On 3/16/2025 3:31 PM, Sawfish wrote:

On 3/16/25 1:14 PM, PeteWasLucky wrote:

Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> Wrote in message:r

On 3/16/25 11:21 AM, PeteWasLucky wrote:> Sawfish
<sawfish666@gmail.com> Wrote in message:r>> On 3/16/25 9:05 AM,
PeteWasLucky wrote:> Great so far. Her movement is still very raw and
can improve a lot.> But she's got great athletic form, physically
gifted to be an athlete.I've watched her quite a bit for about a
year. Physically she is quite competent; good movement, power, serve.
But her best aspect is that she is mentally very competitive and
she's hard to intimidate. Does not seem to harbor recurrent self-
doubt, like Swiatek.Do you think she can beat Sabelenka today?> > If
she managed to win today, I think she will win a slam this
year :)Yes, I agree.

I love how fast she picks the ball and serve after long rallies
  without delays.

Yes. Stamina and belief in herself are not lacking, are they?

She reminds me with great champions, Graf, Federer, etc.

Now for Rune and Draper.

I saw a at one point where Rune took a service delay warning after a
long rally vs Medvedev. He did indeed look momentarily tired, and I
suspect his stamina at this point.

Jack Draper is playing an awesome game of tennis. His power is
incredible, I hope he stays healthy.
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On 3/16/2025 3:21 PM, PeteWasLucky wrote:

Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> Wrote in message:r

On 3/16/25 9:05 AM, PeteWasLucky wrote:> Great so far. Her movement is still very raw and can improve a lot.> But she's got great athletic form, physically gifted to be an athlete.I've watched her quite a bit for about a year. Physically she is quite

competent; good movement, power, serve. But her best aspect is that she is mentally very competitive and she's hard to intimidate. Does not seem to harbor recurrent self-doubt, like Swiatek.Do you think she can beat Sabelenka today?

I think we could be looking at a very gifted girl that has the
entire package: mental, physical and talent.
She is just 17 years old, amazing.

I have been a fan of hers for a while now. I do think she is capable of
being number 1 by age 21.
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On 17/03/2025 3:05 am, PeteWasLucky wrote:

Great so far. Her movement is still very raw and can improve a lot.
But she's got great athletic form, physically gifted to be an athlete.

Hard to believe how good she's become since she lost that epic 3.5 hr
2023 girl's AO final to Korneeva. She looked like the 15 yr old she was
and didn't stand out as a potential top 10 player. Now she looks like
she'll be no.1 this yr.

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On 17/03/2025 9:30 am, Scall5 wrote:

On 3/16/2025 3:31 PM, Sawfish wrote:

On 3/16/25 1:14 PM, PeteWasLucky wrote:

Now for Rune and Draper.

I saw a at one point where Rune took a service delay warning after a
long rally vs Medvedev. He did indeed look momentarily tired, and I
suspect his stamina at this point.

Jack Draper is playing an awesome game of tennis. His power is
incredible, I hope he stays healthy.

I like his attitude too. He said his goal is to get to Alcaraz/Sinner
level, they have 4 & 3 slams and that's his ultimate goal. You can't do
jack without that belief, eg Zverev/Dimitrov never really believed they
had it. He's smart with scheduling too, missed a few events he could
have played in last few weeks so he can give his best efforts here. His
game takes a lot of work so won't be any easy wins where he can just
coast along, needs to come out firing and use his best strengths. He
deserves his no.7 ranking, beat Alcaraz at Queens last yr too, made
semis USO, 4th rd AO had to pull out v Alcaraz after 3 tough 5 setters.

I'd like to see his big game in the mix at slams. His clay record looks
lame so maybe should skip a lot of that this year and get solid for the
grass.

He'll be a superstar in UK if he wins Wimbledon, more so that that Scot
Andy Murray : )

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On 17/03/2025 7:21 am, PeteWasLucky wrote:

Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> Wrote in message:r

On 3/16/25 9:05 AM, PeteWasLucky wrote:> Great so far. Her movement is still very raw and can improve a lot.> But she's got great athletic form, physically gifted to be an athlete.I've watched her quite a bit for about a year. Physically she is quite

competent; good movement, power, serve. But her best aspect is that she is mentally very competitive and she's hard to intimidate. Does not seem to harbor recurrent self-doubt, like Swiatek.Do you think she can beat Sabelenka today?

