Doha R3: Samantha Stosur def. Petra Cetkovska 63 62

Petra :hug:

A very messy win from Sam but a win is a win so yay :)

Petra :sad: :(
at least 2 good wins

Score? Thank you :confused:

Tennis is a funny game. Yesterday Sam played great and just squeaked by her 49th ranked opponent. Tonight she was pretty scrappy and easily beat the #30. Oh well, a win is a win. Yay Sam! :cheer:

Thought Petra would be able to take a set at least. Sigh. Oh well.

Score? Thank you :confused:

Totally forget about that. :lol:

Too many UEs and DFs for Petra in the important moments..

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Tennis is a funny game. Yesterday Sam played great and just squeaked by her 49th ranked opponent. Tonight she was pretty scrappy and easily beat the #30. Oh well, a win is a win. Yay Sam! :cheer:

Yup. That sums it up pretty well as far as Sam's last two matches go.

Sammy :cheer:

Helped by a scrappy Petra though. Needs to improve against Niculescu.

Pretty girl, stupid mistakes. A French coach ? I wonder, whether she understood at least a half of what he was saying :rolleyes:

Pretty girl, stupid mistakes. A French coach ? I wonder, whether she understood at least a half of what he was saying :rolleyes:

Yeah I was wondering about that as well. She didn't seem to happy with his advice. Mind you, if my coach was telling me what a great player my opponent was I'd have wanted to tell him to fuck off too!

too easy for sam

Sam needs to step it up if she wants to monica. But still happy sam got through to quarters after a shit start to the season.

Anci :facepalm:

Yeah I was wondering about that as well. She didn't seem to happy with his advice. Mind you, if my coach was telling me what a great player my opponent was I'd have wanted to tell him to fuck off too!

:lol: He said that?

:lol: He said that?
Yep. Several times he told her emphatically that Sam was a great player - as part of his rant to get her to stop faffing about and get her game on - otherwise it would be over PDQ.

Tennis is a funny game. Yesterday Sam played great and just squeaked by her 49th ranked opponent. Tonight she was pretty scrappy and easily beat the #30. Oh well, a win is a win. Yay Sam! :cheer:

Sorana played well above her ranking. Petra went the other way.

Pretty girl, stupid mistakes. A French coach ? I wonder, whether she understood at least a half of what he was saying :rolleyes:

Considering Petra is living in Paris, the comprehension would not be an issue. Perhaps, he was not making much sense. :confused:

Anyway, happy for Sam.

Sorana played well above her ranking. Petra went the other way.

I agree. Sorana is on her way to top 20 very soon I think. She played great. Petra looked a bit lost TBH.

Yep. Several times he told her emphatically that Sam was a great player - as part of his rant to get her to stop faffing about and get her game on - otherwise it would be over PDQ.

Interesting psychology. Not sure if this coaching relationship is going to last a long time :unsure:

See Ana? This is what decent players do to Cetkovska :facepalm:.

Very lucky for Sam that Petra was a hot mess, because Sam wasn't much better. She did serve well though. Niculescu is giving a lot of players headaches this year but hopefully Sam can raise her level and take care of her. :)

Congrats Sam :) So relieved she's got through these 2 matches

the worst match I've seen Petra play.. but she had some problems with a nerve that gave her pain from the neck through to her arm...
When she served at 3-4 in the first at 15all she made three DFs in a row to give away the game!

It's good to see Sammy back to good form :bounce: