Dubai WTA 1000 Preview: Sabalenka Skips — Fatigue Kills?

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Hello, Chuck Dusters, Katie here
and GTM.

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Hello everyone.
Thank you very much for coming

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back again to listen to our
podcast about WTA Tennis and TTM

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is going to introduce this week.
Yes, what we're looking at this

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week, we're going to review the
action from the week just gone

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in Doha, the Qatar Technologies
Open, the WTA 1000 event.

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We'll go through the results
from there and who impressed and

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who may be less so.
Then we're going to look at the

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schedule and players beginning
to get tired and the impact of

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playing week after week on the
tour.

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What is the reality of that?
How do players navigate it?

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And the big talk leading into
this week in Dubai is someone

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who's having a very light
schedule at the moment is the

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world #1 Arena Savalenka.
So just played two events in

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2026 and we're going to look and
compare her schedule with those

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a bit lower down in the
rankings.

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So we're going to look at
tiredness and the schedule.

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How many weeks did you used to
work KT full time before you'd

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like to take a day off work
well?

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Reality and what I would like to
have done was probably quite

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different, but certainly when I
was working corporate definitely

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did 48 weeks a year.
Yes, and even as teachers, much

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maligned sometimes for holidays
concerned, we would do at least

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five or six weeks on a on the
trot before we had a break.

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Bless you, it sounded quite easy
as as.

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We put it and then we're going
to go through who's shot up the

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rankings, who's had a reset,
who's been the player of the

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week.
And I want to talk a little bit

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about patterns of play to watch
out for all the listeners out

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there.
When you're watching the next

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match, what are the patterns of
play?

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What are the first opportunities
to get ahead in the point?

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We're just going to mention
three or four patterns of play

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to watch out for and why some
players are possibly doing

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better than others around those
patterns of play.

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And would patterns of play be
what I would call tactics or

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strategies?
Exactly what the coaches behind

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the scenes are encouraging them
to do and commit to throughout

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the match.
So they'll talk about Claire's

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weakness and I'll mention a
couple of areas where I think

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someone like Rebecca can be
exposed.

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And that will come up this this
week when we review the action

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from Doha because she lost.
And finally, we're just going to

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look ahead to this coming week
in Dubai that draws out and see

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where the exciting matches may
be and who might progress

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further than others.
So that's this week's go.

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Lovely.
Well, let's get into the meat of

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it.
OK, so we had the 2 ends in the

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final today in Qatar.
Carolina Mukova plays Victoria

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and Boko in the final.
Now someone keeps pushing And

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Boko.
Hello.

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I know I'm not meant to be the
person who's good at tennis

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here, but I have been very much
picking up on Boko ever since

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she came on the scene.
Really like she's great.

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She's got real grit.
Yes, and she's made the final

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and of course only a couple of
days ago she caused the big

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shock of the week by taking out
the favourite for the event,

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Elena Rabatina, after her winner
in Australia.

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And Boko stepped on to court and
it was a real long 33 set match

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and Boko from being a breakdown
in the third set, recovered from

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4 three down and broke.
Rabatina served twice to come

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out the winner and then she took
out Ostapenko in the semi final

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to play Makova in the final and
was the favourite going into the

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final.
But as we now know, the check

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when her first title for over
six years, Carolina Makova is

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just outside the top ten.
Her highest ever ranking is 8 in

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the world, but she's one of
those players that's often

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forgotten but always gets to
latter stages of events.

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But today, she actually got the
glory of the title.

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Well, well done her.
Other things that happened this

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week, well, we have to go right
back to the beginning and we

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talked about Emma Radicano and
others getting on the plane and

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hot footing it across to Qatar
from places like Transylvania.

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If you were tuned in last week,
I gave a quite a detailed

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schedule of how you would have
to, what travelling you'd have

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to do and how long it would take
you and how you would have to

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have breakfast in the cab.
Frankly it to get from 1:00

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tournament to the next and
Radicano at that stage was not

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feeling on top tip top health
form already.

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So I was just feeling like she
needed to do bed day.

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Well, she went on that plane.
She did.

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She turned out in the first
round, she stormed the first set

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against Colombian Ozorio and was
looking good.

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And then Ozorio came back in the
second set, and at the start of

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the third set, two games in,
Radicano retired I.

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Think her paracetamol probably
wearing off.

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Yes, it's a bit confusing.
I think if you're real, you're

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real.
There is that.

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But I think for the listeners
benefit without trying to draw

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any wider conclusions, I suspect
sometimes players go to events

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not just for the tennis, they
have other obligations and I

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cannot believe Radicano went
just purely to the tennis

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because if she wasn't totally
fit she's not going to do

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herself justice on court.
And those obligations would to

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be around sponsors and around
side hustle deals.

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Yes.
And players events for the

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sponsors in the evening, they
have obligations to the WTA,

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they have dinners, engagements,
etcetera.

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So having players to have photos
with those events important and

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I expect she had to go and
probably felt that she was in

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the Middle East.
She was committing to Dubai the

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week after, so he was travelling
there anyway so.

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So then she could get the rest
of her recovery done from

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whatever illness she had or her
or her tiredness.

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At least she could get her
recovery done in the same

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country.
In the same location at

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acclimatising to the conditions
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So some sense in it.
But in terms of her performance

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on the court, I think that's
what a lot of the general public

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look at and can be critical of
her.

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Whereas actually when you look
at the whole package and what's

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involved in her working life, it
probably made sense.

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But it'll be a bit of a yo-yo
then, because some of them, as I

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think you mentioned earlier,
some of them will be.

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She will be fresh as a Daisy
when they all turn up in to buy,

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whereas the ones who play, you
know, Makova moko, they'll be

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exhausted.
Yes, and I said last week that I

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did get right, right if you like
was I would be very surprised if

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we're back in the one was how I
stated it, because she'd had all

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this media, all the obligations
that come having won a Grand

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Slam.
And that just takes a lot out of

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the player.
Even though it's not physically

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on the court, it's tiring
outside of the court.

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She's having to smile all the
time, wear all the all the

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clothes that are not her normal
training kit, etcetera, that go

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with all those photographs and
it's tiring.

