Dubai - Angelique stopped in semi

Days go by and are not all the same. In tennis, it is hard to be consistent every day but when your game is based on it, it become a little more difficult when your plan A and your plan B don’t work, but it happens, and it happened to Kerber Friday.

Angelique was defeated 6-3, 6-3, to a very offensive Svitolina.  In a good day, she would have deal with it, but today, she was always a little too long trying heself to be offensive.  At some points, there were a few games that could have turned the momentum but she couldn’t capitalize.  See for yourself.



Overall, we saw a lot of good in Angelique’s game during Dubai and i see it like an investment for future tournaments.  There were moment that it was the number one in the world, so we can see she is at the corner.

It was a good prep for Indian Wells and Miami so it will be interested to follow her in March.  Very promising, let’s wait and see the draw.

In the other semi, when everything seem to go well for Muguruza, the Spaniard seems to have panicked in the second set and her plan A when down the drain.  As she has no other, Kasatkina took advantage of the situation and got away with the win.

The day after, Svitolina was too strong, but Kasatkina never got the chance to install her game, so Elina keep her title and her points, with a 6-4, 6-0 win,