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Sunday, May 2, 2010

Stuttgart & Rome Champions 2010





It looked like it was going to be a tight one. JuJu shifted up an extra gear that Sam didn't have to win the 1st tournament of her 2nd career, bringing home a silver Porsche (6-4 2-6 6-1).


















































Stosur Henin
Aces 2 4
DF 2 4
1st Serve % 55% 65%
1st Serve % Pts Won 30/42 (71%) 37/52 (71%)
2nd Serve % Pts Won 16/34 (47%) 14/28 (50%)
Break Points Won 2/5 (40%) 4/10 (40%)
Total Service Points Won 46/76 (61%) 51/80 (64%)
Total Points Won 75/156 (48%) 81/156 (52%)




Keys to the match: Henin had a high first serve percentage and did a better job of returning her opponent's 2nd serve.



The point at 5:52 (15-0 at 1-0 on JuJu's serve) was probably the momentum decider. Sam had control of the point off a floater on her ad side. But instead of going for a DTL winner, Sam went for the safer CC shot, hoping to wrong foot JuJu, but JuJu responded with a sharp angled BH winner.

On the men's side in Rome there were one two rain delays before the Clay Monster marched over Daveed 5 and 2. Looking at the stats, it's surprising that the game score was close as it was. Daveed never really took advantage of attacking Rafa's second serve. How many more trophies will he bite?



I'm just going to suggest this because no one has thought of this already. Maybe that kid from Mallorca is the favorite to win at Roland Garros.



























































Nadal Ferrer
Aces 3 1
DF 0 5
1st Serve % 80% 72%
1st Serve % Pts Won 34/44 (77%) 36/58 (62%)
2nd Serve % Pts Won 7/11 (64%) 9/23 (39%)
Unforced Errors 17 30
Winners 24 15
Break Points Won 3/13 (23%) 0/1 (0%)
Total Service Points Won 41/55 (75%) 45/81 (56%)
Total Points Won 77/136 (57%) 59/136 (43%)




Pretty obvious from the stats, that Daveed never got into Rafa's service games and never had a chance.



Even here, Daveed made four great gets (a FH squash shot, a slice off a drop shot, a behind the back shot, and a chicken volley) but still lost the point.

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