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tenisamulo · Jun 28th, 2012, 12:31 PM

GL in the 3rd

CrossCourt~Rally · Jun 28th, 2012, 01:25 PM

Christina

Btw, the score was 7/5 7/5

Srodgers · Jun 28th, 2012, 03:20 PM

Good fight from Christina

But clearly grass is not her favorite surface.

18majors · Jun 28th, 2012, 05:36 PM

Stephens, Lepchenko and Christina, the young American ladies are rising.

rseto · Jun 28th, 2012, 06:59 PM

good to see another win for christina although i was hoping for an easier win.

also, she and paszek just won in doubles. only saw a bit but she can hit some decent volleys. i haven't figured out why she is so reluctant to hit any volleys in singles though. hopefully, she can incorporate that more since it should improve her play on grass.

18majors · Jun 28th, 2012, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by rseto

good to see another win for christina although i was hoping for an easier win.

also, she and paszek just won in doubles. only saw a bit but she can hit some decent volleys. i haven't figured out why she is so reluctant to hit any volleys in singles though. hopefully, she can incorporate that more since it should improve her play on grass.

Christina is 20, her development days are far from over.

18majors · Jun 28th, 2012, 08:32 PM

Christina will play 2nd match on Court 2 tomorrow, 1st match (Juan Monaco) starts 11:30 AM.

Jim20 · Jun 28th, 2012, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by rseto

i haven't figured out why she is so reluctant to hit any volleys in singles though.

Me neither. I'm sure tennis is a bit more complicated than it looks at times, but, judging by articles and commentary, just about everyone seems to agree that she should play well on grass.

We'll see how things go.

Amalgamate · Jun 29th, 2012, 01:31 AM

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Originally Posted by rseto

i haven't figured out why she is so reluctant to hit any volleys in singles though. hopefully, she can incorporate that more since it should improve her play on grass.

Yea, I've always said this. She has good volleys, would be nice to see her incorporate that into her game (using the forehand as her weapon and coming in on the short ball to put away a volley).

18majors · Jun 29th, 2012, 03:31 PM

Christina holds her own against Kerber.

tenisamulo · Jun 29th, 2012, 04:29 PM

X-tina lost, but a good match for the most part.

18majors · Jun 29th, 2012, 04:33 PM

Christina is almost there but not quite.

Srodgers · Jun 29th, 2012, 04:38 PM

Kerber played well though.

Good tourney Christina

rseto · Jun 29th, 2012, 04:42 PM

when kerber is playing so well, not quite sure what christina can do especially on grass. seemed christina made more forehand errors than usual too.

but it was a good singles tournament. nice to see her play up to her seeding!

tenisamulo · Jun 29th, 2012, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by rseto

when kerber is playing so well, not quite sure what christina can do especially on grass. seemed christina made more forehand errors than usual too.

but it was a good singles tournament. nice to see her play up to her seeding!

Yeah, Kerber has her raking for a reason. People will diss Christina, but I thought she was good for the most part. Regardless of the final score, she wasn't run over. It wasn't an embarrassing performance. Yes x-tina make more errors, but she was also going for her shots, which I like to see, and something she had to do if she was going to have a chance at this match. She made Kerber step up her game to beat her.