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Andrea's 2015 - October - Linz & Luxembourg

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Generali Ladies Linz
Linz, Austria

12 October - 18 October
Time Zone UTC +2

Indoor Hard Court | International | $250,000

2015
R1
1 Point
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R1 - Johanna Larsson def. Andrea Petkovic 3-6 6-3 6-4​
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Luxembourg Open
Luxembourg, Luxembourg

19 October - 25 October
Time Zone UTC +2

Indoor Hard Court | International | $250,000

2015
R1
1 Point
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R1 - Misaki Doi def. Andrea Petkovic 7-5 2-6 7-5​
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#18 ·
I think in theory she could still go to Zhuhai. She only needs two withdrawals, because I'm pretty sure neither Azarenka or Makarova who will be first recipients from withdrawals right now will play.

Keys seems like she might not play again this season, and I can easily see Venus/Pennetta, one of whom is likely to qualify for Zhuhai, withdrawing.

In terms of performance, it's really hard to take many positives from how she is playing. But she was also playing poorly going into Sofia last year.
 
#13 ·
Linz

(1/wc)Safarova v Mitu
Rybarikova v Friedsam
Gasparyan v Witthöft
(6)Giorgi v Görges

(4/wc)Petkovic v Larsson
Hradecka v Van Uytvanck
Brengle v Doi
(5)Schmiedlova v Beck

(7)Pavlyuchenkova v Siniakova
(Q)Vögele v (wc)Paszek
Barthel v (Q)Bertens
(3)Vinci v (Q)Krunic

(8)Strycova v (wc)Haas
(Q)Koukalova v Allertova
Flipkens v Lepchenko
(2)Wozniacki v Lucic
Viel Erfolg, Andrea ! ;)

I will have a close look at Andrea`s footwork/movement and serve
 
#20 ·
Horrible match vs Larsson, Andrea :facepalm:

Andrea played so pathetic bad, unbelievable. So many easy UEs :rolleyes:

Her tennis from 4-2 was an absolute mess. Only UEs and weak serve :eek:

Andrea is only a shadow of the (amazing) player she used to be :sad:

She should fire her coaches/hitting partners immediately ! :shout:
 
#36 ·
Loses to Doi thanks in no small part to some inept line calling in the last game.

Allertova would have beaten her in the next round anyway, but sad she couldn't even improve points wise on last year's Linz/Luxembourg meltdown.

Is that her season over or does she have to play in that Zhuhai thing?
 
#38 ·
I assume Zhuhai has alternates. She's basically guaranteed to be one of those minimum. Whether she'd want that is another thing, but like I say I still think it's pretty likely she gets into the event anyway. She doesn't really sound like she wants to play again this season though. I assume you don't get a zero pointer for Zhuhai being mandatory if you only get in as a next in?
 
#42 ·
I'm guessing (and it's just guessing, enough wta rulebook reading for today) that if you make the MD before the tournament it's mandatory, if you're an ALT and then someone withdraws during the tournament it's not.

She's not saying she's adding a coach.

It might very well be some crazy hoster from Astro-TV as a mental coach and Ulrich Wickert to challenge her intellectually. :drink:
I had already typed out that same joke as response to Rick when I read yours. :sad: Though I went with Feng Shui advisor.
 
#43 ·
Very bad loss to Doi, Andrea :facepalm:

5-7 6-2 5-7 is a really frustrating scoreline. Andrea did not win the important points

What a choke in 1st set: Andrea was leading 5-3, but lost the next 4 games in a row to lose the set 5-7. With piss-weak play, only stupid easy UEs from Andrea to lose this 1st set. And bad serving. That was shockingly bad

In 2nd set Andrea played a bit better, but nothing special. That was enough to win a set against Doi

Andrea then played weak tennis again in 3rd set. Many stupid UEs, no footwork/movement, no concentration, sometimes too passive, just standing there

Some bad decisions from chair umpire against Andrea at the end of the match. But they were NOT the reason why Andrea lost. Andrea should have won the 1st set, but messed it up with piss-weak tennis

Andrea has become mentally so weak, her footwork/movement is really bad, and her serve is weaker than ever. She is only a shadow of the Top 10 player she used to be

Andrea plays at a very low level now, and there is no injury or illness she can blame her poor performance on. I never thought Andrea would become so inconsistent, mentally weak, move so bad and make so many easy UEs

I`m really worried about Andrea. She is in a deep slump. And no injury/illness is the reason. She also must work on her sucky serve
 
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