Week 31 - WTA Premier $800K - Carlsbad, CA, USA - Hard

murray_2k9 · Challenger qualifying

RE: Week 31 - WTA Premier $800K - Carlsbad, CA, USA - Hard

WD40 · Club Coach

Oh dear ......Laura's 1st service game 1st point DF!!

Not looking good Laura's already served 3 DF's to one ace in her very 1st service game 0-2*

-- Edited by WD40 on Wednesday 31st of July 2013 06:23:34 PM

WD40 · Club Coach

I hope you are right tony.

-- Edited by WD40 on Wednesday 31st of July 2013 06:51:05 PM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

TomTraubert wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
BeefyDeedz wrote:
[...] Laura hasn't been as clutch as Kvitova.

american sports term - perform well in the most important moments in a match - win the points that make most difference like BP or save them etc
though i guess susie dent would frown at it

Ah, thank you, TT . Never, ever, come across the term before, so I assumed it was a bad typo (not uncommon on here). Like most things American, particularly that gibberish they like to call "English", I find it totally illogical, not to mention incomprehensible, now that its meaning's been explained. Regard me as this board's Susie Dent. wink At least I know who she is.

-- Edited by Stircrazy on Wednesday 31st of July 2013 08:26:19 PM

philwrig · Hall of fame

Also another interview with Tennis Reporters ( one of the top tweeters on twitter ) reliving the tension she felt during Andy's final with Novak.

uk.reuters.com/article/2013/07/31/tennis-women-carlsbad-robson-idUKL4N0G10T520130731

The groundpass guy I've come across before for his coverage of the WTA tournament in Dallas.

WD40 · Club Coach

Laura's match about to start.

WD40 · Club Coach

L16 : RAYMOND, Lisa USA/ROBSON, Laura GBR lost to SPEARS, Abigail USA/KOPS-JONES, Raquel USA [3] 4-6 3-6

In very, very simple terms and using only live scores and stats (which should never be used to judge a match, but I will anyway!)

This match was won and lost on BP's......Robmond 2/8 Spears/Jones 5/8.

-- Edited by WD40 on Thursday 1st of August 2013 01:05:01 AM

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

5 double faults from Laura already, and 5 aces from Kvitova - serve almost certainly the difference so far.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

1-4

far too many DFs

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

1-6 - not great to say the least but 1-6 is a bit harsh on Laura as there were a few close games that Kvitova won. Kvitova is known for winning the first set easily and then lapsing so Laura still in this.

DF · Tennis legend

That was the pattern of the matches yesterday. Lose the first set win in three.
Laura , hopefully , will continue this pattern

Julia Carrot · All-time great

May not happen today

BeefyDeedz · Pro player

Sounds like Laura hasn't been as bad as it looks; I've seen tons of close games, just looks like Laura hasn't been as clutch as Kvitova.

thejester · Satellite level

A real battle out there at the moment, a lot of tight games, but Laura now facing Petra's serve at 2-5*.
It can be a little hard for us sometimes to think rationally about Laura, she's had such fantastic results in the last year or so that some of us (certainly myself included) find it hard to keep our expectations in check. After all, Laura is 32 in the world, and Kvitova is a Slam winner and world number 7.

WD40 · Club Coach

1st serve percentage is letting Laura down here hmm