Week 35 - US Open Main Draw Hard

indiana · Tennis legend

Week 35 - US Open Main Draw Hard

PaulM · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
Darn

Right Naomi, prove that Paul wrong !

i LOVE being wrong

*1-0

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

No time to feel sorry for herself, Naomi comes out, plays a good game and breaks Aga to start set 2!

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Aga recovers the break, some soft errors from Naomi, but the Pole was lucky too, with the deadest of possible net cords, the ball bouncing twice on the tape and then apologetically dribbling over for a winner. 6-7(9) 2-2*

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

For the first time in the match, Aga looks to be on top, after winning 3 quick games in a row. Big service game for Naomi here...

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Yes, Naomi has done well there to hold the momentum in check with some nice volleys in a comfortable game, to 15. 6-7(9) 3-3*

PaulM · Tennis legend

Naomi should hold her head high. Gave it a good go. Very little in it.

Well done.

indiana · Tennis legend

Not been a past year for Naomi

Main draw direct entrant at the US Open. And matches Aga Radwanska for large parts of a R2 match on Louis Armstrong.

I am sure she wants more of this type of thing and with more experience ...

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Downed but far from disgraced, 6-7(9) 3-6

If Naomi could play like this more regularly, in R1's & R2's at Internationals, week in week out, she can easily add 130-150 points to her total without even needing any spectacular results or deep runs. That would get her mid 50's-60's, which would be excellent. Anything else, big one off wins against top players, is a bonus.

Great effort and application tonight, and made an in form Radwanska really work hard for a set and a half. Invest this for more returns, starting in Quebec City.

tony_orient · ATP qualifying

Naomi showed how well she can play today, just a shame she couldn't snatch the first set and make it even closer. She seemed to enjoy the lack of pace on Radwanska's shots that a lot of other players don't like and for a while everything she was hitting was going in.

I agree Naomi can build on this and progress at least a bit further up the rankings, as the end of the season is normally where she gets some faster courts to play on (the faster US Open conditions certainly helped her this week)

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Certainly an encouraging display from Naomi. At times she was fantastic, lots of super shots, not just the usual aces but some great volleys, smashes, passing shots, drop shots. No terrible errors on those 4 set points but she could have done better on most of them.

From 2-0* in the second set it was rather one-sided though Radwanska got very lucky with her net-cord return winner.

Could have served a bit better and not so sure that the choice of deploying a normal 2nd serve was the right one against a top opponent. Return needs lots of work if she is to beat top 10 opponents. It cost her in the tiebreak and was poor in the 2nd set.

By the end Radwanska could read almost everything Naomi tried.

Peter too · Tennis legend

Summary:-

R2: BROADY, Naomi (GBR) 82 lost to RADWANSKA, Agnieszka (POL) 4 4 6-7(9) 3-6
R2: KONTA, Johanna (GBR) 13 14 def PIRONKOVA, Tsvetana (BUL) 71 6-2 5-7 6-2

R3: KONTA, Johanna (GBR) 13 14 v BENCIC, Belinda (SUI) 24 26 CH=7 22/2/16
H2H 1-2
Acapulco 2014 7-5 4-6 1-6
Eastbourne 2014 6-4 6-2
Eastbourne 2015 6-2 0-6 3-6

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Jo scheduled following Tsonga/Anderson, 2nd after 16:00 UK, and not before 18:00 UK, on Grandstand tomorrow.

Spectator · All-time great

Didn't expect that scoreline - and it sounds from the reporting as if it was a super match. Well done to Ms Broady.

Jan · Hall of fame

That was close - well fought Naomi.