2014 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open

[MargaretMcAleer]

Lovely speech from Petra,Petra uses her trophy and win to remember Li Na,she was a bit emotional in saying that.

 

[sk310]

So what is the issue here for Genie? Is Petra too good? Is it a mental block in finals?

 

[faradubii]

Petra is too good at the moment, and the way she plays she's too good for almost everyone. But at the same time Bouchard forces her style of play even if that is a losing proposition. I think she needs a coach that teaches her patience and the need to adapt to th opponent. Else she will not go further.

 

[Hoergren]

Nice trophy they have and nice speaches from Kvitova and Bouchard

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7A4Lp3xGno[/video]

 

[pavlik89]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCAhGelF9Pc[/video]

 

[tossip]

Genie is slowly becoming Kvitova s pigeon....very sad

 

[Si Si Simona]

Genie is slowly becoming Kvitova s pigeon....very sad

just 2 matches, she will get better with age.

 

[Hoergren]

Lovely gift Bouchard got in Wuhan - like it

 

[Si Si Simona]

^ Is she blonde or not, thats the question. She is 20 so moxie will allow me to ask this
maybe kvitova turned her hair brown

 

[colleen66]

I'm not really surprised that Petra beat Bouchard once again. Genie has yet to learn how to defend against the lefty serve out wide; and while her (Genie) serve is usually solid, there is nothing about it that Petra cannot handle. I do agree that Petra played a great tournament, but I will wait to see how she builds on this victory. She can easily fold in the first round of a new tournament after winning a title in the previous one.

 

[tossip]

Lovely gift Bouchard got in Wuhan - like it

is that a bagel:laydownlaughing

 

[10isfan]

Bagel. That is hilarious, Tossip!

Bouchard tried to outhit Petra. Not happening. Saviano should stop telling her that she can. A new coach would help.

Let's see if Petra can repeat in Beijing. Good luck to all. Hoping everyone has recovered from the various illnesses and injuries.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I'm not really surprised that Petra beat Bouchard once again. Genie has yet to learn how to defend against the lefty serve out wide; and while her (Genie) serve is usually solid, there is nothing about it that Petra cannot handle. I do agree that Petra played a great tournament, but I will wait to see how she builds on this victory. She can easily fold in the first round of a new tournament after winning a title in the previous one.

Another obvious factor from this match and their previous match at Wimbledon is,Bouchard is not going to defeat Petra if she insists standing close to the baseline and taking the ball on early.That's just not how you play against Petra,who hits harder than you off both wings.

 

[tossip]

Butchard is very wooden on court and her game is a bit one dimensional like pova her idol...she is not exciting to watch.

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Congrads to Petra, super week! She only lost a set and that was to a country-woman.

You know, I was thinking, having the set is not too bad. The Winner Trophy can sit atop the runner-up trophy.
Nice set.

 

[Moxie]

Kiu did the write-up for the Front Page:

http://www.tennisfrontier.com/news/wta-tennis/kvitova-wondrous-in-wuhan/

 

[tossip]

^ Is she blonde or not, thats the question. She is 20 so moxie will allow me to ask this
maybe kvitova turned her hair brown

she is a bottle blonde like the rest of them...pova s natural hair is thin and mousy,Butchard is not a natural blonde,Kirilenko is another bottle blonde.
Kaia Kanepi is the only natural blonde and Svitolina...
they all know that Asians love love blondes...

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Nice trophy they have and nice speaches from Kvitova and Bouchard

What a stupid trophy. Looks like a giant vibrator. :laydownlaughing

 

[Si Si Simona]

Hoping everyone has recovered from the various illnesses and injuries.

Only Simo can make me recover from my tennis injuries. I look worse than her at present :blush: