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We do have a problem with closing out sets and matches right now. Its every match Ive seen since the BJK Cup pretty much. To deny it is ignorant. Hopefully we can kick this on into the clay where there is not as much expectation.

 I've just given plenty of examples where it's the other way round. And 'every match 'pretty much' is highly unspecific - look at the stats for the last year and those of other players to see what the norm is and then tell me if there's a significant difference between our players and others.  

Give it a rest. Youre a very aggressive poster its exhausting. I know of a few members who have left here due to posters like you. Have you tried posting on TF instead?

 I'm sorry if you find that aggressive. Genuinely. It doesn't seem so to me. It seems like engaging in a discussion. It seems to me that you just don't like it when people have a different opinion. And like making unsubstantiated claims. Equally genuinely. No, I don't post on TF, if that helps smile But I'll let it drop. No problem. 

Yes apologies from me, I had an interrupted days travel from Edinburgh to Manchester this morning and was in a defensive state of mind it seems. It was your post that started oh please.. that set me off. And like yourself and others have said, Im noticing these things more with the British women as I follow them closely unlike other countries so I accept that. And Katie S did well to qualifly, I just hope she can stay healthy.

 

Fingers crossed for Emma



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The above post has left me unsure where the discussion of this year's Indian Wells starts.

I can't find anywhere else so I must assume here.

I just wanted to say that the match that is holding up Emma's appearance on court is a fascinating study in why I love tennis so much. Danielle Collins went 5-2 up in set one and looked like she was cruising to the first set but then the momentum shifted and her opponent Dalma Gálfi broke back. Collins made it through the first set 6-4 after a tremendous struggle to close out the set but now Galfi is leading 4-2 in the second.

This is why tennis is the ultimate spontaneous sport and something I can never watch in replay after I know the result. It's the being on the edge, never knowing what might happen next no matter what the ranking or history of the players, there's something so compelling and in the moment about it.

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No prob at all, markymc

And leaving aside the question of whether our women are particulalry mentally fragile, I'm completely with you that we've had a couple of disappointing near-miss matches recently. And we haven't really had any major positives to balance it out. So, as PaulM says too, it feels rather sad in the women's camp at the moment - Hev doing better is hardly great news when she's still miles off her best, Harriet is having a 'mare, Jodie just back, and the two Katies are doing OK, but we all feel they could do so much better, with health and a prevailing wind...

And Lord knows where we are with Emma.....

(Maybe Eden and Sonay will lauch a surprise attack )



-- Edited by Coup Droit on Thursday 9th of March 2023 08:32:49 PM

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Neil Gee wrote:

The above post has left me unsure where the discussion of this year's Indian Wells starts.

I can't find anywhere else so I must assume here.

I just wanted to say that the match that is holding up Emma's appearance on court is a fascinating study in why I love tennis so much. Danielle Collins went 5-2 up in set one and looked like she was cruising to the first set but then the momentum shifted and her opponent Dalma Gálfi broke back. Collins made it through the first set 6-4 after a tremendous struggle to close out the set but now Galfi is leading 4-2 in the second.

This is why tennis is the ultimate spontaneous sport and something I can never watch in replay after I know the result. It's the being on the edge, never knowing what might happen next no matter what the ranking or history of the players, there's something so compelling and in the moment about it.

 You may have your players the wrong way round. WTA website shows Galfi winning the first set 6-4, with Collins now serving at 4-4



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Neil Gee wrote:

The above post has left me unsure where the discussion of this year's Indian Wells starts.

I can't find anywhere else so I must assume here.

I just wanted to say that the match that is holding up Emma's appearance on court is a fascinating study in why I love tennis so much. Danielle Collins went 5-2 up in set one and looked like she was cruising to the first set but then the momentum shifted and her opponent Dalma Gálfi broke back. Collins made it through the first set 6-4 after a tremendous struggle to close out the set but now Galfi is leading 4-2 in the second.

This is why tennis is the ultimate spontaneous sport and something I can never watch in replay after I know the result. It's the being on the edge, never knowing what might happen next no matter what the ranking or history of the players, there's something so compelling and in the moment about it.

 It was Galfi who won the 1st set 6-4. 4 all in the 2nd set at the moment.



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Neil Gee wrote:

The above post has left me unsure where the discussion of this year's Indian Wells starts.

I can't find anywhere else so I must assume here.

I just wanted to say that the match that is holding up Emma's appearance on court is a fascinating study in why I love tennis so much. Danielle Collins went 5-2 up in set one and looked like she was cruising to the first set but then the momentum shifted and her opponent Dalma Gálfi broke back. Collins made it through the first set 6-4 after a tremendous struggle to close out the set but now Galfi is leading 4-2 in the second.

This is why tennis is the ultimate spontaneous sport and something I can never watch in replay after I know the result. It's the being on the edge, never knowing what might happen next no matter what the ranking or history of the players, there's something so compelling and in the moment about it.

Galfi was 5-2 up in the first set and then Collins pegged her back to 5-4 before Galfi served it out??? Collins was also in tears in the first set so something is definit going on with her unfortunately



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Well Emma's taken the court at least

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Sorry guys I was distracted by the row going on in the first post I guess I don't like that stuff.

Let's hope this match is going one way only now with Emma in the ascendancy.


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Well Emma's taken the court at least

 That even made me laugh no

 



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Kovinic forehand worst than mine atm. Emma serves to take the first set..

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Emma loses the first two then reels off six in a row. It could come down to whether the wrist lasts another six games.

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Jeez Kovinic was terrible in that set.

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Emma romps the first set after initial hiccup but the commentary keep putting it down to her opponents injury so nobody is allowed to get too excited.

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Emma broken at the start of the second set. It's exactly like one of those unpredictable tennis matches that make me love the sport so much, but I don't want this, not in this match: I want a boring match where Emma cruises to victory!

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R1: SWAN, Katie (GBR) 156 lost to BUCSA, Cristina (ESP) 90 6-7 (6) 5-7
R1: RADUCANU, Emma (GBR) 77 def KOVINIC, Danka (MNE) 62 6-2 6-3

R2: RADUCANU, Emma (GBR) 77 (CH=10 2022) v LINETTE, Magda (POL) (20) 21 =CH
They met in Seoul in 2022 with Emma winning 2 & 2



-- Edited by Peter too on Thursday 9th of March 2023 10:27:48 PM

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