As the WTA Finals came to an end ,with triumph of my fav,Aga Radwanska,I decided to post my daily previews for the WTA Elite Trophy. The draw is the following:
The matches are really good and tough to predict especially the ones of the Group B,in which literally all the players are out of form.The day 1 matches are Venus Williams vs Madison Keys,Sara Errani vs Jelena Jankovic and Elina Svitolina vs Andrea Petkovic.
VENUS WILLIAMS VS MADISON KEYS:
THE OLD VS THE NEW
Venus Williams and Madison Keys will kick off the action in the WTA Elite trophy on Tuesday,7 a.m. UK time. It will be their 2nd meeting this year after the Australian Open QF,where Keys prevailed in 3 sets to reach her maiden Grand Slam Semi-Final. Madison's play style is quite similar to the one of Venus. Both players have a big serve and hit the ball powerful and flat. Venus however has some more old-school variety to her game,such as some slices and a very good net play that Keys,following the modern game style, lacks. So, its evident that it will be a hard-hitting match with many firing winners but many easy errors as well.I will move on breaking down their season and their current form.
Madison had probably the best season in her career reaching the Aus Open SF,the Charleston Final and the Wimbledon QF. These was the highlights of Madison's season and probably her career so far. After the US Open Madison pulled out of the tournament in Quebec city due to a wrist injury. She seemed to have problems in Wuhan as well,while she was forced to retire in the second set of her R16 match in Beijing against Aga Radwanska. Also,she pulled out of Luxembourg as well.From the other side Venus had a really good season as well reaching the QFs in the US Open and the Australian Open and winning her biggest title in many years in Wuhan. Venus current form implies that she is playing her best since a while,but there is a little question mark due to a leg injury that she picked up in the Wuhan SF.That injury seemed to bother her both in Beijing and Hong Kong but it must have not been that serious.
To the match now. I think that Keys is one of the few players that in fact can overpower Venus in a way. She has one of the best serves in tennis but she still needs work in many other aspects of the game,especially her movement.In the other part,Venus is a legend and there is no way I will criticise her game. However,I don't know how ready she will be physically due to the injury and her age as well. I think that it will be an interesting match but Im giving the edge to Venus as not only Keys is a question mark due to her injuries but she has a less mature game than Venus of course. Their H2H is 1-1,with Venus winning their first meeting in the Charleston 2013 QFs and Madison avenging that loss in this years Australian Open.
Prediction:Venus to defeat Madison in 3 sets
The matches are really good and tough to predict especially the ones of the Group B,in which literally all the players are out of form.The day 1 matches are Venus Williams vs Madison Keys,Sara Errani vs Jelena Jankovic and Elina Svitolina vs Andrea Petkovic.
VENUS WILLIAMS VS MADISON KEYS:
THE OLD VS THE NEW
Venus Williams and Madison Keys will kick off the action in the WTA Elite trophy on Tuesday,7 a.m. UK time. It will be their 2nd meeting this year after the Australian Open QF,where Keys prevailed in 3 sets to reach her maiden Grand Slam Semi-Final. Madison's play style is quite similar to the one of Venus. Both players have a big serve and hit the ball powerful and flat. Venus however has some more old-school variety to her game,such as some slices and a very good net play that Keys,following the modern game style, lacks. So, its evident that it will be a hard-hitting match with many firing winners but many easy errors as well.I will move on breaking down their season and their current form.
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| Venus Williams after winning her biggest title in 8 years at Wuhan |
Madison had probably the best season in her career reaching the Aus Open SF,the Charleston Final and the Wimbledon QF. These was the highlights of Madison's season and probably her career so far. After the US Open Madison pulled out of the tournament in Quebec city due to a wrist injury. She seemed to have problems in Wuhan as well,while she was forced to retire in the second set of her R16 match in Beijing against Aga Radwanska. Also,she pulled out of Luxembourg as well.From the other side Venus had a really good season as well reaching the QFs in the US Open and the Australian Open and winning her biggest title in many years in Wuhan. Venus current form implies that she is playing her best since a while,but there is a little question mark due to a leg injury that she picked up in the Wuhan SF.That injury seemed to bother her both in Beijing and Hong Kong but it must have not been that serious.
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| Madison after her run in the Australian Open Semi-Finals |
To the match now. I think that Keys is one of the few players that in fact can overpower Venus in a way. She has one of the best serves in tennis but she still needs work in many other aspects of the game,especially her movement.In the other part,Venus is a legend and there is no way I will criticise her game. However,I don't know how ready she will be physically due to the injury and her age as well. I think that it will be an interesting match but Im giving the edge to Venus as not only Keys is a question mark due to her injuries but she has a less mature game than Venus of course. Their H2H is 1-1,with Venus winning their first meeting in the Charleston 2013 QFs and Madison avenging that loss in this years Australian Open.
Prediction:Venus to defeat Madison in 3 sets
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