Week 19 - ITF W35 Patja D'Aro, Spain - Clay

Var · Pro player

RE: Week 19 - ITF W35 Patja D'Aro, Spain - Clay

wimbledont · Lower Club Player

Just wrote summat that disappeared, agreeing and citing that she had 8DFs in her first 7 service game, was panicking if a rally went beyond 5 shots and trying to end it, allowing Pazcek to dominate the scoreline by simply getting the ball back in court...

Bit of a comeback now, from 0-4 to 3-4...

wolf · Tennis legend

L16: (JE) Charo Esquiva Banuls (ESP) WR 928 defeated (Q) Sarah Tatu WR 1068 by 6-3 6-3

L16: (8) Tamira Paszek (AUT) WR 324 (CH 26 in 2013) defeated (Q) Hannah Klugman WR 665 by 6-2 6-3

wimbledont · Lower Club Player

So she lost 2-6, 3-6, sorta trying to play grass court tennis on a clay court.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

wimbledont wrote:
So she lost 2-6, 3-6, sorta trying to play grass court tennis on a clay court.

At least that bodes well for the grass season biggrin

indiana · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
wimbledont wrote:
So she lost 2-6, 3-6, sorta trying to play grass court tennis on a clay court.
At least that bodes well for the grass season

... assuming she doesn't try to play clay court tennis then.

Var · Pro player

indiana wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
wimbledont wrote:
So she lost 2-6, 3-6, sorta trying to play grass court tennis on a clay court.
At least that bodes well for the grass season
... assuming she doesn't try to play clay court tennis then.

isnt she in another clay court tournament before the FO?

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
wimbledont wrote:
So she lost 2-6, 3-6, sorta trying to play grass court tennis on a clay court.
At least that bodes well for the grass season
... assuming she doesn't try to play clay court tennis then.

Have faith, man biggrin

wimbledont · Lower Club Player

I think its a J300, then a J500 and then RG, all on clay.

Over the longer term, it would be good for Hannah if she doesnt end up in the same place as Katie B in a decade's time - made the WTA top 40 and suddenly you have to play Madrid, Rome, RG on clay, or come to a standstill for 2 important months of a 10 month season. Better get the clay practice and coaching, and add to your skillset aged 15 than as a novice in your mid to late twenties.

Oscariyan · Strong Club Player

I think she has the tools to become a great clay courter (almost as good as grass and hard (maybe the same level)). There were glimpses of the type of shots and style in today's match. Needs the right guidance though to continue to develop!

9vicman · Satellite level

wimbledont wrote:
So she lost 2-6, 3-6, sorta trying to play grass court tennis on a clay court.

I wonder what grass court tennis is these days with the slowing of the courts. Was she trying to be ultra aggressive (ala Katie Boulter at Billie Jean King Cup)?

wimbledont · Lower Club Player

essentially, yes.

as a point developed, hannah starts quickly trying to hit clean winners, unlikely dropshots, or at least put Tamira at a big disadvantage...

tamira wins quite lot of points with fairly neutral shots landing close to the T - invitations for hannah to have another punt, at 50/50 odds on whether hannah either goes long or finds the net.

wimbledont · Lower Club Player

Hannah - serve

Tamira - return

Hannah - betcha i can hit that hard to within a foot of the tramline

Tamira - betcha i can get that within a yard of the T

Hannah - aha - betcha I can get that within 6 inches ... whoops

0-15

wimbledont on Thursday 9th of May 2024 07:34:57 PM

-- Edited by wimbledont on Thursday 9th of May 2024 07:35:19 PM

Lambda · Challenger level

Give Hannah a break. This was a development event for her. A chance to try various things against quality opposition (comparative to the alternatives in juniors this week). Her focus in this swing is Junior Roland Garros and what she did this week, and maybe in the J300 next week, is learning in preparation for that and the J500 beforehand.

indiana · Tennis legend

Interesting. What you say there after the first sentence makes sense. I don't though see any issues with wimbledont's observations of the match - not that I saw the match myself.

I assume almost all of us take the fact that development should be, and no doubt is, Hannah's #1 focus ( and at times more particularly so ) while not necessarily always mentioning it.

Though actually, from above, how much was she altering / trying to alter her normal game in this instance? I thought there was a bit of an underlying suggestion that she could / should arguably have been doing more in that regard.

-- Edited by indiana on Thursday 9th of May 2024 08:29:03 PM