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Well, I think that the hope was that she would win some matches and build some momentum heading in to a slam. Obviously that did not happen but I'm not convinced that her time would have been better spent working on her game. How much work could she realistically do in a week?People said it at the time, but you have to question just what was the point of taking a wildcard in Brussels. She needs to work on her game, not just keep playing an event week after week, losing in R1, she isn't gaining anything from that. Right now she seems to sink to a new low every week. She beat Zheng to the loss of 1 game 3 months ago, today she is losing to Zheng winning 6 games, it's dire stuff.
This is the thing, why overload your clay schedule with as many tournaments as possible while your losing every week. There is no point to this, things won't get much better this way, she could have sneaked a couple of wins somewhere but while she is playing like this it doesn't really mean a lot. If there was any extra tournaments to be playing it should be in Stanford and/or Carlsbad (she isn't currently down for either) after a month or so to work on her game in the build up.Count me on those who said Brussels was a bad idea. She's playing awful and she hates clay, it didn't make sense at all. If she's winning and confident, of course go for it, an easy draw to take the title. However, the case is quite the contrary, she hasn't won a match on red clay just forget it about. Now time for another loss, just hope she doesn't cling on to three sets.
The most uplifting thing about that match for me came when Caro smashed her racquet to the ground in disgust because it showed that she cared. If I had been Piotr I would have advised her to try a little gamesmanship. Like, "go over to Zheng and tell her that Mao was a cocksucker" or something. Desperate times call for desperate measures. :lol:........I had to focus on something positive since I couldn't find ANYthing uplifting about Caro's result today......WAIT!!!I just found something: Caroline wasn't struck by lightning and gravely injured while on court during her stellar performance......I knew there was SOMEthing good
IMO,Caro did a reasonably good job of acting by putting on a nice smile but,yeah,I got the exact same impression.Personally,I'd like to see one of two choices by calendar year's end--Retirement or New coach,preferably the latterThat interview cannot be serious, she gives off the impression that nothing is wrong. Am I alone when I say when says "(I am looking forward to) playing the French Open again, it's always exciting to be playing a grand slam, that should be good fun", that her body language seems to suggest the total opposite, I don't get any enthusiasm whatsoever from her tone.
We only have snippets, but she sounds like a petulant child. Whining and whinging and sulking. If I didn't know any better, I'd think she'd just signed a new sponsorship deal with Red Bull.here's translation ( thanks to TennisSupporter again) of this convo-starting at 1:05:53, between Caro and Piotr:
Caroline : Dad, when I look at you I feel stressed.....
Piotr : Ok, just listen to me. You are playing your forehand in the middle of the court, you have to play longer, go for it!
Piotr : Use your mind also, not only a strenght, focus on what we have been practicing.
Caroline : I just can't move on this clay very well..
Piotr : Ok, Caro, don't feel stressed, focus on your game, love you(!!), c'mon!
Well, let's face it - compared to the rest of us who are struggling to make ends meet all tennis stars are spoiled children. In other sports it's even worse. I bet that the 10.000th best soccer player in the world makes a lot more money than the 40th best tennis player, and he doesn't even have to be especially good. But as far as Caro is concerned I don't mind. That girl doesn't have a mean bone in her body and if I was in a position to do so I would no doubt spoil her myself. :lol:Several of you have posted clear,strong disappointment with Caroline's excuse-making,and a couple of you have compared her to a spoiled child.