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The Amazing and Remarkable Monica Niculescu (Cheering Thread)

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If anyone deserves a thread in the new Romanian Forum, it is this girl. Monica Niculescu is currently ranked 205 in the World but will be very close to her career high of 188 when the rankings after Wimbledon come out. She is not yet 20 years old and so she still has plenty of time to get that ranking up and become a fixture within the top 100.

Personally I for one hope very much that she does. Monica is an exceptional unique talent in the tennis world as anyone who has seen will attest. Almost certainly she has the most unusual game with the top 200 (okay she 205 right now but I'm quite sure she won't be out the top 200 again for a very long time).

Describing her playing style is not easy but I will try. Both her forehand and backhand are played sometimes with one hand and sometimes with two. When she hits with two hands it usually means she is going for more pace whereas when she hits with one hand it usually means she going for an offpace shot of some kind often with underspin. She hits some very strange slices that I really couldn't begin to describe. She is also an exceptional volleyer with amazing improvisational skills and has great touch on dropshots and a nice lob. Quite simply she has so many shots at her disposal that one never knows what is coming next. It must be very hard indeed to get any sort of rhythm against her. This is just one attempt to describe the strange unusual play of Monica Niculescu but it would certainly be fun to read other descriptions of her game within this thread.

Monica is a player who should have the support of everyone who loves Women's tennis but gets tired of loads of women with the same style just wacking the ball back to each other as hard as they can. For fans who love slice and touch shots, who prefer the artistry of Fabrice Santoro to the ball bashing of most of the modern game, Monica Niculescu is the girl for you.

Lets support her in this thread, because tennis will be so much richer with someone with her unique and special skills in the mix. :worship:
 
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100% points won on 2nd serve is all I say.

this is coming so out of nowhere on clay :lol:
I know right? She is flawless.

First time I see Ormaechea play. She has no clue how to deal with her even on her best surface. And she is just so easy to hate.
 
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I don`t like this brake. Really don`t. Maybe if the game was suspended at 5-0 in the second set it was easier. Hmm, don`t like it , not one bit.
 
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I don't like this at all... I get the decision, it looked bad out there, but still Ormaechea was totally clueless, Moni would have finished her in quick in two. Now tho, anything can happen :tape:

Moni's game was a jewel to behold at times today. Hope to see more of that :drool:
More practice before she destroys sugar in R3 :D
 
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Not a fan of the rain break either, but it's simply too dangerous out there, so I can fully understand the decision.

Ormaechea pretty much confirmed my opinion that the best match-ups for Monica are not the BBB flat out hiter, but the underpowered baseline grinder that can neither outhit, nor outlast her. Monica should just stay cool and stick to her game plan because Paula has nothing to hurt her on the long run.
 
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2nd match tomorrow , on the same Court 2 . Full day this Thursday :)
busy busy busy. not complaining :cool:

First time I watched Niculescu. Interesting style I must say, does she always use forehand slice exclusively?
yes and yes. you asked once i repeated twice:eek:

Yes for the last years only forehand slice. Before that she used to play a two handed forehand tho... :lol:
decided to hit the ball just once instead of twice. i am sure she can hit each ball twice :rolleyes: she is a magician
 
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I`m here. Damn doll, where are u ? screwdriver ? C`mon Monica !!! Don`t let her live !
 
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