Monday, August 25, 2014

FINAL GRAND SLAM OF 2O14, U.S.OPEN TENNIS BEGINS! JOY AND DANCE UNDER THE SUN.... VISCIOUS COMPETETION.



       
      What Stosur should have done against Kvitova
at the New Haven semi-final match I watched
was this: when serving Stosur  should have
jammed Kvitova.  Stosur ought to have made body serves then run to the net. This would have been the only way she could have thrown Kvitiva
off balance.

      It's good to see that Kvitova has grown up,
no longer has tendencies of self-defeating thinking
and hysteria.  She's calm.  She's balanced. Her
shots are superb - hard well aimed strokes
on both wings. She's going to be hard to beat.
       She beat Canada's Bouchard quite easily in
a match this summer, and Bouchard is no pushover.
       
        Bouchard also got badly beaten by a challenger on Bouchard's home Court in Montreal. A home court,however, is not always an advantage.
You can get a terrible case of nerves on your own
home court with family and friends and everyone you know watching closely and expecting you to win.
        
       I very much enjoyed watching Radwanksa
win the Roger's Cup in Canada, beating
Venus Williams in the final, but also beating
many excellent players on the way to the finals,
including Azarenka.                .
          She is so frustrating
to play against that she can reduce an excellent
player who is used to winning, Radwanska can
reduce her to tears.
           Radwanska gets everything back, uses
a high lob to buy herself time, then surprises
her opponent at the net with an excellent
down the line shot. Drop shots, every spin known
to man, every shot in the book she uses.
            It's a delight to watch someone play with
patience and finesse...And terrific balance.
            Balance is not often mentioned.
Usually we mention, "footwork."  You need good
footwork to maintain excellent balance.
You need excellent balance to be able
to have good footwork.
           Think of tennis as being like a dance,
and you get the idea.
            Dancing under the sun... and viscious
competition. That's tennis!