Samsonova's drop shots were 🔥

Whoa, Liudmila plays at a breakneck speed with a tremendous confidence in her strokes... despite Naomi's resurgence in the second set, she never seemed like she had it in her to win this one!

@gseric4721

9 күн бұрын

You have to give credit to how solid her backhand was in this match.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Samsonova has the sweetest drop shots in the biz. When it's 6-5 30-15 and you ace two in a row for the victory against Naomi, that's called the perfect scenario ! Top shelf.

Epic match. Samsonova used everything at her disposal to come away with the win. And solid play from Naomi.

Sam's selection of shots at crucial times is brilliant, if Osaka wants to master Clay, watch this match repeatedly how vulnerable she is at the nets, her shot selection, wront-foot and serves.

Congrats to Mila. So sorry, Naomi, I hope you get better and better as the year moves on. Keep your head up high. We love you.

Good match from Osaka with all things considered. Hope she pulls a Medvedev Rome title one day 😂❤

@doommonger7784

9 күн бұрын

No chance of that happening on clay.

@user-sl7ek3uj1d

9 күн бұрын

That’s what I thought! Who knows,right?

@djordjenikolic9059

9 күн бұрын

​@@user-sl7ek3uj1dno way she wins Rome, never...

It’s never going to be her surface but this is a much better performance on clay from Osaka

@broncoguy4862

9 күн бұрын

Disagree. Her movement and fitness is understandably worse than before her maternity break. Samsonova also beat her earlier this year at Indian Wells on a slow hard-court that's tailor-made for Osaka's game. Hopefully she gets it together this year, comebacks aren't easy.

@ryanharrod3641

9 күн бұрын

Osaka actually won the match in Indian wells against Samsonova

@DAlan0909

9 күн бұрын

She’s not in great shape. Period.

@blueskys2010

9 күн бұрын

​@@broncoguy4862she won straight set againts samsonova at the Indian wells

@ricklee5845

9 күн бұрын

@@DAlan0909 ...you mean physically or mentally? ....or both? 😮😮

Naomi 😢 Come back to the Top 10 again. You lost but you are still a super player

Samsonova 🥰

She’ll come back stronger than ever !!! Great match Naomi 👏🏽

Congrats Ludmila , it was amazing match! Yes, you can win them all!

@user-re5fq5ew9w

9 күн бұрын

she only plays at that level when someone is from top players wait and see

Killer Drops - Agility is Osakas weakness.. great strategy!

@geoffthomson1686

9 күн бұрын

Agreed.

Good ball striking from Osaka, but she still struggles moving on clay. She's easily wrong-footed, and needs ages to react to dropshots.

I didn't expect the scoreline to be that tight!

Osaka just needs to keep playing and gaining points until the North American swing.

@DAlan0909

9 күн бұрын

She needs to work on her fitness. The WTA has some really out of shape players you would never see this on the men’s tour. Never.

@phantomtroupe8430

9 күн бұрын

@@DAlan0909well she just had a kid. She needs cardio and matches to be match fit. Literally what she’s doing rn. It’s not going to happen overnight

@arwena1659

9 күн бұрын

@@DAlan0909 True, hard to find post-pregnancy ATP player :D

@tremaine861

9 күн бұрын

​@@DAlan0909it's also hard for ATP players to get pregnant you know...

@samprasfoon06

9 күн бұрын

@@phantomtroupe8430 actually no, that's not all she needs. Strength training, especially postpartum, shows higher significant improvement in both overall health and athletic performance than straight cardio work. No athletes of this caliber should use matches to get fit. They need to get fit from a gym with professional strength coach in order to reach peak performance on the court. And yes, if she can compete, she can do strength training. No excuses on this part.

This was a big fight from Naomi. This match could have gone anyway. She staged a big come back even though she didn't win. Big big effort.

A drop shot and then a match point ace? I know how awful WTA highlights could be but this is beyond believe.😮

Glad Osaka was able to force a third set 🙂♥️ Never felt good about the match up inspite Osaka beating her this season

Keep going at it Naomi, you will succeed!!!!

