Never cared about women tennis but

[PeteWasLucky]

I wish Navarro wins today. I liked her while watching her playing this us open. She is very athletic. I am not sure how she lost that easy to Poalini in Wimbledon. I didn't watch that match :)

Probably Sab is ending her run today or maybe Navarro can frustrate her with her athletisim.

[Sawfish]

Post by PeteWasLucky
I wish Navarro wins today. I liked her while watching her playing this us open. She is very athletic. I am not sure how she lost that easy to Poalini in Wimbledon. I didn't watch that match :)
Probably Sab is ending her run today or maybe Navarro can frustrate her with her athletisim.

I agree with part and disagree with another.

I like her grit and determination. She maintains close control over her
head. All of this is exemplary.

I don't think she has much game, however; it's fairly narrow. The
negatives are weak service (1st/2nd) and mediocre return of serve. The
pluses are (as you say) decent athleticism, court coverage, fair
defense. One BIG plus: while she does not have a lot of rallying power
(not a heavy ball, apparently, with "heavy ball" meaning what we saw
from Sinner last night vs Medvedev), but she is unafraid to really
unload on a ball she thinks she can attack. This takes many better
players by surprise.

I don't recall volley or overheads, so cannot comment.

I, too, hope she wins.

We're about to see...:^)

[PeteWasLucky]

On 9/5/24 4:03 PM, PeteWasLucky wrote:> I wish Navarro wins today. I liked her while watching her playing this us open. She is very athletic. I am not sure how she lost that easy to Poalini in Wimbledon. I didn't watch that match :)> > Probably Sab is ending her run today or maybe Navarro can frustrate her with her athletisim.> > I agree with part and disagree with another.I like her grit and determination. She maintains close control over her head. All of this is exemplary.I don't think she has much game, however; it's fairly narrow. The negatives are weak service (1st/2nd) and mediocre return of serve. The pluses are (as you say) decent athleticism, court coverage, fair defense. One BIG plus: while she does not have a lot of rallying power (not a heavy ball, apparently, with "heavy ball" meaning what we saw from Sinner last night vs Medvedev), but she is unafraid to really unload on a ball she thinks she can attack. This takes many better players by surprise.I don't recall volley or overheads, so cannot comment.I, too, hope she wins.We're about to see...:^)-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"Goodness could be found sometimes in the middle of hell."--Charles Bukowski~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Second serve is a problem specially against Sabalenka.

Her ground strokes are really good and has good grip on both wings.

I am not sure who you are comparing her to regarding ground strokes but this was the toughest match for Sab this tournament if I remember correctly.

[PeteWasLucky]

Btw, not saying she is the greatest or something :)
But she is very promising and I believe she improved a lot over
the last 12 months.

[Sawfish]

Post by PeteWasLucky
Btw, not saying she is the greatest or something :)
But she is very promising and I believe she improved a lot over
the last 12 months.

Yes. She is only 23. What she has accomplished is considerable and
impressive.

If she improves her serve that would take her to another level.
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[Scall5]

Post by Sawfish

Post by PeteWasLucky

PeteWasLucky wrote:> I wish Navarro wins today. I liked her while
watching her playing this us open. She is very athletic. I am not
sure how she lost that easy to Poalini in Wimbledon. I didn't watch
that match :)> > Probably Sab is ending her run today or maybe
Navarro can frustrate her with her athletisim.> > I agree with part
and disagree with another.I like her grit and determination. She
maintains close control over her head. All of this is exemplary.I
don't think she has much game, however; it's fairly narrow. The
negatives are weak service (1st/2nd) and mediocre return of serve.
The pluses are (as you say) decent athleticism, court coverage, fair
defense. One BIG plus: while she does not have a lot of rallying
power (not a heavy ball, apparently, with "heavy ball" meaning what
we saw from Sinner last night vs Medvedev), but she is unafraid to
really unload on a ball she thinks she can attack. This takes many
better players by surprise.I don't recall volley or overheads, so
cannot comment.I, too, hope she wins.We're about to see...:^)--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"Goodness could be found sometimes in the middle of hell."--Charles Bukowski~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Second serve is a problem specially against Sabalenka.Her ground strokes are really good and has good grip on both wings. I am not sure who you are comparing her to regarding ground strokes but this was the toughest match for Sab this tournament if I remember correctly.-- ----Android NewsGroup Reader----https://piaohong.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/usenet/index.html

Btw, not saying she is the greatest or something :)
But she is very promising and I believe she improved a lot over
  the last 12 months.

Yes. She is only 23. What she has accomplished is considerable and
impressive.
If she improves her serve that would take her to another level.

I have enjoyed watching Emma this summer. Losing to Sabalenka in the
semis of a slam is nothing to be ashamed about. Good on her!

[Whisper]

Post by PeteWasLucky
I wish Navarro wins today. I liked her while watching her playing this us open. She is very athletic. I am not sure how she lost that easy to Poalini in Wimbledon. I didn't watch that match :)
Probably Sab is ending her run today or maybe Navarro can frustrate her with her athletisim.

Never thought much of her but I'm coming around now I've had a good look
She's pretty good, not a choker like eg Jabeur, knows how to fight to
the end. Hope she keeps it up.