In the first of its new Wimbledon columns, BBC Sport analyst Naomi Body – A former Top -60 player on the WTA Tour – discuss how British number one Emma Redukanu will beat the 2023 champion market Wondrasova.
Emma Redukanu, especially in Wimbledon, is never easy.
And this will not be easy when she plays 2023 champion market Wondrasova in a difficult second round match on Wednesday.
Prior to his victory two years ago, Vondrasova barely played on grass, but is now one of the best WTA players on this surface.
Here I think the center court will have the key to deciding a complicated competition.
Redukanu needs to use his forehand aggressively
Since bringing Mark Petty into his team, Redukanu did some technical work with him at Forehand and served.
I think technical expertise is what he brings to the table. Emma is a clever girl and likes to know ‘Why?’ When he is asked to do something and wants to understand the reasons behind it.
Mark, who used to coach Andy Murray, when he was coming, is very technical and is capable of providing answers.
This makes it easy for Emma to buy in her thoughts and they share the same vision about her tennis – which is important.
In his first round match against Mimi Zoo, Redukanu effectively used his forehand to win 50 out of 83 rallies, which were four shots or less
He has made some small twics on the forehand, and has done the same with service, and it is a mentality of becoming more aggressive.
In a match against Mm Joo in the first round – on a big occasion of Wimbledon, a person from the same country, some person, forehand is really kept for testing.
The fact is that it stood in a difficult position, and he could be brave behind it, was important.
Usually, if you are going to be more aggressive then you are going close to the sideline and playing with a small difference.
You are hitting the ball very hard and with this you take more risk. So when you take more risk, you have to be ready to accept that you can miss more on opportunities.
It is about keeping balance – you need the success of the shot to beat the misses. This is the risk-pro.
Why this will help him take control of the base line
Instead of being consistent only, it is taking control of Emma’s base line, because of being able to attack the ball back and risk the opponent.
He is naturally an aggressive baselner and stands forward on return.
She does so well and it is important for him to maintain the position of the court he has received throughout the rally.
Against Wondrasova, he will need to hold the first strike at the rally.
Vondrasova prefers to control the point strange with his leftist – using a spin, opening the court and of course, by putting the ball from the opposite angle that usually does.
Grass-court tennis is especially about the first-stroke tennis, even more when you are playing a person who prefers to decide quickly in a rally like Wondrasova.
Vondrasova
When an unplanned Vondrasova won the title two years ago, he was described as one of the most Wimble Wimbledon Champions ever.
This was because he first won only four grass-court matches in his career and was ranked 42nd in the world after remembering the last six months with a wrist injury.
In the last one year, Marketta has struggled with a shoulder injury, playing only 17 matches in this season and resulted in 73rd position and is out of the top 150.
But he reminded us all his potential by winning the Grass-Cort Berlin title last week-Australian Open Champion Madison Keys, 2023 Wimbledon Runner-up ons Jabur and world number one by defeating Aryana Sabalanka on the way.
This is an incredible list. But he naturally fits this surface so well.
In the Czech Republic, they spend a lot of time in winter on indoor hard court. That ball is being used to come less and fast, which means that its game becomes very easily translated on the grass.
Wondrasova followed her Berlin title with an impressive victory over 32nd seed McCartney Casler in Wimbledon
Using the Lefty Series and Fourhand, she actually becomes a hit outside the ball, so she cuts the ball through the sideline before reaching the baseline and hits with a much higher angle than other players.
She is happy to come forward, plays a lot of couples, and is very comfortable to come on the net.
This is again something that you will develop on an indoor hard court and will infection well on the grass.
Along with service, all this is about angles and to open the court, but she can also disguise it and level it still when it needs and keeps your opponent guessing.
I think she is one of the best grass -court on women’s visit – so Redukanu will have to stay on top of her game if she is going to find a way behind the former Wimbledon Champion.
Naomi Body was talking to Jonathan Jurjco of BBC Sport in Wimbledon