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And I think I said she'd be
happy to get to the

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quarterfinals match a result
from last year, not lose any

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points.
And a bit like Radical Carney

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from her position, having a few
days off before Dubai worked for

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her.
I don't think she lost

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deliberately.
She tried her hardest.

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But in terms of mentally, once
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with M Boko, she didn't have
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And as a terrible side issue and
I'm sure she'll be focusing

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hugely on the tennis, but I was
reading about her setting up her

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own ERA Elena Rebekama agency.
She set up her own sporting

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management agency, currently
with a #1 tennis player as a

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client and her name, Zali, is
Elena Rebekana.

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Well, who would have thought it?
So she's got herself a client,

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which is great.
I'll be interested in client #2

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although a word on the street is
that the most likely is Invoco.

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Interesting.
Right, right.

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It is interesting.
So then they'll and that started

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off in 2026, they're saying.
And therefore so she's she's

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been concentrating on a lot of
things as well as tennis as well

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as winning the.
I think she's also been

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listening to chalkness.
Well, that definitely she's been

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listening to chalk just in terms
of her fashions and she see,

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obviously they need to say our
fresh and Sen but one of the

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reasons stated don't know how
true it is that she has set up

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her own agency is that she
wanted more of her own ability

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to advocate and to make her own
choices on, for example, the

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type of clothes that Yonet puts
her in.

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Yes, and you will have noticed
DTM, because you've been well

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trained in this, that she's been
wearing much more Poppy Zingy

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colours, none of the laundry
Lukes, but she was wearing a day

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of.
She's been wearing orange, blue

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and much more of the type of
things that the other players

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are wearing.
Yeah, she had colour all week

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this week.
And still you're next.

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Obviously I still got because
she's in her own agency now she

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gets more agent of a of a the
ability to choose.

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OK, so a lot of going on in her
world of court and someone who

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returned to action this week.
A name that we haven't mentioned

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of the podcast at all in 2026
until now, is the Chinese number

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one, Chin Wen Jiang, who
returned to action and won a

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couple of matches until she
faced Rabatla and pushed her to

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three sets before losing.
And she showed signs of the form

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that made her one of the top ten
players in previous seasons.

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But she's been out with injury
for a while, so she's back and

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she's playing a game in Dubai.
So that was good to see.

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But as we head on to thinking
about why players get tired and

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they're scheduled, the last
person to mention in terms of

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our review is Amanda Anisimova.
Because I actually thought she

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would have a good week, but
sadly it didn't get passed the

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first round because she retired.
She was lying on her back at the

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side of the court having a blood
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And she shook hands with
Pliskova who would gratefully

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receive a walk over into Round
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So worrying times for Amanda and
the Samosa, whether that was

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privatising, whether that was
tactical, whether she was

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genuinely I'll, I thought all
that trouble could have been a

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combination.
It was unlikely that it was

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tactical because she was
defending 1000 points.

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So as we'll see in the rankings,
unfortunately those thousand

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points weren't defended and
they'd come off her ranking.

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So worth watching out for
Anderson over this week and

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hopefully she'll be feeling
better and actually do herself

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justice.
Go, Amanda.

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So that kind of takes us on to
tiredness and the schedule.

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So only a few days ago just
before the cut off of Dubai, two

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big names, if not the biggest
numbers one and two in the

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world, Arena Savalenka and
Ediswante invisible door of

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Dubai from further afield and
said I'm not coming.

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Now we know Arena Savalenka did
that probably nearly two weeks

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ago now in advance of Doha and
the first WTA 1000 event of the

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Middle East swing, and she's
done it with the second one as

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well.
So she hasn't been in the Middle

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East?
She's not travelled to the

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Middle East, full stop.
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And that will leave her having
done none of the Middle East

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swing.
That's right, she won't have

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gone at all.
She'll hit the courts again in

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America.
That's right, Miami, if it turns

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out, and I suspect that when we
look at the scheduling and the

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decisions that players make,
those in the top echelons of the

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game have the luxury of making
decisions which others can't

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make, and they have the luxury
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And Iguswantec also talked about
choice, having lost to Zachary

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in Qatar this last week, having
been in a winning position.

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Six to four rule, great points.
So literally five points from

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winning.
She lost again.

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And she's looking more and more
vulnerable on anything that's

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quicker than a quite a slow
call.

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Whether she was sulking, whether
she would have come on to Dubai

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if she'd won this week, who
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But she says that's it.
I'm changing my schedule and I'm

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not coming.
She's taking taking advantage of

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one of her 4 mulligans and
saying I'm just not coming now.

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OK.
So let's let's dig, do a deep

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dive on comparing two players
that we've heard about quite a

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lot.
So Arena Sabalenka, how many

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times Kate, do you think Arena
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Well, not very many.
She hasn't been in the Middle

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East at all and she played until
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Australian Open.
Right, she played one warm up

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event before the Australian Open
in Brisbane and won the title

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there and then she went on to
the Australian Open and got all

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the way to the final, as we
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So she's only played twice.
So let's compare her schedule as

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we approach, what, the middle of
February.

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Here we are on Valentine's Day.
Happy Valentine's Day.

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Thank you, Happy Valentine's Day
to you.

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Irina Sabalinka has played just
twice.

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Alexandra AR LAN someone that is
big news especially in the

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Philippines.
Shout out to all our Filipino

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listeners.
She's playing her 6th event.

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Tomorrow she starts her 6th
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She is a pocket rocket.
Well, she's young, I give her

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that.
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That's a lot of events.
So does playing a lot breed

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success, or has Sabalenko's
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more reward?
Now you can argue, OK, Arena

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Sabalenko is right number one in
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Alexandria has sort of just
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She's in the 40s at the moment
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So how many matches do you think
they've won?

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You're going to tell me, and
there you are.

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I am so Irina Sabalenka in her
two events has won eleven

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matches.
Ayal is coming up to her 6th

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event, and then the five events
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She's won seven matches so far.
So Sabalenka has earned or

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defended or earned 1800 ranking
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nearest 100, and Ayala's on
about 250 points.

