[Black Dagger]

Robbo is going to come back from surgery and be the GOAT and win US Open.

[Novo]

Aga's best chance was the Aussie Open this year, I'll be surprised if she ever gets a better chance, when she faced Serena in the final even though she won a set you still knew Serena was in control but the Aussie Open was a winninable semi and would have been a winable final but alas

[Marc]

She could get a luck draw

[Legend killer]

Like i said without that shoulder injury Shara would have ruled the woman's game with the scary thing being clay being her worst surface

Good girl Maria

[Drew.]

Clay her worst surface? It's what shes been most successful on GS wise.. Her 3rd final in 3 years.

[Brother Leon]

TBF, she says herself it's probably her weakest. It's just the other Women are even weaker on it themselves.

[Drew.]

Shes not fooling me

[Novo]

If someone said she would be french open champion 5 years ago you would have thought they were insane

[Drew.]

It surely can't be considered her worst now due to all of her success now though.. 5/6 years ago yeah.

[Marc]

She's adapted to clay better than a lot of people. People could take her out on hard court because it'll be more of a level playing field.

[Novo]

Her shot placement on Clay is leagues above everyone even when she is on the back foot most of the match she can create angles out of nothing which is the big difference on Clay, on Hard Court Vika and Serena just overpower her and move and she doesn't get chance to make shots like today

[Novo]

Aussie Open final 2012 when Vika won the second set 6-0 not even Serena has mastered Maria like that, it was literally a thing of beauty and highlighted all of her weaknesses in half an hour

[Marc]

Originally Posted by Novo

Her shot placement on Clay is leagues above everyone even when she is on the back foot most of the match she can create angles out of nothing which is the big difference on Clay, on Hard Court Vika and Serena just overpower her and move and she doesn't get chance to make shots like today

Well yeah, on hard court she probably wouldn't get to the ball in time but on clay most players have more time to get to the ball and do something with it. A lot longer rallies on clay

[Novo]

Difference between her and most players on clay though is she knows where to place the ball and she has freakish power on there, Vika can't generate any power at all on Clay and Serena is still powerful but not to her grass and hard court standard

[Marc]

I think placement is more important than power on clay, Masha just has both so it's crazy difficult to beat her on form.

[Novo]

Unless your Justine henin

[Marc]

Undisputable GOAT on clay

[Legend killer]

Originally Posted by Drew.

Clay her worst surface? It's what shes been most successful on GS wise.. Her 3rd final in 3 years.

Drew do you even watch tennis lad?? Quite clearly her worst surface don't give a **** bout her results. There are two main reasons her success has been greater on clay the last couple of years

A. The standard of womans tennis on clay is beyond pathetic. I could literally name 3 at most who i would say look like comfortable clay court players

B. Her serve which is BY FAR her biggest weakness since the operation is covered up slightly by the surface where the serve is no where near as important as it is on the hard or grass surfaces

None of this however disguises to actual tennis fans that her movement on clay is beyond pathetic

[Drew.]

Why so defensive

[Novo]

That is a Legend Killer post I can 100% agree with

[Legend killer]

Shara in any other era of tennis would be getting bounced in the first round without doubt year on year struggling to win a set with her lack of movement. This era is easily the worst of the last 50 years and as for clay the worst era EVER

[Legend killer]

The only woman's player i actually enjoy watching on clay is Schivone the rest look like there skating on ice 99% of the time

[Novo]

Best period for Clay Court Women's tennis was 89-97, Seles, Graff, Sanchez Vicario and nearly every year was an amazing final, watching classic Seles v Graff matches is like watching a different sport at times

[Legend killer]

Novo with that knowledge i am impressed

[Legend killer]

Originally Posted by Drew.

Why so defensive

Why so ignorant