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Mona's Grass Season 2017

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#1 ·
Mona's schedule for Grass season: Nottingham, Mallorca, undecided about Eastbourne according to Kas and of course Wimbledon :)

Seeded 8th at Nottingham I think which starts in a few days
 
#2 ·
7th seed in Nottingham, first round against a Qualifier, so that won´t be easy against someone who already played some matches on grass but I hope that Mona will be able to serve well and win the match!!

2nd round vs Barty or Maria, so probably Barty and that would be really tough on grass....
 
#6 ·
What a flop match by Mona :tape:

5-2 up, served for it at *5-3 but got broken to love with some really bad volley errors. Still had 3 MPs in the next game and Fett definitely played well there but Mona way too careful, there were two very short serves by Fett. And then she throws in such a bad game at *5-5 where she hit 3 DFs to get broken :hysteric:

On to Mallorca.
 
#8 ·
Has herself or Kas not realised that pushing will get you nowhere especially on grass? What happened to the aggression we saw in Prague i.e the only play style that suits her?

An awful performance and choke. I'm not impressed. Can't believe she managed to lose that
 
#9 ·
well, that´s how you destroy all the earned confidence within a few weeks..

1) 06 06 to Svitolina after 63 in 1st set
2) followed by another 06 against Pironkova
3) followed by a 46 in 2nd set after a 4-1 lead and several BPs for 5-1 even
4) losing after 5-2* in 3rd set and 3 MPs at 5-4*

I couldn´t watch it today unfortunately but it does not surprise me that Mona was too passive once again, on clay that style obviously works better but no chance on grass if you play like that!
 
#16 ·
Mallorca R1: Mona Barthel d. Anna Kalinskaya 7-6(6) 6-4

A win for Mona on grass :eek: :yeah: :scared: First set was a mess, had so many opportunities in early games. Was 1-3 down, then it was 5-3 40-0 and wasted four set points. She had another set point at 5-4. In the tiebreak Kalinskaya was 6-4 up, Mona saved them and eventually winning it. Had to save two break points while serving for the match but glad she closed it out. It was very hot so I'm sure she's glad that she got it done in two sets.
 
#17 ·
When I watched this 9th game in 1st set after she had a 1st serve that was wide by a hairbreadth and she started to had this absolute mental setback (b/c of it?). I wanted to puke but waited some minutes until the end of the tbrk which was a mess, too. Then unexpectedly she got this 6th ??? sp which she used. I switched off the stream cause I knew she would win it. But let's face it: it's horrendeous to waste 3 sps in a row and get such a setback that is an apparent lifeline for the opponent. And it happens so often in her matches...

What would you do as the coach here ? You can't tell her each time the same things and nothing changes afterwards.

This is the reason why I don't want to watch her matches anymore. But then she shows such brilliant clean strikes which one can't watch that often that got me thrilled.
 
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#20 ·
Happy that Mona got through this match somehow :unsure: :cheer:

It´s obvious that she lost all her confidence, choking the lead in 1st set, then problems again in 2nd set while serving for the match..but most important is that she was able to win it still, she just needs to believe in herself and play her aggressive style and a big 1st serve and the abilitiy to keep the points short can help her in the heat also and on grass you shouldn´t push too much anyway, we´ll see what happens next!
 
#22 ·
lost 64 46 26 to Bellis!

I couldn´t watch it but seems like her level was ok, should have broken back to 5-5 in 2nd set...at least one win here, hope she can win a few matches in Eastbourne now although I don´t really expect that much from her...I expect much more on hardcourt again in America and hope to see the aggressive Mona there but she needs to be aggressive on grass as wll anyway...
 
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