The 1st week on grass was hiding other upsets for Radwanska and Bouchard. Genie,ranked no11 in the world lost 4-6 6-1 4-6 by Shvedova in the 1st round of the tournament in Den Bosch while Radwanska suffered another defeat in the semis of the Aegon Open in Nottingham 7-5 4-6 0-6 by Monica Niculescu.So,what's happening to Aga and Genie?This week was marked as the switch to their favourite surface but they still had some unexpected defeats.I will make an effort to analyze the problem.
The 21-year-old Canadian took the world by storm last year when she reached the semis of the Australian Open,failing to the eventual champion Li Na. Genie continued to play in top level last year reaching the semis in Charleston and in RG and the finals in Wimbledon and Wuhan. These results made her climb up the rankings and qualify for the WTA finals.Genie is for sure a very talented player. She has beautiful groundstrokes,with which she can attack from everywhere in the court and she can play defence in a way or two.This year,she started well reaching the QFs in the Australian Open losing in streight sets to Maria Sharapova,but she has been losing and losing in the rest tournments,except for Rome and Indian Well,in which she made the round of 16. There are a lot of scenarios about what is happening to the Canadian. Many say that she has become a bit arrogant and she has started caring more for modeling etc. That has a lot more than a grain of truth. I believe that Genie seeing her results must think more about stopping modeling to focus on tennis and to build SPORTMANSHIP! The incident when she refused to shake her hands with Alexandra Dulgheru before their match in the Fed Cup is an example of her arrogance,Basically,I can say that Bouchard doesn't care for tennis as before .That's about the out of the court factor. Now,into the court Bouchard does not think enough when striking a ball. Thus, sometimes she loses points that were going her way.Also,her hunger for more and more points makes her to attack balls in which she must defend. That quick game of the Canadian is a beautiful thing to watch and I must admit that if it weren't for that she would not have accomplished all that she has,but she must be a little bit more careful. Moreover,she chockes frequently enough,a break even when she is 6-0 5-0 up might be the start for a turnaround.
Oh Aga!!My queen has been struggling this season and unfortunately the reasons are many!I'm going to be a little strict judge because I'm a passionate fan and I feel bad watching her lose. Aga has at least a positive persentage between wins and loses this year and has got past the QFs even in just 2 tournaments. However, in the first tough and tricky opponent she faces we see her lose. She has lost 2 times from Venus Williams and Garbine Muguruza,from Annika Beck in The French Open 1st round,her most devastating result,from Caro Wozniacki,Svetlana Kuznetsova,Maria Sharapova,Timea Bacsinzsky,Monica Niculescu,Carla Suarez Navarro,Heather Watson.Camila Giorgi and many other tough but easy regarding her abilities opponents.Let's see the reasons for all these defeats. I will start with her performance inside the court. She can't attack!NO,she cannot! Watching her matches I have seen her showing her great defensive skills but she has lost her ability to end the point attacking when the opportunity appears.This year the word attack is absent from her mind probably.She makes tries into the net and she tries to become more aggressive that the older days but she makes ridiculous mistakes. She must work on setting the ground to come to the net and ending a point with a volley,not making a volley(duh,she makes perfect volleys),but ending the point with it.I hope we will see Aga using serve and volley effectively and taking advantage of every window of oportunity without changing her game,because it may lead to new mistakes. Another think I have observed in Aga's game is that sometimes she doesn't know what to do,she doesn't have a plan,especially in 3rd sets and she resorts to devastating shots. Now ,about her mental struggle I have to say that she is not able to play a good 3rd set this year.The most of her defeats hove come in 3 sets with devastating final sets. I really don't know why this happens. The most of the times she is a bit blurry in the 1st set,she plays perfect in the 2nd and she loses easily the 3rd.Moreover,Aga seems to be very unhappy and very frustrated for this situation. She is nervous in the court,she becomes frustrated after some errors etc. I want anyway her to know that we, her fans, we will always be by her side giving our stronger support even in her worst times.
Now,lets give a look at the winners of the first week on grass.
Den Bosch:
A really interesting tournament with a Rising-Star final between Bencic and Giorgi. I think that they are 2 nice players with powerful groundstrokes and I hope we will see them more in the future. Giorgi won in streight sets and finally in her 4rth attempt she won her 1st title. She didn't have many problems with her serve and she was able to enable her game. Anyway,it's nice to see rising stars making finals of events because they are the future.
Nottingham:
Another thriumph of a youngster,Ana Konjuh.Last year,she started playing in the WTA,leaving juniors,where she succeded and she finally won her first title beating Monica Niculescu in 3 sets with her agressive game working perfectly in the last 2 sets, I'm waiting more from Konjuh ;)
This week:
The event in Birmingham just ended with Angie Kerber winner of this Premier Title,I will make an article in the week about it.
