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kundalini


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I thought Jodie played a lot of good tennis, plenty of winners and a fair amount of horrible shots too. First set was aces, brutal return winners off 1st serves and some of the worst play on set point that I've seen for a long time; only took her 7 extremely nervous set points, including 2 dfs, 3 awful errors on her first groundstroke after her serve and one set point saved by good play from VM before eventually Rosa's rubbish return off a 2nd serve landed long.

Movement didn't seem great, VM seemed to control the longer rallies. First serve percentage could have been better. At times Jodie was surprisingly passive. One lovely drop shot winner, one that VM that put away for a winner and another attempt that failed to make it over the net, one point that required a couple of overheads to finish and a forehand drive volley winner. If anything, Jodie played better after her 2nd serve than her 1st.

Too often 40-15 on serve turned into a long game, sometimes requiring Jodie to save bps. Thankfully, Jodie played a confident service game to hold to love for 5-1* in the 2nd set and contributed a couple of forehand winners to reach match point, Rosa's backhand error long for the win. 

Anyway, 6-3 6-1 is an impressive score line.



-- Edited by kundalini on Monday 24th of April 2023 04:29:50 PM

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I agree - Jodie didn't look that confident in the first set but improved as the match went on. Quite a few shots into the top of the net, but some great winners.

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Yikes - live rankings show no top 100 players. Haven't seen that for a while.

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Have to say I'm surprised by that result. Her opponent seemed to prefer clay and Jodie has previously struggled on this surface. Can't really expect her to get through to the main draw but I didn't expect her to win this either! Maybe play Emma in the first round!!!



-- Edited by RJH1962 on Monday 24th of April 2023 03:42:43 PM

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She did beat Errani only a couple of weeks ago... but you'd expect Errani to win routinely on clay. Here's hoping though, nice to see Jodie try a bigger level on a surface she's not comfortable on.

How far away is she pointswise from the top 100 now?

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Looking ahead a bit with a lot of What Ifs but a first round match with Emma would be a match for the British no 1.

I really hope Jodie can beat the awful Errani

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Q1: BURRAGE, Jodie (GBR) (17) 108 =CH v VICENS MAS, Rosa (ESP)
175 =CH 6-3 6-1

Q2: BURRAGE, Jodie (GBR) (17) 108=CH v ERRANI, Sara (ITA) (5) 85 (CH=5 2013)
They met in Miami earlier this year with Jodie winning 1 & 3

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Jodie takes the first set on a tie break

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Jodie takes the first set on a tiebreak after serving for it at 6-5.

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Jodie takes the first set 7-6(7)

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RJH1962


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seagull wrote:

Jodie takes the first set on a tiebreak after serving for it at 6-5.

 She played a pretty awful service game when serving for the set!   Did well however to get through the tie break after that



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Considering her experience on the surface and the calibre of clay court opponent, I thought that was incredibly well fought. Shes always going to make errors, even more so on clay, but balanced it pretty well. Surprisingly not getting a huge number of return winners

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Now is the time to be aware. Following victory in the first set her opponent will strike early in the second if she is allowed

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Jodie drops the second set 5-7

and is into the third and final set

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This is like the old Jodie

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