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You see, this is where I always
come in with slightly left field

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deal.
They've got WTO points, they're

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after they've got prize money,
they're after they've got

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sponsorship money obviously.
But you see, I'd love to know

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which one of them has gained
more followers in the last three

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weeks or in this year, seven
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Because I would hazard a guess
that Ayala has got loads more

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followers because she's so well
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As we discussed last week, and I
think we've blogged about it,

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everywhere she goes is a home
match because the Filipino crowd

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just gather around her and cheer
for her as if as if she's

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playing at her own in the middle
of her own park at home and and

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she's huge on socials.
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strategy isn't just about
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I think none of their approaches
is just about the tennis when

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they're young, the youngsters
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But in terms of the tennis, the
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advantages you have because you
can build in greater rest

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periods and therefore be at your
peak or peak more through the

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season because you've had the
recipes in between.

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So each time you turn out, it's
almost like a fresh mini season

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about to start again.
Well rested.

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I think Arena Sabalinka gets,
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between 24 and 28 years of age.
She's coming towards the end of

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that four year period.
She's just interested in winning

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the biggest events, the things
that will create her history

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when she's retired in terms of
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So she's got to play 4 warm up
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So that makes 8 in total and
she'll play I think a handful.

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Last year she played 16 events,
so she played another 8 events

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in total.
I think this year she'll play

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less than that.
So she'll play maybe 5 or 6 in

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addition to give her around 14
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And they're probably in favoured
locations, places she likes to

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go.
And places possibly that are

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near to each other.
So she's, you know, missed out

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old geography this this last few
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And then she'll hit hit the
Americas, and then she'll hit

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Europe.
To give a third perspective on

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this, Sunay Cartel, who is a
similar player to Ayala in terms

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of ranking ranked between 50 and
60 in the world, she's played a

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lot as well.
She's just played all three

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Middle East events and she's out
of Dubai because she's lost in

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qualifying.
Her results through the Middle

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East and Swing, having played
three weeks running, have

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deteriorated.
Her results have got worse at

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each event.
So she qualified for the first

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event in the Middle East in Abu
Dhabi and got to the

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quarterfinals, which is which is
a great return for her.

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She then went across the Qatar
which as we know is quite close

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so short journeys in terms of
travel time.

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Got back on the court again, had
to qualify 1-2 qualifying

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matches.
Got through to the first round,

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then lost a long three set match
to Magda Lynette who's a long

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experienced player.
Top 30 in a best days but a

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match I think title would have
won if she'd been totally fresh.

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Gone hot footed across the Dubai
first round of qualifying, got

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through but lost in the second
round of qualifying to

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Sasnovich.
Who is a lower ranked player and

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she's not qualified and she
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So that's her done in the Middle
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OK, so quite a few tired players
I would I would be tempted to

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mention.
For me, as a professional tennis

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player, I'd rather you didn't
walk on to court.

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If you know you're absolutely
shattered, you're mentally not

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able to give anywhere near your
best, I'd rather you didn't even

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go on to the court.
Time and time again, I see

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players who play really well
when they're fresh or the week

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before the first tournament of
the swing, Middle Eastern swing,

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and then two weeks later,
they're just just not.

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It's just not what I would call
professional standards.

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They would say it's the
schedule's fault.

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It's the WTA pushing us to play
far too much tennis and we have

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to turn up to take the prize
money that we feel we're owed

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because we've got a ranking that
means for this season, all our

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hard work over the last 15 years
from being a tiny tot to getting

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on to the professional circuit
feet into at this moment.

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So if we want to pick and choose
when we let ourselves go a bit

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on court and lose as quickly as
possible, that's OK.

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I don't know what you say.
In fact, I.

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Think that for every winner you
need a loser.

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And a loser is not a very trendy
word to say, but there is a

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loser in every sense, Matt.
In order to have a winner, there

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has to be a loser, and therefore
you need what we used to call of

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a cannon fodder.
But I know what yours the point

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that you're making is not that,
is it?

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The point you're making is that
there's somebody who isn't

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cannon fodder who could play
better, sometimes doesn't by

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choice.
I think there's a lot of players

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who would look at fellow
professionals who are a bit

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lower down in the rankings, who
haven't played every week, who

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are scrambling around for points
in lower points events or

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sitting out a week because there
isn't an event to play.

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Watch players, fellow players
and think that's not acceptable.

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And I wish there was some kind
of consequence or more

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meaningful relationship between
the tour and the players to

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allow them to not get into that
situation.

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And there are different ways of
doing that.

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But I think the players and the
likes of Sabalenka this week and

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it being in the media, in the
tennis media talking about the

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schedule will slowly have an
effect.

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Well, we'll watch that as the
weeks go by.

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OK, so we're now going to look
at patterns of play and what to

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watch out for.
So when you're watching a match

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in Boca at the moment against
Rebecca now this week, what we

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use thinking in terms of is M
Boko getting on top of it back

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in there.
Was it the score that was

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telling you that?
And you were thinking well And

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Boko's one of the first sets, so
I feel like she's on top.

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How do you look at the match and
decide if your player or chosen

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player is doing well?
Well, with M Boko, the one of

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the reasons I think she's great
is that she's got such grit.

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And so I think she she
determination is not defacing in

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any way by being on the wrong
end of the score.

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That's how I feel about her.
If you're listening, I hope you

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are well done.
I think there are some really

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good stats that show also that
players can if you're at one all

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it very even handed as to who
wins the third set and we talked

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about that last week or week
before I think.

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And so she's right not to be
down hardened by that.

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So I think we've also talked a
little bit about if you win the

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first point, it's very unlikely
for any players to win three

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points on the trot.
So the 15 love is really

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important.
Otherwise, I tend to look at

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your face and see what I think.
OK, so I'm going to, I'm going

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to talk about each point.
Before we start a point, what

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we're looking for is which
player is going to take

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advantage of the first
opportunity to get ahead in the

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point.
Because if you can get ahead in

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the point, you're likely to win
the point.

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In the modern game, I mean, the
rackets get the ball so much

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harder than when we played as
children with a wooden racket.

