Week 37 - WTA International Coupe Banque Nationale, Quebec City, Canada(Carpet)

Grachka · County player

RE: Week 37 - WTA International Coupe Banque Nationale, Quebec City, Canada(Carpet)

Jan · Hall of fame

Can't be here for much longer to follow this.
Good luck Naomi!
(And well done for the win last might!)

Kounosuke · Intermediate Club Player

Naomi loses the 1st set 4-6 :(

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Ostapenko takes the first set 6-4

A set that could have gone either way, as Naomi had 6 break points across 3 different games but couldn't convert one (though Ostapenko did play those points well).

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Outplayed on the break points in the first set. Ostapenko came up with some great play to save bps while a Naomi df cost her the set. Needs to do better returning 2nd serve.

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Super tournament finishes with a very disappointing performance. Shocking returning of the 2nd serve cost her (11 unreturned 2nd serves). Ostapenko played superbly to save all those break points.

I thought Naomi failed to adjust when it became clear Ostapenko was dominating the rallies. Both on her own 2nd serve and returning 2nd serve, Naomi never got the balance right, either making errors or being too passive; personally the passive play annoys me far more than the errors as Naomi's best chance of becoming a top 100 player is by being ultra aggressive. Against Glatch, Naomi hit three 2nd serve aces but she rather allowed Ostapenko to bully her 2nd serve.

Lowest first serve percentage of the week for Naomi 58% and a high number of dfs, given that she didn't appear to be hitting it particularly fast 5/28. Far too many poor ground-strokes into the net. An occasional super backhand but her forehand was desperately poor.

-- Edited by kundalini on Saturday 19th of September 2015 08:42:32 PM

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Naomi played a decent match today, but Ostapenko was just a bit better. The 6-4 6-2 scoreline was really harsh on Naomi though as the match was a lot closer than that.
It's been a great week for Naomi and she still has the doubles to come of course.

nicofrance · Strong Club Player

Sadly Naomi's good run comes to an end. Its easy to see why Ostapenko is rising rapidly up the rankings, I think this match was lost in the first set with Naomi missing a lot of BP chances, even in the last game she missed 3 chances and could have made it more stressful for Ostapenko by taking one of those chances.

Given she got in as a lucky loser its best to look at the positives, she won 3 matches got some good ranking points and a decent pay cheque.

Spectator · All-time great

Ms Broady also gained experience of playing on the big stage. That's really important in and of itself. Well done to her: she capitalised brilliantly on her draw and has been doing an excellent job of stringing together wins ... even if it didn't happen today.

DF · Tennis legend

Her doubles sf has started. GL Naomi !

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

won first set 7-5

lost second set 5-7

match tiebreak 6-10 - rather gave it away - 3 dfs, 2 from AH, one from NB

-- Edited by kundalini on Saturday 19th of September 2015 11:01:23 PM

Long time reader · Lower Club Player

Lost 5-7 7-5 10-6

To say Hesse was bad in the champions tie break would be a bit of an understatement.

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Long time reader wrote:
Lost 5-7 7-5 10-6

To say Hesse was bad in the champions tie break would be a bit of an understatement.

I only saw last few games of 2nd set and the tiebreak. No idea how she played before that but AH was terrible while I was watching.

indiana · Tennis legend

Pity to lose in both her SFs, but still an excellent week for Naomi. Well done.

Oakland2002 · All-time great