Osaka needs to change her coaching team. She needs improvement on his footwork, fitness and agility. Otherwise these early loses will soon get to her.

She (N.O) keeps improving on clay. I'm proud of her! If Kit (Petra) and Sharapova can play and win on this surface, then so can she! Samsonova though has the game to beat anyone on any given day. It just depends on which player she brings to the courts! 😂

@doommonger7784

9 күн бұрын

Those two you mention were brought up playing clay tournament's. Osaka has always struggled on clay.

@godz4ever404

9 күн бұрын

@@doommonger7784 Well it took them awhile to win big (well at least Maria) on them. One can learn. 😉

Osaka doesn't seem to adapt well to clay yet. Still doesn't attempt to slide, introduce any variety of shot or come into the net much.

Master class

Whatever successes come Ludmila’s way , she deserves them. She can be prone to “losing her way” , but her talent is obvious. Great court manners from both players. No rubbish.

#1 dropshot in wta

Osaka simply doesn't have the game to win on clay. I mean look at Federer, considered by many to be the GOAT only won the French Open once. Osaka is a very good ball striker but has no touch shots and little variation in her game.

@rajusaha855

9 күн бұрын

Stop comparing Federer with Osaka. Federer would have atleast 3 French open titles without the GOAT clay court player Nadal. I can't see Osaka to even reach a final of French open let alone winning the title even in the absence of Iga. She is just a one trick pony with no variety in the game, neither she had any consistency.

@Alexx22570

9 күн бұрын

@@rajusaha855yeah because so many of the top WTA players right now have so much variety right? 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Don’t be a clown, Osakas problem on this surface is her movement and that’s it.

@rajusaha855

9 күн бұрын

​@@Alexx22570 even with movement i can't see her winning French open titles. Players like Iga is far better than Osaka. Osaka is just a ball basher nothing else. That's why she lacks consistency & she hardly won anything outside of 4 slams.

There is a lot of room for improvement in Naomi Osaka's play on clay courts, but I commend her for not running away from what she is not good at like before. But I think her coach is not able to teach her the right clay court tactics for her. She's not good at sliding footwork, so her footwork is worse on clay than on hard court. For that reason, she needs to avoid being moved back and forth or side to side by her opponent, but she hits fast, flat shots cross court as usual, which allows her to be countered. If she had the attacking power of Ostapenko, she could still take the initiative, but her flat shots on clay courts don't have that much power, so she'll need to step back, put some spin on the ball, and keep hitting without aiming too hard on the course until she can overpower it.

Not Naomi's day. Good back and forth match.

@ivanna1706

8 күн бұрын

It’s like in Rouen few weeks ago

Why do the organizers of the tournament in Madrid place the feed rate sensor along the side stands, and not along the front stands, as at other tournaments, year after year? Do they think it will interfere with players' concentration? Spectators who watch the matches on video broadcasts do not see the speed of the serve when the sensor is positioned along the side stand.

Samsonova vận động viên này Bỏ giỏ hay quá

I feel like it’s going to click come New York for Naomi

Let's go, lyuda🎉🎉🎉

Love osakas clothes this year

while samsonova is a top5 player when she is playing her game , osaka biggest problem on her comeback is her legs , she seems very slow compared to the other players so she cant hit her strokes effectively.

If Osaka hasn’t learned how to win on clay by this point in her professional career, she probably never will. Same with grass.

Can't believe how bad her movement is on clay.

@broncoguy4862

9 күн бұрын

It's not just clay, which is one reason she's having trouble string together wins. Coming back from pregnancy isn't easy, hopefully she gets back near to the level where she's a serious threat to the top players.

How is it possible that a WTA 1000 highlights is posted in 720p ??? Shame on Madrid Open, disgraceful

Удивительное конечно сочетание: черная японка. Не часто такое увидишь

ナオミさん負けたけど良くなってきてますね✨次も✊‼️してます。

Oh my ...

