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Peter too


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I seem to remember Andy 4-5 years ago tended to fade if a match went to more than three sets. I particularly remember his match against Nalbandian at Wimbledon when he won the 1st two sets and then totally ran out of energy. I guess Laura is at a similar stage at 15/16 to Andy at 17/18.

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The Shedman wrote:

Madeline needs to get a faster internet connection biggrin.gif


Madeline *can't* get a faster connection. I'm on up to 8meg but the line only allows 2-3 - I'm too far from the exchange. And not in a cable area.

I managed to watch most of the mixed doubles on the v-share stream, that was much better.

 



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philwrig wrote:

Hilarious post match interview.



I second that, well worth a read (here for those unsure) they are clearly getting on well and quite relaxed about it all. smile.gif



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Thanks for providing the link, imoen,  yes a nice read  smile

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Madeline wrote:

The Shedman wrote:

Madeline needs to get a faster internet connection biggrin.gif


Madeline *can't* get a faster connection. I'm on up to 8meg but the line only allows 2-3 - I'm too far from the exchange. And not in a cable area.

I managed to watch most of the mixed doubles on the v-share stream, that was much better.


Madeline needs to move   smile

 



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Not that I know anything about these things and obviously she has a great coaching staff that are a thousand times better than me but Laura needs to cut out the double faults.

I think (although I'd love to be wrong) she's going to get creamed by her other 2 opponents. Andy should win both his matches which will give 'live' mixed doubles matches.

Win both of them and they're in the final and with Andy you never know. Was a lovely change in Andy when it got close. Suddenly went into "Come on" mode and he wasn't for losing.

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I think the current status of Laura's serve is a direct result of what happened in the US open qualifying when it collapsed under pressure.
It seems that her coach/Laura decided that it would be best to take a little bit off her 1st serve just to get it in but now that is not working and she has become very tentative.
She may as well have a real crack at the first serve to try and gain some cheap points because if she serves like that against Lisicki and Dementieva I fear for the scoreline.
Basically her service action is technically very sound but because it is a flat hit on both 1st and 2nd serve there is no room for error. Under pressure she has a tendency to shorten her throwing up arm movement which results in an inconsistent striking zone for the resultant hit leading to faults.

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2 wins for team GB could be a winner takes all match against Russia 



-- Edited by Bolt on Wednesday 6th of January 2010 09:48:12 AM

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