I think we could be looking at a very gifted girl that has the
entire package: mental, physical and talent.
She is just 17 years old, amazing.

She's become really powerful in the last year, big serve too. Mentally
she's prepared to fight and stay out there a long time. None of the top players are really consistent these days like past champs were, so good
chance for her to be no.1 for a while once she gets there. She might
win Miami too, FO (made semis last year). Have to give Conchita a lot
of credit.

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On 17/03/2025 1:15 pm, PeteWasLucky wrote:

Scall5 <nospam@home.net> Wrote in message:r

On 3/16/2025 3:21 PM, PeteWasLucky wrote:> Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> Wrote in message:r>> On 3/16/25 9:05 AM, PeteWasLucky wrote:> Great so far. Her movement is still very raw and can improve a lot.> But she's got great athletic form, physically

gifted to be an athlete.I've watched her quite a bit for about a year. Physically she is quite competent; good movement, power, serve. But her best aspect is that she is mentally very competitive and she's hard to intimidate. Does not seem to harbor
recurrent self-doubt, like Swiatek.Do you think she can beat Sabelenka today?> > I think we could be looking at a very gifted girl that has the> entire package: mental, physical and talent.> She is just 17 years old, amazing.I have been a fan of hers
for a while now. I do think she is capable of being number 1 by age 21.-- ---------------Scall5

I think she will be number one at a younger age and it could be
this year. She has won two 1000 masters already.

But she's got beautiful eyes' color :)
Also I adore naturally athletic bodies.

You can't talk like that until she turns 18 - next month.

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On 3/17/2025 5:16 AM, Whisper wrote:

On 17/03/2025 7:21 am, PeteWasLucky wrote:

Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> Wrote in message:r

On 3/16/25 9:05 AM, PeteWasLucky wrote:> Great so far. Her movement
is still very raw and can improve a lot.> But she's got great
athletic form, physically gifted to be an athlete.I've watched her
quite a bit for about a year. Physically she is quite competent; good
movement, power, serve. But her best aspect is that she is mentally
very competitive and she's hard to intimidate. Does not seem to
harbor recurrent self-doubt, like Swiatek.Do you think she can beat
Sabelenka today?

I think we could be looking at a very gifted girl that has the
  entire package: mental, physical and talent.
She is just 17 years old, amazing.

She's become really powerful in the last year, big serve too.  Mentally she's prepared to fight and stay out there a long time.  None of the top players are really consistent these days like past champs were, so good chance for her to be no.1 for a while once she gets there.  She might
win Miami too, FO (made semis last year).  Have to give Conchita a lot
of credit.

Definitely coach of the year material, that is for sure.
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On 3/17/2025 5:33 AM, Whisper wrote:

On 17/03/2025 1:15 pm, PeteWasLucky wrote:

Scall5 <nospam@home.net> Wrote in message:r

On 3/16/2025 3:21 PM, PeteWasLucky wrote:> Sawfish
<sawfish666@gmail.com> Wrote in message:r>> On 3/16/25 9:05 AM,
PeteWasLucky wrote:> Great so far. Her movement is still very raw and
can improve a lot.> But she's got great athletic form, physically
gifted to be an athlete.I've watched her quite a bit for about a
year. Physically she is quite competent; good movement, power, serve.
But her best aspect is that she is mentally very competitive and
she's hard to intimidate. Does not seem to harbor recurrent self-
doubt, like Swiatek.Do you think she can beat Sabelenka today?> > I
think we could be looking at a very gifted girl that has the>
entire package: mental, physical and talent.> She is just 17 years
old, amazing.I have been a fan of hers for a while now. I do think
she is capable of being number 1 by age 21.-- ---------------Scall5

I think she will be number one at a younger age and it could be
  this year. She has won two 1000 masters already.

But she's got beautiful eyes' color :)
Also I adore naturally athletic bodies.

You can't talk like that until she turns 18 - next month.

I have reread this post numerous times and it still cracks me up.
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