Good match

I'm an Osaka fan but somewhere she will realize her footwork is a big issue that needs to be addressed or she will continue to beat those lesser opponents but come up short on those top ten opponents, she literally got drop shotted out in the second round.

Even though Osaka didnt win but she still tried harder than Raducanu in my observation.

well played Samsonova, why Naomi Osaka is failing?

She has a long way to go and the French/Wimbledon back-to-back doesn't bode wel for herl. She might make something happen at the US, but it would really be great if she'd dedicate herself to playing respectably on clay and grass.

I don’t understand why Osaka still hasn’t added more variety to her game given now that she can be considered a seasoned player since coming on the tour. On clay this strategy is not going to work against the players who can mix things up, where are the dropshots, the slices, coming to the net? If all she ever does is being glued to the baseline and blistering shots, not coming forward nor change the pace of the rally with more variety, this surface is never going to be for her. Try a little, try new things, come onnnnnn

@bweb6

9 күн бұрын

Absolutely agree with this.

Always, the fans of Osaka find her brilliant even in defeat. Sucks!

Terrible highlights..... skipped straight to match point... do better.

Oaska had no business loosing this match!

@NotSettlingForSecondBest

8 күн бұрын

She has never been a good clay court player. In fact I don't think she has ever won a clay title.

Has anybody else noticed that Naomi doesn't run? She's got some powerful shots but no speed on the court. Could be just me

Осака уже не та Осака которая побеждала Сирену

Bye: Osaka, Raducanu, Wosniacki 😮

🔥🔥🔥

Японский храм разрушен.

Please Niomi, they are a lot of points u could of finished earlier. Just play your shots, stop holding them back. Ok I forgive you, maybe you just need to get back the confidence. Also you have just returned.

Очередной цирк в исполнении Самсоновой. То она играет как топ-5, то как юниорка. Несколько раз в этом матче она буквально сама отдавала победу Осаке... Но та тоже была настолько плоха, что не сумела ее взять.

Люся какая молодец!🎉🎉🎉 Как я рада за неё !🤩

@mila8998

9 күн бұрын

Люда*

Osaka ni si quiera se esfuerza en llegar a la pelota no tiene movimiento en cancha de arcilla

Osaka is a deer in headlights against a versatile clay court player.

Osaka isn`t fully fit yet.

Naomi - will you go out wit me

The opponents' coaches have been closely studying Naomi, and they know that her weakness is dealing with drop shots. I've never seen so many drop shots played until now except Naomi's round 1 and round 2 of Madrid. Naomi even didn't bother to save those points. She really needs to work on that. And btw, I hate drop shots. They are like sneaky a** dirty points. Once from now and then would be fine, but then you continuously play those damn cards, it's ridiculous. But more importantly, Naomi and her team need to work on this if she wants to move further. Exhibit A, look at Swiatek, powerful backhand and forehand and, most of all, she covers the whole damn ground, even drop shots.

@pontusschroder8361

9 күн бұрын

I love drop shots, makes the game more interesting. Stand to far back behind the baseline to play it safe , you are punished.

I know this is not related to the video, but I wonder how well Samsonova would do in bodybuilding.

@user-pk4sj8fs4x

9 күн бұрын

Remove the bots!

Do you there is some training plan put in place by Osaka's team to bring her physical conditions and movement to high level at some point? We can't really see her training process, so it'd be great to know if there's actually a real work on her fitness in progress.

She allergic to clay

Osaka will be okay on hard court. her movement not good for clay.

@doommonger7784

9 күн бұрын

She can't play on the grass either.

@broncoguy4862

9 күн бұрын

She lost to this same player at Indian Wells. Nothing looks to have changed in either her movement or fitness. Until she improves in those key areas, surface will be irrelevant.

@rolinti9146

9 күн бұрын

why do you keep saying she lost to Samsonova at Indian Wells... she didn't she beat her

Does Osaka enjoy the sport? Her sour face is beyond.

