[Rustyglobes]

Eugenie Bouchard (Can) ranked 31 vs Casey Dellaqcua (Aus) ranked 120



Ok so Casey Dellaqcua is having quite the tournament so far not dropping a set to fairly decent opposition in Zheng, Flipkens and Zvonareva. She has never made it to the quarter finals in a grand slam before with her best result being the 4th round in the Aus Open.


I don't Know much about Bouchard except for that she is young, seeded and this is her first grand slam. What are Bouchards major strengths as i have not been able to watch her play yet, is she prone to mental lapses or does she hit bombs from the baseline over powering her opponents?


Dellacqua is a grinder and does not posses any intimidating weapons but she is a clever tennis player who likes to prolong points and have her opponents generate an unforced error, she has experience on her side and is in the best physical shape of her career.


Does Dellacqua have a chance in this match or will Bouchard be too classy for the veteran Aussie? I will include both players tournaments stats in the next post. Perhaps Dellacqua to win a set may be the best play in this match up.


Also Dellacqua has played on Rod Laver and Hisense arena inn her last two matches whilst Bouchard has been battling the elements in the outside courts for all 3 of her matches. The atmosphere of Rod Laver with the whole crowd being behind the Aussie may get to the young Canadian

Thoughts?

[Rustyglobes]

Tournament Match stats:


Dellacqua-

Rnd 1 - 6-2 6-2 vs Zvonareva (rank N/A)

1st serve in = 29/44 (66%)
1st serves won = 22/29 (76%)
2nd serves won = 13/15 (87%)

Aces= 0
Double faults = 0

Avg 1st serve speed = 147 kmh
Avg 2nd serve speed= 128 kmh

Winners= 10
Unforced errors= 19
Opponents Unforced errors= 43

Break points won= 4/10
Break points saved= 1/1
Receiving points won= 32/63

Total points won= 67
Opponents Total points won = 40


Rnd 2 - 6-3 6-0 vs Flipkens (rank 19)

1st serve in = 30/41 (73%)
1st serves won = 22/30 (73%)
2nd serves won = 6/11 (55%)

Aces= 1
Double faults = 0

Avg 1st serve speed = 149 kmh
Avg 2nd serve speed= 128 kmh

Winners= 15
Unforced errors= 15
Opponents Unforced errors= 29

Break points won= 6/19
Break ponts saved= 0/1
Receiving points won= 33/58

Total points won= 61
Opponents Total points won= 38


Rnd 3 - 6-2 6-4 vs Zheng (rank 56)

1st serves in = 29/50 (58%)
1st serves won = 20/29 (69%)
2nd serves won = 14/21 (67%)

Aces= 1
Double faults = 3

Avg 1st serve speed = 148 kmh
Avg 2nd serve speed= 124 kmh

Winners= 14
Unforced errors= 16
Opponents Unforced errors= 28

Break points won= 5/10
Break points saved 1/3
Receiving points won= 30/59

Total points won= 64
Opponents Total points won= 45

[Rustyglobes]

Tournament Match Stats:

Bouchard-

Rnd 1 - 7-5 6-1 vs Tang (rank 487)

1st serve in = 49/77 (64%)
1st serves won = 30/49 (61%)
2nd serves won = 16/28 (57%)

Aces= 1
Double faults = 4

Avg 1st serve speed = not available
Avg 2nd serve speed= not available

Winners= 1
Unforced errors= 4
Opponents Unforced errors= 6

Break points won= 5/11
Break points saved= 5/7
Receiving points won= 36/69

Total points won= 82
Opponents Total points won = 64


Rnd 2 - 6-2 7-6 vs V Razzano (rank 100)

1st serve in = 33/76 (50%)
1st serves won = 26/38 (68%)
2nd serves won = 17/38 (45%)

Aces= 4
Double faults= 2

Avg 1st serve speed = 160 kmh
Avg 2nd serve speed= 127 kmh

Winners= 25
Unforced errors= 25
Opponents Unforced errors= 42

Break points won= 5/10
Break ponts saved= 6/9
Receiving points won= 41/79

Total points won= 84
Opponents Total points won= 71


Rnd 3 - 6-2 6-2 vs L. Davis (rank 68)

1st serves in = 30/49 (61%)
1st serves won = 23/30 (77%)
2nd serves won = 10/19 (53%)

Aces= 4
Double faults = 2

Avg 1st serve speed = 163kmh
Avg 2nd serve speed= 126kmh

Winners= 18
Unforced errors= 23
Opponents Unforced errors= 31

Break points won= 5/8
Break points saved= 2/3
Receiving points won= 34/61

Total points won= 67
Opponents Total points won= 43

[frugalgambler]

This will be the first mach at the Open where Bouchard will not be enjoying crowd support (she has a sizable team Aussie wankers fans who are cheering for her). I am rooting for Dellacqua and I hope she will pull a Robert on Bouchard.

[Bet10Heinekens]

She winning nearly 70% of her 2nd serves, that an amazing stat for the WTA

[frugalgambler]

She has not played a good player yet: Flipkens is off and Zvonareva is a few months away from getting to her top form (if she ever gets there) and Zheng ran out of steam I think. Still, I put a bit on her ML; I am just hoping Bouchard will get tight.

[FoxMulder]

I'm on Dellacqua. One thing about Bouchard is she is prone to quicksand. If things don't go her way, she crumbles, I've seen it so many times happening.

[leeloo]

Much rather have the hot looking one advance so I can watch her play more.
Looks aside, think Bouchard easily advances. BOL

[Rustyglobes]

Hmmmmm on reflection after just watching Bouchards 2013 highlights it seems she is an extremely good base liner who can run every ball down and finish with a winner.


think i'll pass on this one and just cheer on the underdog