Radwanska’s Keys to Victory:
1. Don’t let Serena set up- Here is the problem for Radwanska. She is a good all-court player who plays consistently and doesn’t make mistakes. She works her opponents around the court and makes them play shots they don’t want to play. And that’s great for her. It just got her to a Wimbledon final. But it is a style of play that Serena just eats alive. Radwanska has won a total of 8 games in her two matches against Serena. Even Martina Hingis, back when she was World #1 and seemed invincible playing her all-court game, had a losing record against Serena. And all of this is because Serena will take every ball early and just hit them back in places that Radwanska can’t do anything about. If Radwanska wants to have any chance here, she can’t let that happen. She needs every single one of her shots to be either very deep or very wide so that every shot Serena plays is an awkward one. Because as soon as Serena can play one of her normal rally shots the point ...
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July 05, 2012
