WTA News and Gossip 2014

[GameSetAndMath]

Simona Halep Parts Ways With Wim Fissette After One Season...Report from SI.Com.November 6th.

Simona Halep has parted ways with Wim Fissette,the player announced on Thursday.

Fissette lasted as Halep's coach for just one season,having joined Halep in January.

From Halep's announcement,

"My collaboration with Wim Fissette will come to a end,following a mutual agreement.It was a good and beautiful year.I want to thank him and wish him good luck in the future".

Under Fissette's coaching,Halep had her most successful season yet,rising to a career high No 2 ranking in August and making her first Grand Slam final at the French Open in June,where she lost to Maria Sharapova.Halep also made the semi finals at Wimbledon.

who is her new coach? By any chance is it former coach of Na Li and Justin Henin.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Simona Halep Parts Ways With Wim Fissette After One Season...Report from SI.Com.November 6th.

Simona Halep has parted ways with Wim Fissette,the player announced on Thursday.

Fissette lasted as Halep's coach for just one season,having joined Halep in January.

From Halep's announcement,

"My collaboration with Wim Fissette will come to a end,following a mutual agreement.It was a good and beautiful year.I want to thank him and wish him good luck in the future".

Under Fissette's coaching,Halep had her most successful season yet,rising to a career high No 2 ranking in August and making her first Grand Slam final at the French Open in June,where she lost to Maria Sharapova.Halep also made the semi finals at Wimbledon.

who is her new coach? By any chance is it former coach of Na Li and Justin Henin.

At present there isnt any news on a new coach,from what I have been reading,Halep would like to find a Romanian coach...watch this space for further news.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Matt Cronin on Twitter

Madison Keys is now being coached by Lindsay Davenport who will work during off season,but Davenport wont be full time in 2015.


(I will post further news,when it comes to hand,Fashionista)

 

[10isfan]

RE: WTA News and Gossip 2015

Her outfit is a mess, but what can we expect from the blind woman who repeatedly dresses Woz in things that are beyond ugly? She should be banned from the fashion industry. Even Pova has come up with less cringeworthy stuff.

 

[tossip]

Matt Cronin on Twitter

Madison Keys is now being coached by Lindsay Davenport who will work during off season,but Davenport wont be full time in 2015.


(I will post further news,when it comes to hand,Fashionista)

Madison can be a mindless ballbasher and makes a lot of errors.She was totally embarrassed by Krunic...no plan b.Lindsay had very clean strokes but her mental game was weak..she would start mopping if things were not going her way.
She should work with that coach that worked with Lindsay,pova,Chakky and Myskina...his name escapes me.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Madison Keys working with Lindsay Davenport..report Matt Cronin...7th November.

Madison Keys has begun to work with Lindsay Davenport as a coach,Tennis.Com has learned.The three-time Grand Slam champion has hit with other players on occasion,but has not coached consistently before.Davenport,who lives in Los Angeles,had decided to work with Keys for the rest of the year.But because of her television commitments-analyst work for all the Grand Slams,among other tournaments-Davenport will not be Keys' full-time coach in 2015.Davenport will talk with Keys when she can.but the 19-year-old will eventually hire a full-time coach next year.

The hard hitting American has shown promise over the past two years,but she grew a bit frustrated this season after mixed results.After winning a grass-court tournament in Eastbourne in late June,Keys reached a career-high No 27,but she was unable to get past any quarterfinals and went 9-9 to close out her season.Currently ranked No 31,Keys has worked with USTA coaches Juan Todero and Jay Gooding.Davenport,a former No 1,consistently served big and developed a strong forehand and backhand.But she also showed patience,an important quality of her success.While Keys is one of the biggest servers and can also attack with her forehand,she can be impatient,something Davenport will surely work on during their time together.

 

[tossip]

RE: WTA News and Gossip 2015

just seen Richard on tv promoting his book...what a legend

 

[kskate2]

Matt Cronin on Twitter

Madison Keys is now being coached by Lindsay Davenport who will work during off season,but Davenport wont be full time in 2015.


(I will post further news,when it comes to hand,Fashionista)

Madison can be a mindless ballbasher and makes a lot of errors.She was totally embarrassed by Krunic...no plan b.Lindsay had very clean strokes but her mental game was weak..she would start mopping if things were not going her way.
She should work with that coach that worked with Lindsay,pova,Chakky and Myskina...his name escapes me.

You're talking about Robert Lansdorf (sp?)

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

Lost some respect for Davenport after the "tanking" comments before the year end championship.

 

[Kieran]

Lost some respect for Davenport after the "tanking" comments before the year end championship.

What did she say? Did she tank a match? Or did she encourage it?

 

[kskate2]

Lost some respect for Davenport after the "tanking" comments before the year end championship.

What did she say? Did she tank a match? Or did she encourage it?

I don't remember verbatim, but it was something to the affect that Simona should have taken it easy (tanked) that match against Ivanovic so Serena would be shut out of the SF. Someone please correct me if I am wrong.

I found the link:
http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2014/10/serving-honor/53126/#.VFzgkvnF9Ah

 

[Kieran]

Brrr. It's kind of a cold practicality, totally opposed to the spirit of the game, especially to mention it...

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Oudin.Heart procedure "went extremely well",back at home....Report from AP 6th November.

American tennis pro Melanie Oudin is home after a procedure for a heart condition.The 2009 U.S.Open quarterfinalist wrote on Twitter on Thursday that her trip to an Alanta hospital 'went extremely well".

She added "just wanted to thank you guys for your kind thoughts and prayers.It means a lot to me".

