09-05-2019, 07:52 PM
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#4201
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Franchise Player
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Definitely. She's cutting them very close though, it's nervewracking. Basically every first serve that went in in that game was on the line.
Dumb challenge.
... And a dumber challenge.
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09-05-2019, 07:54 PM
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#4202
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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"I think that is a good challenge by Bencic"
- Ball was a foot out lol
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09-05-2019, 08:02 PM
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#4203
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Commie Referee
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Small town, B.C.
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Bencic's challenge game is weak.
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09-05-2019, 08:08 PM
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#4204
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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Keep going to the Bencic forehand Bianca, that backhand is deadly.
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09-05-2019, 08:09 PM
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#4205
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
The thing she shouldn't be doing this well is getting serves in. A 75%+ first serve percentage isn't remotely reasonable.
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I mean, entirely patting myself on the back here, but remember when I said this? Bencic got exactly 0 first serves in in that tiebreak.
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09-05-2019, 08:09 PM
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#4206
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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woo, things got a little tense in that tie-breaker, but one set to the good for Bianca.
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09-05-2019, 08:09 PM
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#4207
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Commie Referee
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Small town, B.C.
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Nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bencic was pretty robotic until that tiebreak.
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09-05-2019, 08:09 PM
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#4208
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Franchise Player
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Nice!!! Go Bianca let’s put this second set away quickly!
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09-05-2019, 08:10 PM
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#4209
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Montréal, QC
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09-05-2019, 08:10 PM
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#4210
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
I mean, entirely patting myself on the back here, but remember when I said this? Bencic got exactly 0 first serves in in that tiebreak.
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Obligatory...
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09-05-2019, 08:10 PM
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#4211
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Referee
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: In your enterprise AI
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Bianca is gritty AF.
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09-05-2019, 08:10 PM
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#4212
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Commie Referee
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Small town, B.C.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
I mean, entirely patting myself on the back here, but remember when I said this? Bencic got exactly 0 first serves in in that tiebreak.
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Yeah that first set was basically Bencic's serve vs. Bianca's forehand........and it was even until the tiebreak. Good time for Bencic to falter.
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09-05-2019, 08:12 PM
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#4213
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
Yeah that first set was basically Bencic's serve vs. Bianca's forehand........and it was even until the tiebreak. Good time for Bencic to falter.
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The issue is Bianca is losing so many 2nd serve points that she might as well be double faulting... her first serve percentage is buoying her but it's higher than it has any right to be as well. If that first serve returns to its usual reliability, then Bencic gets right back in this.
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09-05-2019, 08:15 PM
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#4214
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Commie Referee
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Small town, B.C.
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Damn. Break the wrong way. Get it back Bianca.
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09-05-2019, 08:19 PM
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#4215
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Franchise Player
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So, Bencic up 2-0 here as Bianca took a bit of a break in that first service game, but the good news is that Bencic just played that full service game without hitting a single first serve. She's coming back to Earth in that regard. That could create some opportunities for Bianca going forward. Downside is, she completely failed to capitalize.
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09-05-2019, 08:19 PM
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#4216
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Well Bianca is gonna have to finally challenge Bencic serve and get a break to get back in the 2nd set.
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09-05-2019, 08:26 PM
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#4217
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Franchise Player
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That backhand slice really isn't working, she needs to stop it. Worked okay against Mertens and really well against Townsend, not working here at all. She's also gotten a little down with the loose, disappointed body language she had last night returning. The problem is that her first serve percentage has dropped off almost as much as Bencic's.
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09-05-2019, 08:27 PM
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#4218
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Commie Referee
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Small town, B.C.
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Looked like she might have gone down 3-0, hopefully keeping it at 2-1 gives her a bit of a shot in the arm.
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09-05-2019, 08:29 PM
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#4219
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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Well, if that left knee is a little wonky, it sure didn't bother her on that great dig.
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09-05-2019, 08:38 PM
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#4220
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Commie Referee
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Small town, B.C.
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Guess we're going to a 3rd set.
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