Hello again to all of you! I hope you are doing well? I got back earlier from tennis today but you know how things go...when that happens, some problems arise and that's exactly what happened to me. Anyway, I had a good day today in the US Open, saw some good matches and took some fairly good photos.
I started off on grandstand to watch Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova against Patty Schnyder, a match I was very interested in seeing although I still think that even through slumps, Patty is one of those veteran players that makes life miserable for youngsters. They have never seen such styles of play and have trouble adapting. Anyway, I saw the first set and was a bit disapointed. The score was not that bad and when the Russian started points in control, she was fine. But honestly, her defensive game (mainly because of her movement) is really lacking (like a Ivanovic of a couple of years ago) and she'll need to work hard to get in better shape, and improve her speed on the court....
I then went to see Tamira Paszek but to my big surprise, not only was her match against Magdalena Rybarikova over, but she had been crushed...!?
I then watched a few practices and then saw the end of the Makarova-Bychkova match... Bychkova led by a set and 4-2 and simply could not close things out, she let her opponent right back in the match and ended up losing in
3 sets...
Following that I went to see Zvonareva and Perebiynis... wow, I never was able to understand Vera Zvonareva and today was no exception.. How someone with so much talent can break down so easily is beyond me... not much to say, it was all mental.
After that, I did watch some doubles for a while and then after much hesitation, decided to go see Wozniacki play. I say that because of one of my favourites, Victoria Azarenka, was also in action.
But I made the right choice, I'm glad I had my first glance at Carolina..! It wasn,t much of a match for her.. but I got a good preview of a soon to be top 5...
