[GoDominique]

... will always be teh suck?

 

[Corswandt]

No idea.

I don't play tennis, so I really don't know if a player's serve can actually be "fixed". I've asked this question about 10.000 times to the experts in here, and never got an answer.

Because if she could have done something about it, and yet the serve remains the same after all these years as a pro, we're talking a very high degree of certifiable l00niness from her.

 

[The Daviator]

I think so, it isn't improving that's for sure - 34 DFs in her last two matches!

I still love you Elena :bounce:

 

[UDACHi]

Well, to take your thread of bad intentions seriously, I think she works at it but just can't get it right.

It is now powerful, and she can muster up a few aces every so often, but she does have her bad days, such as this entire tournament so far. I don't think she's happy with it, but don't expect to see her with a good serve anytime soon.

 

[Corswandt]

I think she works at it but just can't get it right.

We all know she works at it. Or maybe it's something she says at interviews to dodge the questions about the serve.

Anyway, this is not the point. My question has always been the same, and no one answers it directly. So I ask again.

CAN A TECHNICALLY FLAWED SERVE BE CORRECTED THROUGH PROPER COACHING, EVEN LATE IN THE CAREER OF A PRO?

 

[Rachel_]

lol i dunno she is trying and like others have said its alot more powerful than it was and she has had some excellent service performances this year

... and also some awful ones yet the girl can still win!

Her groundies are undoubtedly the best on tour! :banana:

 

[njnetswill]

For a good part of last year, she was only serving 4 or 5 DFs per match. I don't understand what is wrong now?

 

[Dementinator]

shes hitting 2 first serves now ,she needs to take some off the second ,its TOO hard ,somedays it works ,like Tokyo final ,and some days its crap ,but she still wins a lot even with it..

 

[bellascarlett]

We all know she works at it. Or maybe it's something she says at interviews to dodge the questions about the serve.

Anyway, this is not the point. My question has always been the same, and no one answers it directly. So I ask again.

:lol: Corswandt, you don't want to be like tennisjay and try blinding people with using large bold letters...

 

[strawberry.babou]

:lol: Corswandt, you don't want to be like tennisjay and try blinding people with using large bold letters...

Large bold letters... Whoa, pretty.

:lol:

 

[space_gracie]

Actually, the main proble of Elena's serve is in her head that's why she lacks consistency. As Davenport said in a previous interview, there's nothing wrong with her serve during practice. She just can't execute it most of the time during her matches. She just needs to have confidence and a little faith in her serve.

 

[RJWCapriati]

I don't see why she has so much trouble, she has so much money, why not get some tips from a pro serving coach?? Serve it flat, anything, just don't spin it to the forehand every single time!!

 

[Corswandt]

:lol: Corswandt, you don't want to be like tennisjay and try blinding people with using large bold letters...

I'm making progress. People are now replying to my post. Maybe one day some generous soul will actually reply to the question in it.

I envy tennisjay. His/her hatred gives a meaning to what must otherwise be a pretty sad and pathetic existence. It sure beats having to find meaning in stuff that actually requires some effort to achieve, like money, a career, sex or true love. Hatred even > religion, because you don't have to attend all those boring ceremonies, fulfil all those stupid and useless ritual interdictions, and pretend you care about someone who any person who isn't completely bonkers knows never existed. Hatred = solace.

 

[Corswandt]

I don't see why she has so much trouble, she has so much money, why not get some tips from a pro serving coach??

And stop following Mommy Vera's advice? NEVER!

Serve it flat, anything, just don't spin it to the forehand every single time!!

Lena no longer slices in her second serve.

 

[Brooklyn90]

I really do think she cares, if you work hard you can fix it, i know she cares and works hard on her serve from what she has said in the past, it really has improved from what it used to be

 

[bellascarlett]

I'm making progress. People are now replying to my post. Maybe one day some generous soul will actually reply to the question in it.

I envy tennisjay. His/her hatred gives a meaning to what must otherwise be a pretty sad and pathetic existence. It sure beats having to find meaning in stuff that actually requires some effort to achieve, like money, a career, sex or true love. Hatred even > religion, because you don't have to attend all those boring ceremonies, fulfil all those stupid and useless ritual interdictions, and pretend you care about someone who any person who isn't completely bonkers knows never existed. Hatred = solace.

:haha: :lol: I love it... :kiss:

 

[UDACHi]

I'm making progress. People are now replying to my post. Maybe one day some generous soul will actually reply to the question in it.

I do recall replying to a thread you posted about Krajicek some time ago. :lol:

 

[PLP]

Yes, I think she needs to be injured, out of the game for awhile and then come back with a better serve, :lol: ala Hingis

 

[Corswandt]

I do recall replying to a thread you posted about Krajicek some time ago. :lol:

I had to bump that thread, since it had sank to page 2 or 3, before someone replied to it.

The only way to get some attention around here is to start a thread on Masha. "Here, haters haters haters... Here haters haters haters..."

Now that I got the lame jokes out of the way, how about replying, to the best of your knowledge, to the "large bold letters"?

 

[UDACHi]

Well, it looks technically better, for sure. It's definitely very mental. I don't see Elena ever developing her serve into a weapon or anything to be envied, frankly.