Week 19 - WTA Premier ($6.7M) - Madrid, Spain - Clay

blob · All-time great

Week 19 - WTA Premier ($6.7M) - Madrid, Spain - Clay

blob · All-time great

R32: Johanna KONTA/Shuai ZHANG (GBR/CHN) 275 defeated (WC) Anabel MEDINA-GARRIGUES/Arantxa PARRA SANTONJA (ESP/ESP) (UNR + 57) 2-6 6-3 [10-3]

R16: Johanna KONTA/Shuai ZHANG (GBR/CHN) 275 v. Gabriela DABROWSKI/Yifan XU (CAN/CHN) [4] 25

Michael D · All-time great

paulisi wrote:
Interesting watching this match. Jo is not a natural on clay and won the match through sheer power, rather than court management and finesse

And I'm not expecting this to change much with her current coaching arrangement.

Strongbow · All-time great

Apart from Mandy C we don't have any natural clay players usually it's "Needs must when the devil drives". smile

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Strongbow wrote:
Apart from Mandy C we don't have any natural clay players usually it's "Needs must when the devil drives".

Fran Jones does seem most comfortable on there with her Barcelona training.

blob · All-time great

Ace Ventura wrote:
Strongbow wrote:
Apart from Mandy C we don't have any natural clay players usually it's "Needs must when the devil drives".
Fran Jones does seem most comfortable on there with her Barcelona training.

They're multiplying; a decade ago this would have been heresy:

blob · All-time great

It's an epidemic!

indiana · Tennis legend

Then again ...

www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx

Ace Ventura · Tennis legend

Raonic breaks Dimitrov in the decider and will serve for the match at *5-3, so Jo could be on within the next 15 mins.

blob · All-time great

0-1*
Could be brief.

flamingowings · All-time great

indiana wrote:
Then again ...

www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx

Interesting...very interesting.

markymc1983 · Club Coach

Does anybody have a link?

RedSquirrel · Satellite level

flamingowings wrote:

indiana wrote:
Then again ...

www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx
Interesting...very interesting.

You may find this 2010 RG interview interesting too.

https://web.archive.org/web/20100531211317/http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/news/interviews/2010-05-28/201005281275067969060.html

ANDY MURRAY: Yeah, I mean, I enjoy it as a tournament. I always loved to play on clay when I was younger. I've said it many times it's my favorite surface to play on, even though my results haven't been as good.
You know, I feel like I can play well on clay, play very well on clay. It just takes me a bit more time to get used to the surface again. You know, I love the tournament. It's probably the hardest physically to win, you know, because obviously a lot of long rallies, long points, and long matches.
Yeah, I enjoy coming here, and it's very different to me than at the other Slams where, you know, I'm a lot more sure of myself there just because I know how to move well and how to play properly on those courts.

the addict · Tennis legend

markymc1983 wrote:
Does anybody have a link?

Jo is on BTSport, and on here http://videostream.dn.ua/videopage/videoPage.php?g=OTcxOTYf&c=en&i=eWl2bW9iZGlzaAff

Vekic/Muguruza also on videostream

flamingowings · All-time great

RedSquirrel wrote:
flamingowings wrote:

indiana wrote:
Then again ...

www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx
Interesting...very interesting.

You may find this 2010 RG interview interesting too.

https://web.archive.org/web/20100531211317/http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/news/interviews/2010-05-28/201005281275067969060.html

ANDY MURRAY: Yeah, I mean, I enjoy it as a tournament. I always loved to play on clay when I was younger. I've said it many times it's my favorite surface to play on, even though my results haven't been as good.
You know, I feel like I can play well on clay, play very well on clay. It just takes me a bit more time to get used to the surface again. You know, I love the tournament. It's probably the hardest physically to win, you know, because obviously a lot of long rallies, long points, and long matches.
Yeah, I enjoy coming here, and it's very different to me than at the other Slams where, you know, I'm a lot more sure of myself there just because I know how to move well and how to play properly on those courts.

To be honest, I probably have read a similar article, it's just strange to reconcile that Andy is very, very good on grass and clay was seen for years as his weakest surface. But then Clayray happened...