OK this is not a story of a winner.
Its a story of a loser in the Ladies draw - 1st Round of the 2013 US Open.
To make it worse she lost 6-0 and 6-0!!
Two bagels.
But she lost to the No. 2 seed - Victoria Azaranka.
For Dinah Pfizenmaier a 21 year old German, this was her first US Open. She has a certain quality that is rarely seen.
She moves well, she has a tremendous backhand and forehand and her passing shots are exquisite. If this is not enough, she has a great thundering serve. She has a game very unlike the other ladies playing in the US Open - except for the Williams' sisters. She had Azarenka on the ropes point after point and but kept handing games over to the No. 2 seed when she was fully on top.
Then why did she lose?
She lacks patience and maturity. Dinah has to be patient at this level and slowly build up her points, cut out the unforced errors and make the opponent work hard for each and every point. From what we witnessed yesterday, if Dinah had not been so eager to go for her winners, it could very easily have been Azarenka who would have exited in the first round.
We saw glimpses of great tennis from this young German and we hope that she learns from this outing and comes back roaring.
Its a story of a loser in the Ladies draw - 1st Round of the 2013 US Open.
To make it worse she lost 6-0 and 6-0!!
Two bagels.
But she lost to the No. 2 seed - Victoria Azaranka.
For Dinah Pfizenmaier a 21 year old German, this was her first US Open. She has a certain quality that is rarely seen.
She moves well, she has a tremendous backhand and forehand and her passing shots are exquisite. If this is not enough, she has a great thundering serve. She has a game very unlike the other ladies playing in the US Open - except for the Williams' sisters. She had Azarenka on the ropes point after point and but kept handing games over to the No. 2 seed when she was fully on top.
Then why did she lose?
She lacks patience and maturity. Dinah has to be patient at this level and slowly build up her points, cut out the unforced errors and make the opponent work hard for each and every point. From what we witnessed yesterday, if Dinah had not been so eager to go for her winners, it could very easily have been Azarenka who would have exited in the first round.
We saw glimpses of great tennis from this young German and we hope that she learns from this outing and comes back roaring.
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