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Attached to.
The racket, so the speed of the

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ball over the net.
It's impossible for a player to

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have such thickness that they
can scramble backwards and

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forwards continually and
retrieve everything.

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The speed of the ball travels
across the net means that if you

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go ahead in the point, you're
going to be able to put the ball

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away when the player is out of
court.

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So the first opportunity to do
that is when you're serving your

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first serves.
The first servers we've talked

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about both served, but the first
serve is the server's

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opportunity to get ahead in the
point if a professional tennis

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player, certainly inside the top
50 players, gets their first

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serving play having hit their
spot.

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So they're not just aiming it in
the box as not as we might do at

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the club, they're aiming for a
spot and they'll be hitting the

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corner of the box at speed.
And 1st serves, it's 100 miles

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or more.
The returner, which is obviously

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every other game.
So when you're serving, it's the

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first, get that in your head in
the point as the returner, it's

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the service.
Then serving their second serve

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because they've missed the first
serve, that's their first

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opportunity to get ahead in the
point.

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So what I look for, but I'm
watching a tennis match, is

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who's getting ahead in the
points against what I've just

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said, if that makes sense.
So if Rebecca now gets a first

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serve in against Emboko, is
Emboko making any inroads into

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that type of point?
Equally, when it comes to

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returning the second serve, is
anyone being too passive?

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So you will hear some players
berate themselves.

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Coco Goff is a player who when
she lost to Spitalina in the

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Australian Open, she came off
court and she said I was just

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too passive and it's because
that first opportunity of

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getting heading, the point when
she was returning Citadina

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served, she wasn't doing enough.
Not aggressive.

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Not, not fighters.
And you will see this more and

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more, especially with players
with weaker second served.

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Does the opponent break their
serve 33% of the time?

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Close to 50% of the time?
Rebecca now doesn't have a weak

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serve.
It's the best server in the

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game.
Players will not break her serve

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anywhere near 1/3.
Half and when you're saying 1/3

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to 1/2 or breaking yourself,
you're talking about the point

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you're talking about the game.
The game, getting ahead, getting

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ahead in the point.
If we get past the serve and the

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return, we're into a three or
more shock rally, then it's

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different.
And then it's more even.

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We gradually forget who served
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It's less important.
You served the plan.

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So then in terms of patterns of
play to watch out for, it's the

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difference between cross court
and down the line, right?

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So I'm going to challenge your
maths from your school days.

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Now, what's the difference
between the diagonal across the

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court and the down the line?
Not in terms of tennis, but just

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in terms of the.
Hypotenuse.

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Very good.
Thank.

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You.
You weren't, exactly.

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That way so 1 is a longer
distance than the other.

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So this is.
The square of the other two

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parts or something like that
wasn't.

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You'll see the players hitting a
lot more across the court when

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00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:42,720
the rallies extended.
Go forehand to forehand or

449
00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:45,120
backhand to backhand.
In terms of if they're both

450
00:27:45,120 --> 00:27:48,560
right-handed like we've seen
with Makovum and Boko today,

451
00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:50,720
cross court, cross court, cross
court, cross court.

452
00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:54,160
The opportunity to get ahead in
the point or even win the point

453
00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:56,280
isn't cross court, it's down the
line.

454
00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:59,080
With cross court being longer
being a hypotenuse.

455
00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:03,400
Thanks for the maths lesson.
It means that they've got more

456
00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:06,440
time, whereas if you're going
down the line, if they're on the

457
00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:08,560
wrong side of that, if they're
on the wrong side of the court

458
00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:10,360
for that line, then they haven't
got time to get there.

459
00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:13,400
But because it's a shorter
distance, it requires the

460
00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:16,600
player, if they've been, let's
just use a sort of general

461
00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:18,960
public term, if they've been
whacking it, that's a good time

462
00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:21,480
cross court.
And then they go for it down the

463
00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:24,480
line with the same pace that
they've just been doing.

464
00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:28,720
Cross court is likely to go out.
This is slightly shorter

465
00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:32,160
distance.
OK, So this is where the change

466
00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:36,320
of direction and being able to
change the pace of the shot is a

467
00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:38,720
skill that obviously the
professionals have, but some

468
00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:40,000
players do it better than
others.

469
00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:43,280
What you've got to factor in in
addition to that is the height

470
00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:46,200
of the net going cross court as
opposed to down the line.

471
00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:49,280
So it's kind of bad news both
ways down the line because the

472
00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:52,600
net is slightly higher on the
long straight line down the line

473
00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:55,800
near the trams and the net is
slightly higher than in the

474
00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:59,120
middle where the ball travels
more in relation to the cross

475
00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:01,600
court.
So you will see players

476
00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:04,440
sometimes talk about trying to
hit their either their

477
00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:06,640
backhandle, their forehand down
the line.

478
00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:08,800
That is their kind of money
making shot.

479
00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:11,720
And some players struggle with
that more than others.

480
00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:16,440
And it's a shot that someone
like Emboko, Iyarla, some of the

481
00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:20,800
young players that have really
broken into the game, Andreva,

482
00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:24,320
when they're confident, they hit
that down the line, shot really

483
00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:26,800
well.
Another player this week who I

484
00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:31,720
really like because she's got an
amazing ground stroke game when

485
00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:35,640
it's on.
And Kalinskaya, who had a good

486
00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:39,120
win this week, beats Vitalina,
but then came up against Makova,

487
00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:43,000
who's a tricky player.
What Makova did was she just

488
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:45,560
made her play one more ball, one
more shot.

489
00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:48,520
But what she did as well as
making her play one more ball or

490
00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:50,960
one more shot, was she kept
changing the pace.

491
00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:54,520
So if you hit the ball in terms
of patterns of play, most of us

492
00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:58,080
will see other hitting top spin.
It'll be a flatter top spin or a

493
00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:01,160
heavy top spin, either Swan
Tech, it's a heavy top spin.

494
00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:04,400
Other players hit a much flatter
shot like talent Sky, who I've

495
00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:08,120
just mentioned, But ultimately
that's going at a fast speed

496
00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:10,800
across the net.
When they slice it and take the

497
00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:13,240
the pace off, it is a much
slower speed.

