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Coup Droit


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If anyone likes background, I've known Amandine Hesse since she was a little 7 year-old (although 'little' was never really the right word - she was always a head taller than her contemporaries) and she comes from a very prestigious tennis family.

Her mother was No./ 1 in the world in her seniors category in 2009 (and is about 12th now, I think) and the ex no.5 player in France. Her father is one of the key national coaches (when he's in favour, whch is not always).

Amandine plays a very high risk, heavy hitting game and is capable of spraying the balls right, left and centre. But the ones that go in are a joy. She's also prone to the most spectacular meltdowns.

She's still pretty young (born 1993) and has a lot of potential but but needs to get her head round certain things first. If Bally isn't injured, her experience should prove too much for Amandine.



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Coup Droit, I'm very much enjoying your knowledge on French Opponents, and French tennis in general. Thank you for the insights.

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Bally's match now under way on live score.

There is supposed to be live streaming of her court at:
http://www.openst-gaudens.fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=326&Itemid=9&lang=en
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http://www.ustream.tv/channel/tennis-st-go

But at the moment, the only working stream is for the other court (where Alison Van Uytvanck has had an entertaining series of tantrums)

The streams for Bally's court may come online during the match.

Bally: *0-1



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Elena consolidates an early break: 3-1*

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Bally holds that lead to take the first set: 6-3

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They weren't streaming Court 2 yesterday. In fact, the second stream says "Court 1" while the OoP implies Court 1 is not in use.

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Bally currently 4-1 up in second set

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FQR: BALTACHA, Elena (GBR) [5] 207 beat HESSE, Amandine 404 by 3 & 1

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blob wrote:

Coup Droit, I'm very much enjoying your knowledge on French Opponents, and French tennis in general. Thank you for the insights.

 Glad to be of service smile

 

And, having only recently moved back here, I'm really enjoying finding out from this forum all about the lesser known British players. So thank you too!

And, of course, well done to Elena - does she really like the nick name Bally ? Really??.



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Good for Elena on not her best surface. I think everyone calls her Bally!

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I'd like to add my thanks to Monsieur Forehand

And yes, strange as it seems, I believe she does! (or tolerates it with a smile anyway)

It works quite well in the phrase "badass Bally" (which she seems to have lived up to today, especially in the 2nd set)

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Excellent win, lets hope she gets a decent main draw and wins a couple more matches. She does have a lot of points to defend.

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Or Madame Coup Droit perhaps.

Funny thing is that my kids only ever have tennis lessons in french (during the summer, or when their nephew visits) as in France they can access significantly better quality coaches, have more fun, in better weather and for about half the price. So I suspect they may not even know the english words for forehand and backhand.

 



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True, I shouldn't assume based on "Coup" being a masculine word LOL

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Q3: BALTACHA, Elena (GBR) 5 207 beat HESS, Amandine (FRA) 404 6-3 6-1

R1: BALTACHA, Elena (GBR) Q 206 v ZANEVSKA, Maryna (UKR) SE 149

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