Not that surprised that Laura won by doing well on serve. In the sunshine on a hot day, Roland Garros tends to be a decent surface for aggressive players with a big serve. Totally different when it's cold and overcast!
-- Edited by kundalini on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 04:51:08 PM
Except Naomi only held hers once and she is a top server. Its been very wet in Paris leading up to today so I'm not certain conditions would have been that fast.
Not that surprised that Laura won by doing well on serve. In the sunshine on a hot day, Roland Garros tends to be a decent surface for aggressive players with a big serve. Totally different when it's cold and overcast!
-- Edited by kundalini on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 04:51:08 PM
Except Naomi only held hers once and she is a top server. Its been very wet in Paris leading up to today so I'm not certain conditions would have been that fast.
Naomi served 45% first serves in play with 2 aces and 3 dfs. Winning just 17% on her 2nd serve. Also 0/6 on bp chances. I suspect she performed as poorly as she did against Anne at Wimbledon last year. Naomi seems to have days when she's just horrible.