498
00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:15,600
Or sometimes that you'll hear
commentators talking about a

499
00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:18,240
moon ball, which is a top spin
log shape.

500
00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:20,880
It's just to give them time to
get back into position.

501
00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:25,480
But the ability to change pace
and go from harder hitting to

502
00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:27,400
then slower hitting and then
harder hitting.

503
00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:30,440
Some of the players don't have
Colin Skye not so good at it.

504
00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:33,400
She just likes to hit it hard
and go for the winners.

505
00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:35,480
And when it comes off, it's
devastating.

506
00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:39,840
But players know in terms of the
patterns of play, I'm going to

507
00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:44,640
do this and get to shot five,
shot six, shot 7 in the rally

508
00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:46,640
and then I'm going to become a
very strong favourite.

509
00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:52,200
So today we saw Embogo struggled
to break Mccovers.

510
00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:56,920
It was in the second set to all
in the midway through the second

511
00:30:56,920 --> 00:31:02,160
set and suddenly you saw and
Boko get ahead on return for the

512
00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:06,400
first time and she stepped in
and every second serve she was

513
00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:10,520
3-4 yards inside the baseline
hitting the ball on the rise and

514
00:31:10,560 --> 00:31:13,920
the balls serve hit the spot in
the box.

515
00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:16,960
Second set picked up.
It's the slowest speed in the

516
00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:20,760
1st and the ball's on the rise
and she's taking it on the 400

517
00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:23,520
double handed backer hitting it
for a winner.

518
00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:27,720
Really important to watch out,
but those points, sorry, those

519
00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:31,040
features within a point to see
if the player's getting on top.

520
00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:34,520
And you were telling me about
one match we were watching where

521
00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:39,080
you said, for goodness sake,
just keep the ball in play and

522
00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:40,640
the other one will make a
mistake.

523
00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:45,200
And if they hit and opponents
seconds into the net, that's a

524
00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:48,880
real petite of mine because when
you make a mistake, it should be

525
00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:50,480
out.
It shouldn't be into the net.

526
00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:53,680
The net is the is the poorest
mistake to make.

527
00:31:53,880 --> 00:31:57,160
If you go long by two or three
inches, it's a bit like a golfer

528
00:31:57,160 --> 00:31:59,640
when he has a putt to win, to
win the Open.

529
00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:02,600
If he leaves the putt short,
you'll hear people say never up,

530
00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:04,560
never in.
If you hit the ball in the net

531
00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:07,280
at tennis, it's like leaving a
putt short.

532
00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:10,280
If you get past the hole, well,
it had a chance.

533
00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:12,400
These things happen.
If you hit the ball over the

534
00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:16,000
neck, that goes out.
It had a chance and it was the

535
00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:17,680
right play.
Missed it.

536
00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:24,720
You will see what I call using a
tennis brain and I think this is

537
00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:27,440
a sort of final pattern of play
to watch out for.

538
00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:31,440
I taught either in my blog or on
the podcast before.

539
00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:35,800
Savilenko didn't really, really
use her tennis brain towards the

540
00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:37,880
end of that.
Well, certainly in that third

541
00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:40,560
set, once you've got three level
head in the final in Australia

542
00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:44,320
against Rebecca now the last six
or seven games, a tennis brain

543
00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:47,360
stopped working for a while that
repatting her is she's

544
00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:49,160
vulnerable if she's brought into
the net.

545
00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:52,200
If you if you give her a mid
court ball, whether it's off a

546
00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:56,120
second serve or a ground stroke,
she's going she's going to use

547
00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:58,360
the power of her ground strokes
and it could be past you.

548
00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:02,480
But if you keep the ball low, so
it's just tall 6 foot players

549
00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:06,240
got to get down to a low ball
and then she's her momentous

550
00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:09,080
bringing her to the net, which
where she doesn't want to be.

551
00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:12,360
Then you've got a chance to
expose her net play and you've

552
00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:16,240
got a chance to bring in an
error of a low bouncing ball.

553
00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:20,600
And Makova who beat her before
the Australian Open, very good

554
00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:23,480
at that low slices.
And if you watch Emboko's match

555
00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:27,720
against Rebecca me closely,
there were a handful of E points

556
00:33:27,760 --> 00:33:30,800
where she did exactly that.
And that's using her tennis

557
00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:32,600
brain.
And I think there are some

558
00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:36,600
players that use their tennis
brain even when the pressure's

559
00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:41,120
on and when it's close and they
think about what they should be

560
00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:44,160
doing and the tactics that the
coaches have talked to them

561
00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:49,160
about and committing to certain
patterns of play which will give

562
00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:51,120
them the best chance of winning.
Very good.

563
00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:56,800
OK, so should we do some ranking
surging and resetting game set

564
00:33:56,880 --> 00:33:59,280
and.
Surge, Who's that DJ?

565
00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:02,960
So it's going to.
Marie Zachary from Greece.

566
00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:04,400
Yay.
Come on down.

567
00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:06,080
Who?
Has been as high.

568
00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:11,679
As #3 in the world and certainly
in the top 10 for quite a

569
00:34:11,679 --> 00:34:14,360
period.
And then she nose dive.

570
00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:18,920
Slowly but surely she got back
towards the top 50 and this week

571
00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:23,159
she got to the semi finals.
Got a set ahead against Makova

572
00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:26,600
that lost in three sets.
He lost in three sets of that

573
00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:30,760
semi final run in the WTA 1000
event meant that she shot back

574
00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:35,159
up over 300 points game this
week and she's now 33 in the

575
00:34:35,159 --> 00:34:39,120
world, so very close to receding
for the French Open in a few

576
00:34:39,159 --> 00:34:41,120
months time.
So it'd be interesting if her

577
00:34:41,120 --> 00:34:44,080
trajectory continues.
But well done Marie Zachary.

578
00:34:44,679 --> 00:34:46,639
Very good also.
Famous this.

579
00:34:46,639 --> 00:34:50,760
Year for her victory over Carlos
Alvarez in the one point slam,

580
00:34:50,920 --> 00:34:52,639
Yes to take it.
Well.

