Tennis
1) In her matches against Suarez and, mainly, Pavlyuchenkova, Kvitova was struggling with asthma and couldn't breathe normally and said it continued in her match vs Cibulkova. This was seen by many Czechs as a cheap excuse, but I think it's no excuse, it's just the way it is with her, you can't beat some things.
2) Excellent winter preparation in Prostejov, Czech Republic, was followed by her statement that she 'needs to get used to a new body' by which she means that she strengthened parts of her body which were weaker and 'everything is mixed up' according to her. They have been in the process of changing some automatisms in her game with coach David Kotyza and she also has a new fitness coach. The aim for her is to be faster on the court and if you watch her closely you see she approaches her shots differently, making sure she is standing precisely and bending her knees properly.
3) Petra says 'it will take time to play some beautiful tennis', so we can hardly expect a wonder run at AO2013.
Good luck everyone.
petra even if shes struggling a bit should be too much for fran ,she got more days to acclimatize and its not that hot in Melbourne like was in sydney so as far as i love both players will say lets go petra,somebody must take down american terminator
I also think Schiavone is below par herself and if Petra doesn't play overly badly, she should go through. Depends on who's in better state of mind on the day.
She said: "I can't do anything else about it. Perhaps it will be raining or the heat will be so huge that they will close the roof."
Jan 15, 2013 -- 11:08AM, caramba wrote:
Kvitova vs home player Robson would be a nice night session match.
home player? 
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i think that she's trying to tell us that she's a CYBORG now
Jan 16, 2013 -- 5:38PM, jin_kazz wrote:
2) Excellent winter preparation in Prostejov, Czech Republic, was followed by her statement that she 'needs to get used to a new body' by which she means that she strengthened parts of her body which were weaker and 'everything is mixed up' according to her. They have been in the process of changing some automatisms in her game with coach David Kotyza and she also has a new fitness coach. The aim for her is to be faster on the court and if you watch her closely you see she approaches her shots differently, making sure she is standing precisely and bending her knees properly. ================i think that she's trying to tell us that she's a CYBORG now
Don't know what you are aiming at here, jin_kazz, maybe you misunderstood it (for which I can't blame you because it's not always easy to translate from Czech which is a more delicate language than English). She strengthened some parts of her body but doesn't know how to use this extra power yet - to synchronize it with the technique of her strokes and movement to make 'the whole pack' up and working. She isn't expecting results from herself immediately, not interested in the defence of points after reaching semis at last AO, either. I think she has taken the right path even if the benefits of the changes will arrive later. Kvitova is a strong personality and a hard-working player, so it's hard to imagine she will be put off by a few set-backs or a drop in form.
