I went to Coubertin today and I just fell in love with her game. She lost very severely 61 60, but she showed at some moments a great talent, not far from Ana Ivanovic's. :yeah:
She has a good serve, but unfortunately, her first ball was not there when she needed it. Aga pushed her to make the double fault in moving when Gracia was to serve
She has an amazing forehand and a good backhand, especially the crossed one. I also like the way she tries to go to the net, most of the winners she hit were topspin volleys. For that reason, she will have a great future, if she stays healthy and continues her efforts of course. The future belongs to the girls who dare coming to the net, Gracia is one of them !
She had a lot of supports in Coubertin, maybe too much, as it perturbed her at the end of the match. She was under pressure and very angry after herself. I notice that she uses almost always Serbian when she talks to herself. I love the way she says AJDE !
She is definitely one of the most promising French players and she is very Ivanovic like. I hope she will find the consistency to reveal her talent !
She seemed to be OK physically.
Aga was too good, too clever and too consistent for her at the present moment. Still a good experience for her, though because she will have to play Aga to win big tournaments !
Ajde Gracia !
France lost, Gracia only played the doubles, I don't understand why she hasn't been taken for the singles, above all because she had already a victory against Mitu.
Final : Romania def France
Mitu def Chala 6/4 6/1
Halep def Rodier 6/1 6/1 (pfffff :lol: )
Halep/Mitu def Radovanovic/Rodier 6/7(5) 6/1 6/3
When will she play some ITF tournaments to improve her WTA rank ? With a game like that, she can already do some damages !
What are her goals for this year ?
I just want to add that I love how she is going to the net (Continue, c'est la bonne méthode :yeah, her beautiful forehand. I hope she has a good memory about her tournament in Paris despite the loss and the intimidating public.
I will pass yours message to Kiko (her nickname )!
She will play juniors ITF (G2) in Luxembourg! And then she will in Amien also ITF juniors tournament...
In late March she will go in Croatia where she will play four or five ITF satelites (10.000$) and I will be there with here So if I manage to take some photos, if I'm not too busy with Kiko :lol: , I will post them here
Thank you very much for yours support! I will play in Lux now, and then I will play satelite in Amiens. This year I'm starting to play WTA tournaments more and more. When I played in Paris I wasn't ready for it. I didn't train for some while, and they've asked me to play a little late. But it was ok...
My goal is to be in top 500 minimum by the end of this season
Gracia has played almoust three hours against Ana Bogdan
She was 2-6 1-4 down, and 2-6 6-6(3-6) Still she managed to save three MP's, and then to get third set 6-4 finishing it with ace