Kristina Mladenovic analyzes her performance at Roland Garros
Kristina Mladenovic was the second-to-last French hope in this year’s Roland Garros women’s main draw. By succumbing in a thin 6-2 6-1 to Croat and 31st seed Petra Martic, the 26-year-old left Caroline Garcia alone to bring the bleu-blanc-rouge flag forward. In her post-match press conference, Mladenovic seemed to be far from satisfied with her performance, “My analysis is very simple: She just dominated me in every single field of the game today. She was much better than me today. There is nothing else to say. The score speaks for itself.
I tried to hang on and I was able to break her once throughout the match maybe due to two errors, two unforced errors she made after good serves. So I think that throughout the match she made very few unforced errors. Maybe two in that game. And I was able to break her.
But then I remember a volley I executed poorly, which made the difference, and it was 15-All instead of 30-Love. So I can have regrets for that one. But the break, I really tried to hang on, but she made very few unforced errors throughout the match. And in that game, she made two unforced errors.
So it was not hopes. It's just that she dominated the match. She made very few mistakes. Was very aggressive with heavy balls in forehand/backhand, I tried to make her move, I tried to vary my shots. I tried to play heavy shots myself.
But she had solutions to everything I was offering today. From that moment onwards, there is nothing more to say.”
Regarding her clay season, which many had deemed as disastrous in singles previous to her Rome Open participation--where the Frenchwoman made it to the quarterfinals as a qualifier--Mladenovic elaborated, “It's positive. I had a lot of matches, beautiful victories on top players. As I said at the beginning of Roland Garros, I had a very difficult draw, and today I lose against a player who is much better than myself. She did a beautiful match.
On clay, I knew it before the match, she has won 10 matches on clay against two defeats. Not many players have these stats. It's unfortunate for me to stop here against her today [Wednesday], so it's a pity, but I don't choose my draws.
After that match, it would have been Karolina Pliskova, so not something easier. In my game, I feel pretty well also today. It's just that the girl was really too strong. She dominated. She varied her shots. She had everything, every type of shot. If I was more aggressive, she sliced. Dropshots. She served very well and had a good kick serve to neutralize me. Very few unforced errors, with a huge ratio of winners versus unforced errors.
It's the entire clay season is positive for me more than negative, I can say.”
from Tennis World USA http://bit.ly/2WwIXLb
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