It's kind of funny how easy it is to lose. How there are nerves and excitement but not fear. Julie Coin had no fear facing Ana Ivanovic. Ana had no fear of losing. But the livestream I watched had commentators that kept saying that Julie Coin was doing the impossible, and I wanted to beat them up.
Come on, guys. You guys know Ana. You know more than her numbers. You know how streaky she is, how she hasn't put back to back tournaments together, how she is fighting a thumb injury. You also have eyes, and you can see that her timing is off sometimes, that she has some doubts on how to feel when hitting the ball, that she is lacking a bit of confidence. So fucking shut up!
Most people are not Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, or Justine Henin. Most of the "top" girls are so used to being Justine's fodder that they didn't think about dominating. They just thought about getting there, not staying there. In addition, I think the fast courts of the U. S. Open are not Ana's favorite places to play. I think clay is her thing, and then Australia because she just so energized for it. Even as the top seed I was never expecting Ana to win this slam at this moment. But it would have been nice if she had gotten farther...
The good thing about this loss is hopefully an opening for Amelie Mauresmo. Amelie has struggled with confidence for a while, but has come through two tough matches in 3 sets. I hope she takes care of Julie. And hopefully tomorrow Jelena can find some form. She won a match but should have been more aggressive. It's worse when Sveta starts playing defensive, which isn't happening. Sveta is loving the courts here and is looking the nicest of my girls, while Dinara is outhitting everyone once she gets the ball in play (those double faults need to go away!). So hope one of the four girls above can win. Though Jelena playing mixed doubles with Fernando Verdasco...wtf? You are already tired - what are you doing?
On the men's side Marin is coming of age. He's confident after that Pilot Pen title for sure! I think he prefers the clay and the grass. And Victor is doing awesome too! And Tsonga is back from injury and being more and more like himself! I will concentrate on the men to be happy since I don't think the women are going to make me happy...but you never know, I guess...
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