Week 31 - WTA ($250K) International - Citi Open Washington, USA Hard

Strongbow · All-time great

RE: Week 31 - WTA ($250K) International - Citi Open Washington, USA Hard

Strongbow · All-time great

Well done Jocelyn+Anna biggrin biggrin biggrin

philwrig · Hall of fame

Comprehensive win for Joss and Anna too !!! 6-0 6-2.

Peter too · Tennis legend

R1: BROADY, Naomi (GBR) 212 def GAJDOSOVA, Jarmila (AUS) 64 3-6 7-5 7-6(6)
R1: WATSON, Heather (GBR) 54 lost to CHIRICO, Louisa (USA) WC128 3-6 0-6

R2: BROADY, Naomi (GBR) 212 v MAKAROVA, Ekaterina 1 12 CH=8 6/4/15

Naomi's next match could be a bit tricky!

wolf · Tennis legend

Peter too wrote:

Naomi's next match could be a bit tricky!

If JoKo can beat her!

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

What a difference a day makes in Washington!

Jo took care of Makarova quite easily so I'm sure Naomi will get a few tips of her and do the same...

indiana · Tennis legend

Oh superb, Naomi.

I just recently woke up recalling hazily at first that I had last been viewing the scores on bet365 as Naomi missed out on 2 separate BPs at 5-5* in the final set ( no surprise at all given how dominant serve was from both, but very frustrating ). They went for a sit down, I went to sleep ! ( I was very tired )

Anyway, I came on here in a mixture of anticipation and dread and ....

YESSSSS !!!

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Fantastic win Naomi well done :D

Great that Jossanna are back on song too :D

Jaffa · Challenger level

So pleased Naomi won. A cracking victory. Am I right that her ranking can really only get better for the rest of the year? 48 points will come in very handy.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

According to the EXCELLENT site that insomniacfolder kindly posted, Naomi only has a 10-pointer to come off in late October. Nothing else for the whole of 2015.

Her lowest counter is 8 (several of those) which obviously has to be deducted from the new points going on.

Spectator · All-time great

Very glad indeed for Ms Broady and Ms Smith/Ms Rae. A very fine day all around!

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Against a good player on a fast court, I think Naomi should deploy 2 first serves rather than using her standard 2nd serve, and just try to accept a high number of dfs. Of course, high risk because Naomi often gets so down on herself during matches. But a huge number of unreturned serves is her best hope of making the match competitive.

TennisLover · Strong Club Player

kundalini wrote:
Against a good player on a fast court, I think Naomi should deploy 2 first serves rather than using her standard 2nd serve, and just try to accept a high number of dfs. Of course, high risk because Naomi often gets so down on herself during matches. But a huge number of unreturned serves is her best hope of making the match competitive.

Couldn't agree more.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

It's what Pete Sampras used to do.

Especially later on in his career when he said that he was getting a little slower and felt that the risk/reward calculation of 'good first serve' versus 'second serve start the rally ball' was even more clear-cut.

indiana · Tennis legend

Deleted - rethink !

-- Edited by indiana on Wednesday 5th of August 2015 12:59:59 PM