@briany7658

9 күн бұрын

I'm sure she enjoys the sport but definitely not losing all the time...

@vincestevenson9430

9 күн бұрын

Sour face? What the hell you expect after a tough loss? She didn't even frown. You fans are so awful. At the end both players had equally expressionless faces. Really, what the heck are you complaining about?!

Osaka can't move well on clay

Love u ❤ to death - much success to you baby

Cranking out a child has not helped Osaka's movement, but I agree that these clay courts do her no favors.

@vincestevenson9430

9 күн бұрын

"Cranking out a child"? FFS what boorish and crude language from so many tennis fans. I thought tennis fans and players had more class than that. Guess not.

Another Drop shot crap, Osaka's Tennis is an art form, and she is getting slimmer by the minute. Once she gets in shape, she is going to make major damage to these WTA drop shot mediocre players. DOn't forget, 4 Grand Slams plus a Baby.

Why can't Osaka read drop shots. Why can't she learn to slide on clay? Genuinely puzzling.

@Leomerya12

9 күн бұрын

Generally, the women are not as good as the men. I'm not talking about physicality; I mean in skill. Usually women have a few big weapons, and that's it. They're not all-around good, which is why there's no clear hierarchy in the women's game. The men, on the other hand, are good at EVERYTHING, so, there's a real pecking-order where the same players dominate for YEARS. The most complete tennis players I think I have seen are POST-2011 Serena Williams and Justine Henin. I actually don't think Graff was great all-around. Her forehand was so monstrous that she bulldozed everyone else. TL:DR Women are not as skilled as the men, all-around, so even the best players in the world have trouble with basic techniques. This does not mean they can never be as skilled, it just that they don't HAVE to be as skilled. Look at Sara Errani, for example...

@deusexmachina9776

9 күн бұрын

@@Leomerya12 doubt someone win 23 slams without being well rounded

@DogLover-qt7gj

9 күн бұрын

@@Leomerya12 Yeah I disagree with most of this. First there is a clear hierarchy in the women game. Just check the rankings or who are winning the big titles. Secondly Errani DOES have skill. You don't get to five in the world without skills. It's just that her skills weren't the textbook skills for top tennis players aka powerful serve, big groundstrokes, etc. Her skills were having a high tennis IQ, having a lot of variety, she was great with drop shops, volleying, net play, etc. In her prime she also moved pretty well. So she had plenty of skills. Having said that her obvious flaws in her game kept her from ever winning a big title. The flaws being a hilariously bad serve and not enough power on her ground strokes to keep big hitters from rushing her. Pretty similar to Daria Kasatkina. But Errani in her prime was better because all of her variety. Also disagree that the men are great at everything. The best three men players we've ever seen was Federer, Nadal & Djokovic. The three of three combined to win almost every big title for 15 + years but they had weakness despite that. So you can only imagine the weakness of the other guys. Nadal - For years he used to just spin his serve in with no power on it. He improved it a lot of the years but he never get it to the point where it was a weapon. Also his backhand while not a true weakness there were plenty of periods where it wasn't great either. Federer - we all remember how badly Nadal used to pick on his backhand and the crazy amount of errors Federer would make on it Novak - Similar to Nadal he spent many year where his serve wasn't a weapon. Also he spent a long portion of his career not have much variety in his game. Heck the guy never figured out how to hit a proper smash. And these are the three greatest players EVER. I could do the same for the women. I've never seen a player that didn't have weakness. Iga Swiatek is probably the closest. But even she has weakness hence she doesn't win every match. But Iga has some many strengths no one can consistently exploit her weaknesses. Similarly to how 80% of the tour couldn't exploit Errani weaknesses in her prime but at a much higher level. And that's the key. No one has ever been great at everything and that includes the three greatest MEN players ever.

@geoffthomson1686

9 күн бұрын

@@Leomerya12 Swiatek is an all-around player.