581
00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:56,800
So in terms of a reset, AIM said
and.

582
00:34:56,840 --> 00:34:59,040
Reset.
Well, doesn't sound a lot.

583
00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:02,440
But dropping just two places
because of her thousand points

584
00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:07,440
went with her retirement.
Amanda Anisimova dropped from #4

585
00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:10,800
in the world to number six.
And surprising because Coco Goth

586
00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:13,920
has gone back up to #4 even
though she lost.

587
00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:16,640
And there's someone I'm going to
talk about in a second.

588
00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:20,520
So Coco Goth.
Lost, but didn't lose as much as

589
00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:23,000
Anisimova and therefore Coco
Goff went up.

590
00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:24,600
Yeah, she didn't have any points
to.

591
00:35:24,600 --> 00:35:27,600
Defend so her lost and lose her
any points.

592
00:35:27,640 --> 00:35:30,440
Didn't gain any points, but
although it was a missed

593
00:35:30,440 --> 00:35:34,920
opportunity, the rankings worked
in such a way that her position

594
00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:36,640
in terms of the rankings went
up.

595
00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:40,680
So good to talk a little bit
about Coco Golf in respect of

596
00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:43,680
Dubai.
But you've been to Dubai a few

597
00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:46,280
times.
So before I talk tennis, what's

598
00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:49,400
the weather and the heat going
to do in Dubai Because it looked

599
00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:50,960
quite hot.
Well, I don't know.

600
00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:54,320
February.
It's gonna be hotter than here,

601
00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:58,160
here in sunny Spain, but yeah,
it'll be the same as the rest of

602
00:35:58,160 --> 00:35:59,240
the Middle East, I would
imagine.

603
00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:01,000
Yeah.
So the players should be used.

604
00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:06,000
To it, Well, it's the second WTA
1000 event and this way Mira

605
00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:10,960
Andreva is defending the title.
So she has 1000 points on the

606
00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:15,080
line and she's an interesting
player because she's capable of

607
00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:18,280
some amazing tennis.
But she's also left some tears

608
00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:22,320
on during the match which we saw
this week because she lost to M

609
00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:26,280
Boca having after having match
point, it went to three sets and

610
00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:29,960
a tie break in the final set and
then Gravely was well, she was

611
00:36:29,960 --> 00:36:32,920
crying in the final set.
I've seen her on her socials.

612
00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:35,920
And she just seems just such a
sweet girl.

613
00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:39,960
She just seems very young and
very sweet and not very

614
00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:43,120
toughened by the world.
I think, yeah, she's just played

615
00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:45,320
tennis.
Hasn't changed, so she's

616
00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:49,120
probably developing a different
rate to other teenagers.

617
00:36:49,720 --> 00:36:52,360
Other teenagers, yes, but not.
Other tennis players.

618
00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:56,960
But no, she just, she just looks
like a really lovely young lady.

619
00:36:57,320 --> 00:37:00,920
Possibly not as not as tough as
the others.

620
00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:03,520
Well, with numbers 1.
And two in the world not

621
00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:05,760
attending.
As we've said, she has a chance

622
00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:09,080
to defend her title, but she's
in the bottom half that she's

623
00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:14,680
drawn the same section as Emboto
for the third time already this

624
00:37:14,720 --> 00:37:18,240
year.
So having played twice already,

625
00:37:18,240 --> 00:37:20,600
it's one all.
If they both win one match,

626
00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:23,440
they'll be playing each other in
Dubai, which will be an

627
00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:26,040
interesting watch.
It will, but then Mboko.

628
00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:28,840
Will be very tired.
She will, and I would be.

629
00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:33,520
Surprised if Mboko had another
deep run because as we keep

630
00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:38,360
saying, being well back-to-back
is quite difficult to achieve.

631
00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:42,560
So many good players and a
mixture of those players who are

632
00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:47,240
fresh and ready to go and those
players are tired and we tend to

633
00:37:47,240 --> 00:37:48,640
lean the way of the fresh
players.

634
00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:53,560
So looking at the draw from top
to bottom, you have Elena

635
00:37:53,560 --> 00:37:57,520
Rebecca now at the top number
one seed and Amanda Anistonova

636
00:37:57,920 --> 00:38:02,320
bottom number two seed.
But I think all eyes will be on

637
00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:05,200
the first few rounds will be on
Coco Golf, the number three

638
00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:07,880
seed.
And this is a player who really

639
00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:11,240
is good evidence of all the
patterns, player I've spoken

640
00:38:11,240 --> 00:38:17,480
about in terms of a player that
is really struggling at the

641
00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:21,240
moment in the modern game in
2026.

642
00:38:21,520 --> 00:38:24,600
So find her way.
So last week she lost first

643
00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:29,640
round to Cocker Recto from
Italy, who's a good player who's

644
00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:34,920
beaten Pegula at Wimbledon.
She's won tournaments at the 260

645
00:38:34,920 --> 00:38:38,880
level and she had a bizarre week
because she was a lucky loser.

646
00:38:39,120 --> 00:38:42,400
She comes on to court Windsor.
Matt gets the right to play Coco

647
00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:45,320
Golf.
He's had a bye and two sets

648
00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:50,720
later she's beaten Coco Golf and
Coco Golf really struggled to

649
00:38:51,840 --> 00:38:54,600
they get ahead in any point I
was hearing her.

650
00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:57,440
In her social she was saying so
I'm like, it's been a long time

651
00:38:57,440 --> 00:38:58,720
so I'm on it.
So I watch, it's nice.

652
00:38:58,760 --> 00:39:03,200
But yeah, not too far away she
was saying she was very

653
00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:06,720
frustrated because what was
working for her and her changing

654
00:39:06,720 --> 00:39:10,520
her game and her practise play
was not working for her on

655
00:39:10,520 --> 00:39:12,560
court.
And that was that was the way

656
00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:14,920
she saw it.
Yeah, she's working with.

