Women’s AO Final Wozniacki v Halep
What a great Australian Open Women’s Final! I love Navratilova’s tweet where she said both Wozniacki and Halep were champions. It’s important to remember the contribution the loser makes to a match. Indeed, Halep played incredible tennis. The total points won in the match showed only a two point lead for Wozniacki! This shows how small the gap can be between winner and loser. So, Halep has nothing to feel badly about, especially because in many ways her game was stronger. For instance 1 , on 1 st serve percentage; aces, where Halep served 6 aces to Wozniacki’s 1; accuracy by only double-faulting once to Wozniacki’s 6 double faults; break points won (42-36) and she had a considerably greater number of winners (40-25)! Although Halep also has a terrific forehand producing many winners, she also suffered unforced errors on her groundstrokes, forehand and backhand. Whereas, Wozniacki played the tighter game. She had less winners but less unforced errors. If there was a slight weakness i...