http://www.tennisforum.com/showthread.php?t=496409
Somehow this (yet another ) beatdown, Shahar's first match as a non top 100 player in 8 years, turned into some sort of a yearly or career summary, so I thought it should at least be linked here.
Of course there is nothing to cheer about in this cheering thread and it's becoming increasingly harder to see any light at the end of the tunnel (or bottom of the barrel).
P.S. the fact that no-one even said anything about Shahar's sub-forum being shut down last month says it all.
And quite an improvement too. Haven't seen her play in ages I must say (last time was against Goerges, which was fair enough), and I can't be bothered to look up stats on how she's playing, so I wonder what's she's doing so terribly wrong. I think it must be something mental rather than physical.
And quite an improvement too. Haven't seen her play in ages I must say (last time was against Goerges, which was fair enough), and I can't be bothered to look up stats on how she's playing, so I wonder what's she's doing so terribly wrong. I think it must be something mental rather than physical.
I've seen her play in Eilat.
It was like a roller coaster- ups and downs.
But actually, although she lost vs Aga and Cirstea, she played decent tennis.
Her main problem IMO is her service.
I think most of the games she won was braking the opponents serves.
This way she obviously can't win matches.
Does anybody know why and how she received a WC in IW?
I don't know, but perhaps because of the (luke)warm relationship between Israel and the US? Can't think of a reason other than political.. Or did she have good results at this tournament in the past?
Anyway, she won the first set against Erakovic 6-3! I'm impressed, go Shahar!
Well that's only for the better, Then she cannot disappoint you. She broke Erakovic and takes a 5-2 lead in the second.
After all the drama, this is a little bit of light at the end of the tunnel.
Also, she hasn't lost serve the entire match. I'd say, Yesh atid.
And loses the match, but at least she played some tennis this week for the first time in a long while.
But she won't get many WCs like the one god knows why she got here, so it's qualies and ITFs time soon.
Let's see if she can win two matches in a row in any level, something she has not done for more than a year.
She had a great win over Marina, and it was a very tight loss against Klara, who's in very good form. I hope she starts turning around her results now.
Shahar wins in three, 6-2, 3-6 and 6-4. Her next opponent wil be Tatiana Malek, who easily beat Stephanie Foretz 6-0, 6-2. I think Peer has a good chance of making it to the final tournament.
Solid win considering her recent form, and she could certainly have done a lot worse with her qualy draw. I wouldn't have bet on her against someone like Burdette, for example.
Malek is inconsistent so anything can happen there.
6-4 6-0 stomping over Malek, by far Shahar's best result of the year, and onto a R1 match vs Bouchard, who beat her last year which was at the time a keystone in the downward spiral.
Would be nice to avenge that loss. Another 50-50 match.