Not happy with the way she played in India, from what i've seen (4-5 matches) she was really under the level she was able to produce few times ago Where is her good first serve? Also the things i've noticed the most was her DFs showing up in important times, the slice too often in the bottom of the net and the forehand way too predictable and not powerful enough. Of course she's not moving very well but we could see that her knee was not at 100% as she had a band-aid. I hope it won't stay like that for too long and that she won't raises her level too late in 2015
I noticed the DF's on important points too, I guess pressure is to blame Also, the 20 seconds limit on serve might explain this. I actually think she does well in mixed. She combines well with Nestor and they've won most of their mixed dubs matches. But in singles she's obviously on a different level than the other players.
She should play more doubles, imo. She's got the game for it.
IPTL is finished, the team ended 3th They did quite well, imo, especially considering that they were a "weaker" team on paper and that Murray nor Sharapova contributed much.
It seems like Kirsten is gonna play mixed with Nick Kyrgios at the AO. I believed that Nick was a pretty bad mixed dubs player, but we'll see.
Why playing with Kyrgios? Indeed he was pretty bad while i was also suprised by Kirsten level, who was to me better than Nestor sometimes :lol: The guy is returning so bad at times But yeah, he's very good at the net.
I love Play Tennis It often has really good articles in it.
It will depend on the draw, in what group we're in, but I really hope that we can get back to the World Group. The best team possible at this moment is probably Kirsten, Yanina, Alison and Anso. If they're all present (and it probably looks like they will), we should be able to kick most team's asses in the Europe-Africa Zone.
I have a subscription (abonnement ) because it's really hard to find indeed!
Nice magazine, but sometimes with a lot of mistakes (for example in the calender of 2015)
Kirsten beats Larsson with 7-6(1)/1-6/7-6(3) Good that she could beat Larsson for the first time! Needs to work on closing out matches, though. OTOH Larsson served for the match twice, so good fight.