Tennis 07/10

[Anastazija]

Kuznetsova – Petrova; (1.63) Pinnacle ---> 4/10

Nadia started her indoor season in Luxembourg. Beginning was not promising, only serving was keeping her alive against Dechy. Baseline performance was poor (there were few bright spots in second set) and she was simply making to many errors. In Stuttgart she looks a little bit different. She is playing better which is good sign for further tournament. Till now she hasn't have much problems with her opponents, both Groenefeld and Hantuchova were beaten in straight sets. Maybe she deal pretty easy with her previous opponents but Svetlana should be tougher nut to break. Groenefeld is not in good shape lately, even against Malek she had a lot of problems while Daniela reached her maximum by reaching QF. She was sick in previous days and in that kind of condition it is hard to play day to day matches. She was offering to many soft shots to Nadia who easily converted them. I do think Nadia had some nice draw while match against Svetlana will show how far she can go. I am pretty sure this one will have different scenario. Svetlana is in search for hers 'hattrick' and i hope she will make it.

H2h:
2004 U.S. Open QF Hard (O) S.KUZNETSOVA 7-6(4) 6-3
2004 Bali SF Hard (O) S.KUZNETSOVA 6-7(1) 6-1 6-2