@rajusaha855

9 күн бұрын

Strongest part of Steffi Graf's game was her unbelievable footwoork. Nobody on the women's tour had better footwork than her. It's the footwork that made her FH unbelievable. In terms of adapting her games on every surface, Steffi is the best i have seen (male or female).

I’m a big fan of Osaka but at this point in her career, to not be even marginally better on clay is really disappointing. It doesn’t have to be your favorite surface but at least show that you’ve made efforts to try and do better on this surface given that a quarter of the years tournaments and one of the slams is on this surface. It’s really not excusable at this point…

Everything WOKE turns to SHID. Bye Felicia.

Out of shape players on the WTA. You would never see this on the men’s tour. Ever.

Look at Samsonova's body and conditioning. If Osaka put that much care and attention into her training she would be back to her best.

Does Osaka ever run?

Q Again: Hypothetically, Do you think Naomi Osaka at her current age could have success playing American high school football? Why or why not?

@user-pk4sj8fs4x

9 күн бұрын

Remove the bots!!!

@exposingtimes9570

9 күн бұрын

@@user-pk4sj8fs4x no

@moonlightbae9473

9 күн бұрын

girl not u asking for everyone

@Sylar1968

9 күн бұрын

Go away

@exposingtimes9570

9 күн бұрын

@@Sylar1968 no

I don’t want to spread any hate but why is Osaka having such a big reputation from fans overall? I will never understand it. Her tennis is so one-sided, inconsistent and honestly overrated in retrospective compared to her former number one ranking + 4 GS-titles.

@pompolini3607

9 күн бұрын

Bc she is blck

@LH-uw9ce

9 күн бұрын

It is not uncommon for her to play matches like today's, but her play when she wins a Grand Slam is so amazing that she could win against anyone, and if you saw it in real time, you'll definitely be a fan of her. Also, the gap between her strength in tennis and her shy and humble personality is probably one of the reasons why people like her so much.

@deusexmachina9776

9 күн бұрын

she won 4 slams but she isnt charismatic like Carlos so Japan being a huge economy, her being half black in woke America is enough. look Coco got attention just based on her skin color automatic Serena comparisons.

Osaka has a big serve and powerful groundstrokes, but she doesn't seem to be much of a thinking player.

Old osaka already end guys

Empty seats...

Tennis as it should be…

@vincestevenson9430

9 күн бұрын

Your comments are not as they should be... what are you trying to say???

I think that Osaka's best days are tennis are gone....here winning days....but, regardless, she has achieved a lot quite early.....

Osaka is slow, seems lazy.

Mixing tennis and motherhood never works! You're kidding yourself if you think otherwise.

@vincestevenson9430

9 күн бұрын

What a stupid thing to repeat. Respect our women!! The ladies that are able to still play professionally after childbirth should be celebrated since OF COURSE it takes a toll on your physique. Yet we still have women able to play professionally, so stop being so disgusting. My God some tennis fans are the absolute worst! Just go away if all you have to say is rubbish about the match and players. No class.

@bweb6

9 күн бұрын

Well, it worked for Kim Clijsters; she won the US Open after having a baby. I think it depends more on the time of life when you have the baby and just how much time you are willing to devote to tennis after giving birth.

Bye Woke-saka

@vincestevenson9430

9 күн бұрын

You're disgusting. Say what you want to say. Hiding behind a dog whistle is pathetic. Say it, you coward. Want to MakeTennisGA? Go back to the days of Margaret Court when the game had 'class' and no Williams sisters, and no Arther Ashe's? Yet here you are with your no class comments. Just say it, it will be cleansing to your soul.

The "Returning Mom" label is turning into a curse... 🤔 - who woulda thought? Much is talked about her coach... but coaching her must be a nightmare! Imagine you're her coach and tell her do this - and she replies "I'm a mom"....

Goodbye black woman

And she stilll consider herself serena williams.

@ana.b0rtion

9 күн бұрын

so she actually doesn’t?

@Ravencroft-kt2ty

9 күн бұрын

She never said this.

@ifashion2432

9 күн бұрын

She's clearly denied that lol