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Earlier this year, Anna said in an article, that why should she change things when they are working? By that she meant why should she hire a professional coach when she was playing well with her mother coaching her. Sometimes I think Anna is too stubborn for her own good. She suffered another first round loss today, 7-5 in the third to Anne Kremer in Filderstadt. That makes 4 straight losses on her comeback trail. Five overall, if you count the loss to Mauresmo at the Paris Indoors in February. This is really getting scary! Anna shows no signs of improving. And today, she served something like 25 double faults. That brings back bad memories. I think of all the hurting she is suffering from right now. I'm talking about emotional pain. Not only should we worry about her foot holding up, we must now be concerned of the emotional pain she must be going through. Loss after loss. I think it's time for Alla to be the mother, and not the mother and coach. It's time for Anna to hire a professional tennis coach who can help her. A Pavel Slozil caliber coach would be nice. But is Anna willing to accept the fact that her mother coaching her hasn't worked? Changes must be made for Anna to ever think about being in the top ten again, or make a grand slam semifinal. Her fine form at the 2001 Australian Open seems like light years ago! Is Anna too stubborn for her own good? Do you agree that Anna must make coaching and philosophy changes to make it back to the top ten?
P.S. - I wish she would go back to Bollettieri's on a permanent basis. Anna always says how much she loved the place. She also has said that she is welcome back there anytime. But would they let her back in after she dumped IMG for Octagon?
[ October 18, 2001: Message edited by: the cat in the hat ]
P.S. - I wish she would go back to Bollettieri's on a permanent basis. Anna always says how much she loved the place. She also has said that she is welcome back there anytime. But would they let her back in after she dumped IMG for Octagon?
[ October 18, 2001: Message edited by: the cat in the hat ]