If you cannot play fantastic, at the various tournaments, then you will have to understand to change it up. Some of them, men and women, can ignore it, and if you do that, you will not go further.
However, all of them have made an effort,. That is why you are in the ATP Tour and the WTA. They practice all the time, but when you are playing in a match, they could panic.
Right now, in Indian Wells, some of the players won some terrific matches. One of them, Learner Tien, who lives in San Diego, was down two breaks in the third set, but he came back, beating Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 4-6, 6-1, 7-6(4). The lefty can really spin it with his forehand, backhand and first serve. He came back, strong. Believe it or not, he is now being coached by Michael Chang, who won a Grand Slam at Roland Garros a long time ago. However, Chang is very patient, and thoughtful. Tien is doing the same thing.
“I think it’s a big part of my game. If I had to define it, I would say it’s a lot of problem-solving, a lot of adjusting, which is, both of those things are huge parts of tennis,” Tien said. “I think it’s really good for me, because I get to play through these matches where I could be down, could be losing, and I’m not playing phenomenal, but just problem-solving and trying to find a way through these matches. It just builds my confidence that I can make it through these matches, when I’m not feeling my best. I think, in general, it just gives me a lot of confidence moving forward.”
How about the No. 2
Jannik Sinner edged Joao Fonseca, 7-6(6), 7-6(4) in the night session. It was a very tough match, but he came through, over the young Brazilian, Joao Fonseca, 7-6(6), 7-6(4) . Over the past three years, Sinner became much more control, hitting some tremendous shots, and also, he now mixes it up, a lot.
It was highly close, but Sinner swung it, and he nailed his forehand and his backhand.
“You have always to improve in a way, because everyone is changing small details, so you also have to be quite present in every practice session. But I like the way we’re approaching the practice sessions and matches. Is something what I always look up to, so there are still certain areas where I need to improve, where I need to feel like more confident in a way, but in the other way, I’m very happy to compete, and that’s the most important,” Sinner said.
Aryna Sabalenka is winning all the time, beating the other No. 1, Naomi Osaka 6-2, 6-4. Her forehand and her backhand is mammoth, and years ago, her serves was mediocre. But now, she can do almost all of it, except at the net. Plus, often, she can block the crowds.
“Sometimes they can be really annoying, and I can hear them. But I can really recognize well if it’s my opponent or if it was from the crowd.
Never happen to me, actually,” Sabalenka said. “I feel like in this case they should have just replayed the point because it was, the player got distracted by someone. That’s tricky.
If it’s like you’re about to make your shot and someone yelled super loud something, then yeah, you can get distracted, just like shocked by the noise, and then of course you can miss your shot.”
The last one was the Canadian, Victoria Mboko, who won it. She is going up towards the top. But as she said, all of them, the younger players, to win a Slam, someday.
“Everyone wants to, of course, beat you. They want to play well against you. I feel like anything can happen. It’s not like I expect to win every single tournament every single week, and that’s almost quite impossible. I just take it week by week. If it’s not my week, then you just move on. You just try to find the positives in it.