![]() Peer groups can not be limited to just those of your age, but a plus-minus 2 years should be applied. Turnover in sports is fast, particularly those that require physical activity. And we can not single out just one player to be the future as she would need a rival(s) to carry the torch of excitement.Īnd so we have picked out the Spice Girls of women’s tennis. The future of women’s tennis is not all about age groups or peer groups - it’s about who could truly make an impact. After all, handling pressure is what makes a champion. If you hide, then it’s a sign that you should not be in sports or any competitive setting. Thence, you can not just hide yourself especially when you are called out, challenged or what b.e.c.a.u.s.e. Else, if you neither won a Slam nor made 15 successive victories, then there’s not much impact made. Meantime, winning streaks only matter if you have won at least 15 matches in a row. Say, if she had a 50-win season but never won a major, then it’s nothing compared to someone who won lesser matches but won a Slam along the way. Instead, we should base it on the impact that the player has made. Like, who had the best season to date? Should we just base it on their win-loss records? We say No. Must be familiarity at play here, for now, Vekic leads Garcia 5-4 in their head-to-head matchup.Īs the roar of the just concluded US Open still linger in the air, fans and pundits have started to go through the Slams of 2021 and ponder on the coming 2022 season. Moreover, Vekic’s style just slowed down Garcia as the Frenchwoman could not consistently attack the net as she used to with other opponents that led her to her defeat. ![]() Still, what’s more amazing in the Croatian’s play was the number of breakpoints that she saved - 14 out of 16 - while having 3 breakpoints converted. While the match was overflowing with aces (Garcia 15, Vekic 13), Vekic had eight double faults which somehow stymied her game. More than Donna Vekic’s inspiring performance, her outfit was the most fashionable we have seen in while at the tour. ![]() Over at Monterrey, Croatian Donna Vekic won her fourth WTA singles title by defeating the World Number five Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia in three sets, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 to the delight of the crowd as Vekic danced her way in celebration. One thing we could say though, the road ahead is even tougher that she should improve on her reflexes and strength. The match was just tense as the current events has bewildered us, but the now World Number 40 just kept the pressure on the veteran to make up for her poor service game, pushing Gracheva behind the baseline as she drove her way to victory. Kostyuk now leads their head-to-head meetings, 4-2. Slowly, she crept to the Top 50 and now, hard work has finally paid off after some fluctuations in her rankings as she won her maiden WTA singles title after beating a familiar foe in Russia’s Varvara Gracheva in straight sets, 6-3, 7-5. So much has been said back in the day and as we all know, pressure just caught up with the Ukrainian that she just disappeared from everyone’s radar thinking that that was it for her - but Kostyuk wasn’t going anywhere. ![]() In Austin, it was a long time and coming for Marta Kostyuk since her breakthrough at the 2018 Australian Open as a 15-year-old prodigy. It was such a pulsating weekend in women’s tennis as Croatian Donna Vekic showed she still got what it takes to be a Top 20 player and Ukraine’s most promising player to date, Marta Kostyuk, finally netting her first WTA singles title as they put on a show in Monterrey and Austin.
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