first top 10 win for Eva

 

first top 10 win for Eva

I think it's first top 20 win not just top 10 😆

 

 

Last German to get round of 16 was Kerber way back when...

 

And with this win, Eva gets ahead of Siegemund and becomes the German number 2. Tatjana Maria is still 114 points ahead of her and Eva will need to get to at least SF I think to get to German no.1.
She also gets to number 51 a career high ranking for her.
I don't watch a lot of her before but seems like she's playing more aggressive you can even tell from the grunts it's like she has gone from a defensive player to an aggressive baseliner. Still remember her match against Frech earlier this year and it's a defensive slug fest. Compared that one to this one this one is like watching Fernando Verdasco in comparison, a lot more aggressive and more conviction and determination to her strokes.
And she's got a good tactic against Pie. She' returning really well, probably one of the best return games against Pie this year coming from someone that's not in the top 20 at least. That causes doubts from Elena and that's how you beat some one like Rybakina is you have to get into her head and make her self doubt herself and then the errors come out. That's what happened in Canada as well against Mboko. When she doubts herself she struggles. Get her out of that serve bot kina rhythm. And Eva actually did that, returned so well, and hitting long rallies never backing down easily.
I mean the 50 UE is for a reason. I know there are some doubts as to the UE counts lately but there's quite a lot of errors from Rybakina's end today thats for sure.
I usually call Rybakina Prideless Pie when she loses, but I really can't this time because she didn't lose this match, Eva won it fair and square.

 

I think Rybakina's best days are behind her. She's so unclutch now. She had a break lead in the third.
Lys had a very kind draw in her lucky loser run but she has become a much better player since.

 

The third set was pretty competitive, Lys played crazy good on return and barely missed or gave any UEs , she really added some mph to her ground game in the last year or so. Rybakina had chances but gave herself too narrow margins to claw back deficits she kept getting herself into. She was constantly frustrated by Lys getting so many balls and returns back with depth and not missing at all.

 

Well' foxen have been known to fish sometimes.

..I truly hope it's Paolini who takes spot #8' she deserves it far more.

 

Well' foxen have been known to fish sometimes.

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Ok, that's good

 

Eva willed that win. So well-deserved.

BTW, does she train in North America? Her German accent is very slight

 

Eva much more aggressive these days but keeping the positivity. Some stans complain about bad draws for their players but Eva just gets on with taking out Elena, Much deserved! (Edited as the win over Naomi was entirely fictional).

 

Eva much more aggressive these days but keeping the positivity. Some stans complain about bad draws for their players but Eva just gets on with taking out Naomi and Elena, Much deserved!

When did she take out Naomi?

 

Better serve, less UE, and 1/3 MP. Eva did her best and well deserved the victory. Like she said, it's her first victory against top 10 that she's beening working for.

I wonder if Elena's elbow is OK. Clearly her serving pack ran away from home and just came back occasionally. Maybe somewhere in Universal Beijing running the roller coasters. That's why Elena showed some emotion and dropped her racket in a Elena's way today.
Hope Elena has some good rest and get prepared for Wuhan.

 

 

Huge win for Eva!!

But man Elena is an absolute shell. Where is her career headed? Never say never especially because this is the WTA, but I highly doubt she ever wins another slam.

 

Won’t go close again. She is so one dimensional these days and that one dimension (her serve) has been putrid for two years.

Now is that technique or is that confidence I have zero idea but you can rinse and repeat every loss and it’s her serve that’s collapsed.

As a Pie fan it used to be oh she will hold serve and get her chances to break, now she’s more like Kasakina on serve when it counts

 

 

 

Eva about to blow up, everywhere is Eva. We are in Eva's world now.

 

That is all.

 

Prior to this Lys was 0-11 vs top 20 opponents and her best win was against Cirstea (#26) at the Cluj Napoca tournament in October 2023.

 

Pie has been too busy. She ought to have been taking rest instead of giving time to kids clinics, courtesy visits and opening social media accounts. Plus there was the small matter of BJK Cup, which they were never going to win in a hundred years. But our Pie is a generous Pie.

 

She likes to give a generous slice of herself to others.

 

Peak aggressive hitting from Eva in the third, Rybakina could only watch and make errors

 

Lys shocks Rybakina in Beijing breakthrough; to face Kessler in fourth round

Eva Lys had a career day Sunday in Beijing, upsetting No. 8 seed Elena Rybakina 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 in 2 hours and 14 minutes to reach her first WTA 1000 fourth round. The win marked her first career victory over a top 10 opponent and set up a meeting with McCartney Kessler.

www.wtatennis.com

 

Rybakina needs some kind of reset ASAP or she's destined to be a one slam wonder, which is a crime.

 

And one has to remember how even that it was a crippled slam with no Putinists.

Anyway, a wonderful win for Eva, as she's now just one little step away from top50. Great year for her already.

 

She's so unclutch. A shame as she has played some very high level tennis this year at times

 

I honestly don't care anymore if Paolini takes her YEC spot

 

Wow! Good win for Lys. at Rybakina though. Wouldn't be surprised if Jasmine manages to overtake her for that last yec spot.

 

I am really 90% sure that Elena is past her peak now. I am not sure she will even win a another 1000 in her career, let alone reach another slam final. Her career trajectory starts to give me Pliskova vibes. What was supposed to be a great season with Ivanisevic on her side turned out to be not exactly awful all things considered, but still extremely frustrating.

Iga/Aryna/Coco already left her in the dust achievements wise and the gap will only further widen.