Hardcourt

It is like watching a wave crash against a cliff face.

Look, Rybakina's serve is the absolute key here.

If she is hitting her spots, especially when she serves right on the tee, she's unplayable on these fast, hard courts.

But Zheng has that extreme athletic coverage.

She can slide, she can defend, and her heavy forehand can disrupt Rabakhina's rhythm if she gets it high to Rabakhina's backhand.

I wouldn't class that as Kashanov's best surface.

I would say Hardcourt's probably his Favoured surf.

It's certainly not sort of quick, low-bouncing grass.

He's got that extreme grip on the forehand, Kashanov.

like that darker green that Layla was wearing a couple weeks back.

Yeah, a couple tournaments ago in the Hardcourt series.

Yeah.

Because she switched this last one.

I think it's 13, actually.

But yeah, I mean, Hadar's looked great on the US Hardcourt swing.

I mean, I think the top half is definitely weaker in terms of kind of the depth of players.

I mean, look at the other names in the top half.

Yeah, it seems like a long time ago, but she has not won a Grand Slam this year.

Um, she's had shock losses along the way, and she's had early exits in, in the US Hardcourt swing as well.

So it's really up for debate how well she's going to do at the US Open.

But what one cool thing is that she has achieved this year is that she was on the cover of Time, Time Magazine, which is, yeah, which is great for her, but also great for tennis, that tennis was featured on the cover of Time, and they, they've done a full article on her.

It's, it's unique.

It's, it's nice.

Actually, the U- the US Hardcourt swing has got really nice trophies.

Mm.

Take my leave before she can add that I am such a perfect countrywoman, which I feel is coming next.

Get home, still chilled to the bone owing to enforced detention at Hardcourt, and tell Robert what I think of Lady B.

He makes no answer, but I feel he agrees.

Mademoiselle says— tiens madame mauvaise mine on dirait un cadavre feel that this is kindly meant but do not care about the picture that it conjures up say good-night to vicky looking angelic in bed and ask what she is thinking about lying there she disconcertingly replies with briskness oh kangaroos and things The workings of the infant mind very, very difficult to follow sometimes.

Take my leave before she can add that I am such a perfect countrywoman, which I feel is coming next.

Get home, still chilled to the bone owing to enforced detention at Hardcourt, and tell Robert what I think of Lady B.

He makes no answer, but I feel he agrees.

Mademoiselle says, Tiens, Madame a mauvais mine.

Take my leave before she can add that I am such a perfect countrywoman, which I feel is coming next.

Get home, still chilled to the bone owing to enforced detention at Hardcourt, and tell Robert what I think of Lady B.

He makes no answer, but I feel he agrees.

Mademoiselle says, Tiens, Madame a mauvais mine.