an angle, which is why I've given up reading them much. With Andy it was all about him being Scottish rather than British for years, until he won a few GSs and he finally got that monkey off his back. With Emma, it's about her being a flash in the pan, which creates the narrative on SM that she should just give up and become a model or a house wife. I mean FGS she's a top 100 player, that's a hell of an achievement and lots of players would be over the moon with that, let alone having won a GS at such a young age. If she could get a run of tournaments injury free she's clearly got the talent to regularly be a top player. Hopefully, she takes it all with a pinch of salt.

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

Bencic serving to a straight sets win against Mrs J, from the glimpses Ive saw its a top 10 player v a top 50 ability player sadly.

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

Or not Giorgi breaks back for 5-5, Bencic looking tight more than anything.
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Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

Too many errors from Giorgi however and its a 6-2 7-5 defeat

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

I see that the 17 year-old Czech girl (Linda F) who's been mentionted a fair bit in the juniors, and is one of the leading figures of Rothenberg's #variousCzechteenagers, has won again and is now into the last 16, which is pretty amazing

paulisi · Tennis legend

I think we are now starting to see a group of elite players on the women's side plus a few young superstars on the rise that are very marketable. Something that has not happened for a while.

Swiatek, Jabeur, Pegula, Garcia, Sabalenka, Gauff, Bencic and potentially Krejchikova

Obviously Radacanu, Fruhvitova, L Fernández, Andreescu are the new kids on the block

Then you have the old guard still knocking around like Kvitova