Pace vs. Guile
Kremlin Cup by Bank of Moscow, Russia Women’s Final: [CR30] Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) vs. [CR61] Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) A game built around guile is more dependent on mental fortitude and physical…
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Nervous breakdown
BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg Women’s Final: [CR31] Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) vs. [CR60] Annika Beck (GER) Overwhelmed by nerves, Strycova barely held serve and her game was dominated…
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BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg I saw [CR145] Denisa Allertova (CZE) play for the first time yesterday when she played against [CR25] Sabine Lisicki (GER), and I was impressed by…
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Tianjin Open, China Women’s Final: [CR35] Belinda Bencic (SUI) vs. [CR62] Alison Riske (USA) Riske finally won her first WTA Tour title and there were tears of joy. Bencic may have shed a few tears…
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Tianjin Open, China It is sometimes harder to relax when you know that you should win. There is a mixture of excitement at the prospect of an easy victory, while at the…
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China Open, Beijing Women’s Final: [CR3] Petra Kvitova (CZE) vs. [CR4] Maria Sharapova (RUS) In a battle between two players that hit the ball with pace, victory would go to…
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