To me, a great winning match point/shot at the end of a great performance is like a big, emphatic exclamation mark on the match.
Interpret it how you like ... best? favourite? Nominate your best/favourites. All I ask is that you focus on the winning match point itself or even just the quality of the final shot, rather than the importance of the match. It doesn't necessarily have to end with a winner, though I expect most nominations will. It doesn't necessarily have to be a great match performance overall by Simona.
I'm not expecting you to go through old matches looking for the match points, but remember to contribute whenever you've re-watched an old match with a great winning match point by Simona. If you can find highlights on Youtube then embed them too to make it easy for others to re-watch the point.
There'll be no winner & no poll. Hopefully just a ton of great match points by Simona for us all to enjoy again.
I'll start with two that come immediately to mind:
2016 Indian Wells R3 vs Makarova 6-2 6-4 (40-15)
The reason why I started this thread.
Terrific rally but the seal on it was Simona's extraordinary cross-court BH winner. As soon as it left her racket she knew it was golden. She couldn't have hit it any sweeter if she tried. Her best match winning shot ever? Do you agree?
At 2:38
2015 Miami QF vs Stephens 6-1 6-5 (40-15)
A terrific last 2 shots by Simona. The first an angled FH forcing Sloane wide to offer up a shorter ball, and the winner a beautiful FH in centre-court that she had little margin for error with - up and over the net with huge spin to bring it down inside the court. An emphatic way to seal her superiority.
At 8:48
Interpret it how you like ... best? favourite? Nominate your best/favourites. All I ask is that you focus on the winning match point itself or even just the quality of the final shot, rather than the importance of the match. It doesn't necessarily have to end with a winner, though I expect most nominations will. It doesn't necessarily have to be a great match performance overall by Simona.
I'm not expecting you to go through old matches looking for the match points, but remember to contribute whenever you've re-watched an old match with a great winning match point by Simona. If you can find highlights on Youtube then embed them too to make it easy for others to re-watch the point.
There'll be no winner & no poll. Hopefully just a ton of great match points by Simona for us all to enjoy again.
I'll start with two that come immediately to mind:
2016 Indian Wells R3 vs Makarova 6-2 6-4 (40-15)
The reason why I started this thread.
Terrific rally but the seal on it was Simona's extraordinary cross-court BH winner. As soon as it left her racket she knew it was golden. She couldn't have hit it any sweeter if she tried. Her best match winning shot ever? Do you agree?
At 2:38
2015 Miami QF vs Stephens 6-1 6-5 (40-15)
A terrific last 2 shots by Simona. The first an angled FH forcing Sloane wide to offer up a shorter ball, and the winner a beautiful FH in centre-court that she had little margin for error with - up and over the net with huge spin to bring it down inside the court. An emphatic way to seal her superiority.
At 8:48