657
00:39:15,240 --> 00:39:21,200
A long established bio mechanics
coach who's worked with Karina

658
00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:23,920
Sabalenka when she used to do a
lot of double faulting on her

659
00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:26,040
serve.
So she's gone through exactly

660
00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:29,680
the same chat who's got proven
track record and she's helping

661
00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:32,880
to get help with her serve.
And what she was saying was in

662
00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:35,920
practise there's no problem as
as well.

663
00:39:36,160 --> 00:39:39,000
And I noticed it against
Cocoretto believably.

664
00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:41,840
She lost her serve nearly 50% of
the time.

665
00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:47,600
I mean the score was 6462.
So we're only talking 9 service

666
00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:51,280
games or thereabouts and she
lost all of them.

667
00:39:51,360 --> 00:39:54,880
But and Cockaretto has a good
return game.

668
00:39:55,080 --> 00:39:58,680
She's a good baseline player,
but she was taking advantage of

669
00:39:58,680 --> 00:40:02,160
the second serves on the odd
occasion Kogaroth won her serve.

670
00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:05,720
When she got to 30 love up in a
game, she was serving first

671
00:40:05,720 --> 00:40:10,440
serves fluently, flat with some
power and it looked no problem.

672
00:40:10,440 --> 00:40:15,120
But as soon as the score was
1530 thirty all game on a knife

673
00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:18,280
edge or love 30 because she'd.
Started the game badly.

674
00:40:18,600 --> 00:40:22,040
He just overthought and she
bounces the ball a bit like

675
00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:26,560
Djokovic, 67 bounces and then
she's going to spin the ball in

676
00:40:26,840 --> 00:40:29,440
so it's safer.
So it's got high clearance over

677
00:40:29,440 --> 00:40:33,280
the net, comes over from a
higher angle, hits the box and

678
00:40:33,280 --> 00:40:35,680
kicked in.
And on occasion you can see her

679
00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:38,440
brain thinking so much that she
forgets herself almost and

680
00:40:38,440 --> 00:40:40,280
starts again.
So she's bouncing again six or

681
00:40:40,280 --> 00:40:43,960
seven times and then goes again
and then after she's thrown the

682
00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:47,520
ball, toss up, she then catches
it and goes again.

683
00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:50,440
So you actually watch a bounce
of all about 18 times she's

684
00:40:50,480 --> 00:40:52,680
actually practising and not.
In a real yeah.

685
00:40:52,680 --> 00:40:55,760
And as any golfer knows.
To go back to that game, if

686
00:40:55,760 --> 00:40:59,280
you're thinking through your
swing as you're trying to hit

687
00:40:59,280 --> 00:41:04,360
the golf ball, it's a disaster.
She's in that part of the

688
00:41:04,360 --> 00:41:06,000
process.
To me, partly it's

689
00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:09,080
psychological.
And partly it's the process of

690
00:41:09,080 --> 00:41:12,440
changing an important part of
your game.

691
00:41:12,680 --> 00:41:15,880
Yes, I think for me.
She should go away for three

692
00:41:15,880 --> 00:41:18,160
months, four months, but she
can't.

693
00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:19,960
And that's the nature of this
game.

694
00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:23,840
When people talk about tennis
and tennis professionals and

695
00:41:23,840 --> 00:41:27,960
what a great life it must be,
it's very much a conveyor belt.

696
00:41:28,040 --> 00:41:30,680
They're having to be machines,
even though they're humans.

697
00:41:30,720 --> 00:41:33,960
And if they're not doing well on
court, it doesn't mean they can

698
00:41:33,960 --> 00:41:36,000
just spend a week working on
their game.

699
00:41:36,320 --> 00:41:39,320
They have all these other
obligations and they're being

700
00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:41,680
paid millions to endorse
products, etcetera.

701
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:45,960
So she's got too much going on
and she can't just focus on one

702
00:41:45,960 --> 00:41:48,280
thing and it's affecting her
game.

703
00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:52,120
And the players are players know
her patterns of play.

704
00:41:52,120 --> 00:41:54,800
They know what she's going to do
when her serve is struggling.

705
00:41:54,800 --> 00:41:56,800
They know it's going to be a
spinny serve.

706
00:41:56,880 --> 00:41:59,200
They're getting on top of her
and she just can't.

707
00:41:59,200 --> 00:42:02,760
She can't dominate and get ahead
in enough points.

708
00:42:02,760 --> 00:42:05,880
So it will be interesting.
She seated 3 in the draw.

709
00:42:06,240 --> 00:42:09,960
I'm just looking here at her
path, but it will be interesting

710
00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:13,240
to see if she gets past her
first match, which is the winner

711
00:42:13,240 --> 00:42:16,720
of Ostapenko and Colin Sky.
And that would be a good win for

712
00:42:16,720 --> 00:42:18,720
Goth at the moment to get
through that match.

713
00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:22,920
But I would be surprised if Coco
Goth does really well.

714
00:42:22,960 --> 00:42:25,800
But someday she will.
She's a talented, very talented

715
00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:28,000
player.
And when she gets her mojo back,

716
00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:31,600
for me psychologically, for her
to get her mojo back, she needs

717
00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:36,440
to be one of the top players.
So golf needs to be Sabalenka or

718
00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:38,800
Rebecca or even and I'm a
Simoba.

719
00:42:39,080 --> 00:42:43,320
She beats igus wante, but I
think igus wantex her only real

720
00:42:43,400 --> 00:42:49,560
top six win for four months.
So got to watch out for Coca

721
00:42:49,560 --> 00:42:54,960
cough at the moment.
Careful, excitingly, Ivyovic is

722
00:42:54,960 --> 00:42:59,920
back and she has been resting up
since her quarter final run for

723
00:42:59,920 --> 00:43:03,560
the Australian Open.
So she's had two or three 2-3

724
00:43:03,560 --> 00:43:07,040
weeks off, 2 1/2 weeks off
certainly, and now she's coming

725
00:43:07,040 --> 00:43:08,440
in fresh.
This.

726
00:43:08,440 --> 00:43:09,960
These conditions are perfect for
her.