 

[tossip]

Matt Cronin on Twitter

Madison Keys is now being coached by Lindsay Davenport who will work during off season,but Davenport wont be full time in 2015.


(I will post further news,when it comes to hand,Fashionista)

Madison can be a mindless ballbasher and makes a lot of errors.She was totally embarrassed by Krunic...no plan b.Lindsay had very clean strokes but her mental game was weak..she would start mopping if things were not going her way.
She should work with that coach that worked with Lindsay,pova,Chakky and Myskina...his name escapes me.

You're talking about Robert Lansdorf (sp?)

yes thats him...he was very good.Madison lacks that grit that separates champions from the rest..she always seems like she doesnt want to be considered a black girl.Its easy to see that she doesnt want anything to do with that part of herself...trying hard to fit in..

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Lost some respect for Davenport after the "tanking" comments before the year end championship.

What did she say? Did she tank a match? Or did she encourage it?

I don't remember verbatim, but it was something to the affect that Simona should have taken it easy (tanked) that match against Ivanovic so Serena would be shut out of the SF. Someone please correct me if I am wrong.

I found the link:
http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2014/10/serving-honor/53126/#.VFzgkvnF9Ah

No, she promoted "semi-tanking" and I completely agree with her, not withstanding the
objections of the moralists over here.

What is "semi-tanking"? She said Simona should try hard and win the first set. Once,
she win the first set, she should try hard try to win the match also. However, she said
that if Simona happens to lose the first set after really trying hard to win it (this
is what happened in that match), she should tank the match instead of trying to
eke out a three set win by staying in court for a long time, especially considering
that Simona needs to play in the meaningful SF match the very next day.

She did not advocate tanking with the express intent of blocking Serena.
But, She did avocate tanking with the intent of preserving Simona's energy
and so she advocated it only if Simona happens to lose the first set.

p.s. Interesting has anyone thought of this wonderful situation. What happens when
both the players involved in a match want to tank the match (perhaps for different)
reasons? :devil In Chess, there is a version of the match called reverse Chess where
whoever captures the opponent's King loses. A naive person, who is bad at regular
chess, might think that he would excel in reverse chess. But, be warned. I have heard that it is
equally difficult to win the "Reverse Chess" as regular chess. I am not an active
chess player and so others can weigh on this.

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

Come on man...semi, quarter, a millimeter...tanking is tanking. If you are a set down, you fight to come back and win the match. How would you feel as a fan if you witnessed a "semi-tank" ?

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Come on man...semi, quarter, a millimeter...tanking is tanking. If you are a set down, you fight to come back and win the match. How would you feel as a fan if you witnessed a "semi-tank" ?

Look, sometimes in 5 set matches, when a player is already down a couple of breaks down
in the 2nd set (after having won the first set), often the player would not try hard in the rest
of that set. Monfils is notorious for tanking sets (he once even told a referee that he is "sneaky").
That may also be considered "tanking" by purists. Are you against that too?
Is not the objective of a tennis match is to win the match? If it is prudent to tank the
second set in the best interests of winning the match, how can that be called tanking? :nono

Now just a simple extension of the same concept; Is not winning the tournament, the
objective of participating in a tennis tournament? If it is in the larger interests of winning
the tournament, what is wrong in tanking a match along the way? :devil

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

Come on man...semi, quarter, a millimeter...tanking is tanking. If you are a set down, you fight to come back and win the match. How would you feel as a fan if you witnessed a "semi-tank" ?

Look, sometimes in 5 set matches, when a player is already down a couple of breaks down
in the 2nd set (after having won the first set), often the player would not try hard in the rest
of that set. Monfils is notorious for tanking sets (he once even told a referee that he is "sneaky").
That may also be considered "tanking" by purists. Are you against that too?
Is not the objective of a tennis match is to win the match? If it is prudent to tank the
second set in the best interests of winning the match, how can that be called tanking? :nono

Now just a simple extension of the same concept; Is not winning the tournament, the
objective of participating in a tennis tournament? If it is in the larger interests of winning
the tournament, what is wrong in tanking a match along the way? :devil

Nope. You do whatever is needed to win a match. But you cannot tank a match. Because there is no guarantees you will win the tournament if you tank a match. What you do is, you work hard, win all your matches, and win the tournament, so you don't have to worry about tanking a match.:angel:

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Come on man...semi, quarter, a millimeter...tanking is tanking. If you are a set down, you fight to come back and win the match. How would you feel as a fan if you witnessed a "semi-tank" ?

Look, sometimes in 5 set matches, when a player is already down a couple of breaks down
in the 2nd set (after having won the first set), often the player would not try hard in the rest
of that set. Monfils is notorious for tanking sets (he once even told a referee that he is "sneaky").
That may also be considered "tanking" by purists. Are you against that too?
Is not the objective of a tennis match is to win the match? If it is prudent to tank the
second set in the best interests of winning the match, how can that be called tanking? :nono

Now just a simple extension of the same concept; Is not winning the tournament, the
objective of participating in a tennis tournament? If it is in the larger interests of winning
the tournament, what is wrong in tanking a match along the way? :devil

Nope. You do whatever is needed to win a match. But you cannot tank a match. Because there is no guarantees you will win the tournament if you tank a match. What you do is, you work hard, win all your matches, and win the tournament, so you don't have to worry about tanking a match.:angel:

There is no guarantee that you will win the match, if you intentionally tank the second set
from a score line of 0-4 either. It just seems prudent. You are having double standards.

It is the fault of the tournament, if players have an incentive for tanking a match.

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

There is no guarantees period brother...so just play to win.
And yes...a format that can reward tanking is not the ideal way for our sport. I am glad there is only one we have to worry about.