- FOCUS:GENIE BOUCHARD
The 21-year-old Canadian took the world by storm last year when she reached the semis of the Australian Open,failing to the eventual champion Li Na. Genie continued to play in top level last year reaching the semis in Charleston and in RG and the finals in Wimbledon and Wuhan. These results made her climb up the rankings and qualify for the WTA finals.Genie is for sure a very talented player. She has beautiful groundstrokes,with which she can attack from everywhere in the court and she can play defence in a way or two.This year,she started well reaching the QFs in the Australian Open losing in streight sets to Maria Sharapova,but she has been losing and losing in the rest tournments,except for Rome and Indian Well,in which she made the round of 16. There are a lot of scenarios about what is happening to the Canadian. Many say that she has become a bit arrogant and she has started caring more for modeling etc. That has a lot more than a grain of truth. I believe that Genie seeing her results must think more about stopping modeling to focus on tennis and to build SPORTMANSHIP! The incident when she refused to shake her hands with Alexandra Dulgheru before their match in the Fed Cup is an example of her arrogance,Basically,I can say that Bouchard doesn't care for tennis as before .That's about the out of the court factor. Now,into the court Bouchard does not think enough when striking a ball. Thus, sometimes she loses points that were going her way.Also,her hunger for more and more points makes her to attack balls in which she must defend. That quick game of the Canadian is a beautiful thing to watch and I must admit that if it weren't for that she would not have accomplished all that she has,but she must be a little bit more careful. Moreover,she chockes frequently enough,a break even when she is 6-0 5-0 up might be the start for a turnaround.- FOCUS:AGA RADWANSKA
Oh Aga!!My queen has been struggling this season and unfortunately the reasons are many!I'm going to be a little strict judge because I'm a passionate fan and I feel bad watching her lose. Aga has at least a positive persentage between wins and loses this year and has got past the QFs even in just 2 tournaments. However, in the first tough and tricky opponent she faces we see her lose. She has lost 2 times from Venus Williams and Garbine Muguruza,from Annika Beck in The French Open 1st round,her most devastating result,from Caro Wozniacki,Svetlana Kuznetsova,Maria Sharapova,Timea Bacsinzsky,Monica Niculescu,Carla Suarez Navarro,Heather Watson.Camila Giorgi and many other tough but easy regarding her abilities opponents.Let's see the reasons for all these defeats. I will start with her performance inside the court. She can't attack!NO,she cannot! Watching her matches I have seen her showing her great defensive skills but she has lost her ability to end the point attacking when the opportunity appears.This year the word attack is absent from her mind probably.She makes tries into the net and she tries to become more aggressive that the older days but she makes ridiculous mistakes. She must work on setting the ground to come to the net and ending a point with a volley,not making a volley(duh,she makes perfect volleys),but ending the point with it.I hope we will see Aga using serve and volley effectively and taking advantage of every window of oportunity without changing her game,because it may lead to new mistakes. Another think I have observed in Aga's game is that sometimes she doesn't know what to do,she doesn't have a plan,especially in 3rd sets and she resorts to devastating shots. Now ,about her mental struggle I have to say that she is not able to play a good 3rd set this year.The most of her defeats hove come in 3 sets with devastating final sets. I really don't know why this happens. The most of the times she is a bit blurry in the 1st set,she plays perfect in the 2nd and she loses easily the 3rd.Moreover,Aga seems to be very unhappy and very frustrated for this situation. She is nervous in the court,she becomes frustrated after some errors etc. I want anyway her to know that we, her fans, we will always be by her side giving our stronger support even in her worst times.
Now,lets give a look at the winners of the first week on grass.
Den Bosch:
A really interesting tournament with a Rising-Star final between Bencic and Giorgi. I think that they are 2 nice players with powerful groundstrokes and I hope we will see them more in the future. Giorgi won in streight sets and finally in her 4rth attempt she won her 1st title. She didn't have many problems with her serve and she was able to enable her game. Anyway,it's nice to see rising stars making finals of events because they are the future.
Nottingham:
Another thriumph of a youngster,Ana Konjuh.Last year,she started playing in the WTA,leaving juniors,where she succeded and she finally won her first title beating Monica Niculescu in 3 sets with her agressive game working perfectly in the last 2 sets, I'm waiting more from Konjuh ;)
This week:
The event in Birmingham just ended with Angie Kerber winner of this Premier Title,I will make an article in the week about it.
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