727
00:43:09,960 --> 00:43:13,680
She loves the hardcore, she's
young, confident, writing

728
00:43:13,720 --> 00:43:15,960
request of the way.
There's no subtle length defeat

729
00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:20,160
in the draw and she will be
looking forward to her first

730
00:43:20,160 --> 00:43:23,640
match, which is Gay Sachary.
He's just had a great week that

731
00:43:23,720 --> 00:43:26,040
probably tired.
So the last night she would want

732
00:43:26,040 --> 00:43:29,880
is a youngster in flying form.
So it'd be interesting to see if

733
00:43:29,880 --> 00:43:33,760
the Ovitz gets past her that I
expected to go through and

734
00:43:33,760 --> 00:43:36,520
possibly play Pagula who's
playing this week.

735
00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:40,120
Interesting to see if she pushes
Pagula because Pagula was

736
00:43:40,120 --> 00:43:43,280
playing well as we know to get
to the semi finals in Australia.

737
00:43:43,440 --> 00:43:47,360
Loads of interesting matches if
you follow tennis and you can

738
00:43:47,360 --> 00:43:50,120
get if you don't follow tennis,
you're.

739
00:43:50,120 --> 00:43:52,800
Listening to her on podcast, we
get in front of some.

740
00:43:52,800 --> 00:43:55,400
Matches.
There are lots of good first

741
00:43:55,400 --> 00:43:57,200
round matches.
Some of the youngsters we've

742
00:43:57,200 --> 00:44:01,320
spoken about on the podcast.
Sarah Balick is back playing

743
00:44:01,320 --> 00:44:04,480
this week after having a rest.
She's another youngster to watch

744
00:44:04,480 --> 00:44:07,200
out for.
And Emma Red Carmen, as we've

745
00:44:07,200 --> 00:44:10,440
mentioned, is playing and she's
got Cocoretto, so she's got a

746
00:44:10,440 --> 00:44:13,320
qualifier who's just beating
Coco go.

747
00:44:13,400 --> 00:44:17,760
Not much rest for her.
If Emma Radicali manages to beat

748
00:44:17,760 --> 00:44:20,640
the Italian who's flying high at
the moment, she's got Macova

749
00:44:20,680 --> 00:44:24,080
who's just one in Qatar.
And if she manages to win that,

750
00:44:24,080 --> 00:44:27,360
it's got Rebacula.
So it just shows you not that

751
00:44:27,360 --> 00:44:31,080
easy on the tour if you get a
rough draw.

752
00:44:31,080 --> 00:44:33,480
And Radicali certainly got a
tough draw this week.

753
00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:36,040
So my player to watch out for
this week.

754
00:44:36,280 --> 00:44:41,200
I'm not going to go for the
obvious Sarana Castella one in.

755
00:44:41,200 --> 00:44:44,040
Romania.
Had last week off, got a good

756
00:44:44,040 --> 00:44:47,040
hard court game.
We know she just lost out to a

757
00:44:47,040 --> 00:44:49,920
soccer in Australia, but I'm
going to be interested to see

758
00:44:49,920 --> 00:44:52,560
how far she goes.
She's my player to watch this

759
00:44:52,560 --> 00:44:55,640
week in Dubai.
Yeah, she did well last year.

760
00:44:55,840 --> 00:44:58,960
Got to the quarterfinals and no,
not my player of the week.

761
00:44:59,120 --> 00:45:01,400
Glad to watch this coming week.
OK.

762
00:45:01,680 --> 00:45:03,600
But yes, going to be a good
event.

763
00:45:03,640 --> 00:45:08,240
But Castaire and Govich for me
and the players to watch coming

764
00:45:08,240 --> 00:45:10,920
ahead in Dubai.
But yes, thank you for reminding

765
00:45:10,920 --> 00:45:13,480
me.
We're going to finish with

766
00:45:13,760 --> 00:45:16,280
Player of the Week, Player of
the week, drum roll.

767
00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:18,600
Well, we mentioned son.
Of rave.

768
00:45:18,600 --> 00:45:23,280
I didn't last week at 41, she
was winning a game in Qatar

769
00:45:23,280 --> 00:45:27,400
briefly, but her run came to an
end in the main draw.

770
00:45:27,640 --> 00:45:31,560
But this week, at just under 30
years of age, as we've said,

771
00:45:31,720 --> 00:45:36,080
Carolina Makova, one of many
Czech tennis players who

772
00:45:36,080 --> 00:45:43,320
continues to succeed in the game
and is now a quite a lot richer

773
00:45:43,640 --> 00:45:47,080
both in points and prize.
Marry having won in Qatar and

774
00:45:47,080 --> 00:45:48,760
her first win for over six
years.

775
00:45:48,760 --> 00:45:51,080
And that really is worthy of
celebration.

776
00:45:51,080 --> 00:45:52,640
Fantastic.
She'll be riding the wave.

777
00:45:52,960 --> 00:45:53,920
She will.
So.

778
00:45:54,160 --> 00:45:56,760
Look out for her in the coming
weeks.

779
00:45:56,880 --> 00:46:00,600
So what are you up to as we head
off into the second-half of

780
00:46:00,600 --> 00:46:02,600
February and get are you taking
up paddle?

781
00:46:03,160 --> 00:46:05,760
We will be playing paddle.
In Spain, as we've been playing

782
00:46:05,760 --> 00:46:09,400
crow gay, which is big sport in
Spain and we'll be playing

783
00:46:09,400 --> 00:46:11,960
paddle and I'll have a bit of
fun, maybe a little bit of

784
00:46:11,960 --> 00:46:16,280
tourism this week if there's a
moment to attend this.

785
00:46:16,280 --> 00:46:21,120
But for now, thank you very much
for coming in and listening,

786
00:46:21,120 --> 00:46:25,960
watching the pod and any
questions you've got just pop

787
00:46:25,960 --> 00:46:28,400
them in the comments.
If you love the show, tell your

788
00:46:28,400 --> 00:46:30,680
friends and thank you very much
for this.

789
00:46:31,280 --> 00:46:32,760
Yes, thank you.
And we're still.

790
00:46:32,760 --> 00:46:34,440
Waiting next week, bye bye.