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

BeefyDeedz · Pro player

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

WD40 · Club Coach

That scoreline is really not a true indication of the match!!

TomTraubert · Futures level

well..... that one wont live long in the memory!!!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

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

confuse

BeefyDeedz · Pro player

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

Yes?

philwrig · Hall of fame

Very harsh scoreline and very harsh scheduling so although a tad disappointing, not back to the drawing board stuff.
Petra gave a D grade performance in Australia, today was obviously much better, very few double faults.

Laura did alot of interviews after yesterday's win and also hit on court with a couple of children, good PR and a lovely thing to do, but given the tight scheduling, possibly hurt her today. Petra sounded pretty bullish as well pre tournament. Laura has only beaten top players when they have underperformed and is ranked where she is a for a reason.

Still though only 13 wins for Laura this year but lots of points gained, will be interesting to see how she does in the doubles later on.

philwrig · Hall of fame

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

Yes?

Winning the big points ?

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Certainly that scoreline was not reflective of the match - Laura deserved to lose in straight sets but 6-1 6-2 sounds like a thrashing when in reality she lost a lot of games where she had games point. Looks like Kvitova served really well too.

With two very up and down players it's hard to tell beyond serve stats if Laura was tired after yesterday (possible given some pretty terrible scheduling) or if Kvitova player really well (she is 7 in the world for a reason and even Laura is going to have games against top 10 players where she falls well short).

Overall a par tournament for Laura, beating a player she should beat and losing to one much higher ranked. Was much closer to being worse though and not at all close to being any better.

BeefyDeedz · Pro player

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

Yes?
Winning the big points ?

Indeed. She unfortunately just didn't pull through in the big moments.

TomTraubert · Futures level

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

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

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

Yes?
Winning the big points ?
Indeed. She unfortunately just didn't pull through in the big moments.

It seems from following Laura that she doesn't do well on the important points...

But then I checked the stats on the WTA site and in fact Laura has converted on 47.2% of break points and saved 57.9%. Conclusion, Laura does OK on the 'clutch' points, but it's easier to remember the points that got away.

BeefyDeedz · Pro player

It does feel that way, indeed. And I'm actually not surprised by those statistics, because as you say, we remember the ones that got away. My statement wasn't intended to look sweeping so I apologise if it did, I was strictly referring to today's match.

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

BeefyDeedz wrote:
It does feel that way, indeed. And I'm actually not surprised by those statistics, because as you say, we remember the ones that got away. My statement wasn't intended to look sweeping so I apologise if it did, I was strictly referring to today's match.

That's OK, I didn't think you did. I was just asking the wider question myself, then using some stats to answer it.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

You surprise me, SC. Even a dinosaur like me knows what that term means.

indiana · Tennis legend

I think the SC mind just refuses to recognise some terminology originating from our American friends LOL ( no matter how reasonable it might at times actually be )