SaniaFan wrote: ↑Sun Oct 23, 2022 6:39 pm
She has power but shot selection is not always right. Also I have seen her land herself into awkward position to hit a shot.May be some foot work issues.
Oh boy, yes... She has all kinds of holes in her game. The basic power game (serves and groundies) is top-notch, but she doesn't retrieve very well at all, she is poor at the net with unsteady hands, and poor in many running shots where you cannot time things correctly. I agree that the footwork often looks awkward on retrievals and even in some standard rallies. Many times she hits the shots off balance behind the line, making you wonder how she even gets the ball across, let alone hit it deep (today she hit quite a few deep shots on the backfoot; but I have seen matches where things went terribly). If the opponent mixes things up, and brings in variations in the rally, she gets taken off rhythm, and she is very inaccurate in off-schedule shots.
But in the third set, I saw Karman bringing some variations to good effect too (which was unusual) like a couple of loopy shots that bought herself time to position and balance herself well. The shots kept falling in, within a couple of feet of the baselines, too. Normally she doesn't look to buy time at all and goes for the shots. Trying to buy time can sometimes take you out of the point if the opponent reaches your shots. So going for the shots is her shot selection "strategy", so to say. I would probably agree with that strategy in her case - as she is quite good at it and does not mess around much. If she tries to mess around and think much, she may only lose advantage as the opponent may catch her off-balance and she doesn't have the retrieval skills for that. Go for broke, and hope that your shots will fall in.
