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Spireman · Club Coach

Week 44 WTA250 - Hong Kong - Hard

paulisi · Tennis legend

I dont think Mika played as well as she did against Kenin(excluding the nervy parts).
Made quite a lot more errors and got punished on her second serve.

However, she is mixing it with top players and doesnt look out of her depth. As Spireman says, its only a matter of time before her ranking reflects her ability,

sammmm · County player

Agreed Spireman this looks like a good learning experience loss for Mika (unlike some of her others recently) and I think she may have benefitted from less pressure in some of these bigger tournaments, she appears to be more relaxed on court and not overtrying unlike in her difficult spell

GAMEOVER · Futures qualifying

Spireman wrote:
This looks like a very good effort against someone with a recent CH of 48, I think. It justifies, in my opinion, going up a level as she had the chance to. I'll be surprised if Mika doesn't make top 100 in next 2 to 3 years.

I'll look back on that in a couple of years and hope to see Mika in the top 100.

B00thy · Pro player

seagull wrote:
Mika could have won that. So may times got into good positions and then pulled the forehand wide.

Yes, that's what I thought. I thought she looked like she could win but wouldn't. Kept making really unforced errors (tightening up perhaps?)