Diana Shnaider vs. Anastasia Potapova | 2024 Mutua Madrid Open R1 | WTA Match Highlights

told us that she was buying the material and then sending it to a woman to make the right size head scarf for her head so can't be bought on the High Street 15 yeah both these players pretty similar game styles and a lot of free points on the heavy Lefty slider serve so AR surprising that and pottera a big game to match her big can settled 15 against Marquetta Von Dr the number six seed Schneider also the main drop my oh my some big tennis already from [Music] poova well seamless and simple she is off to well she needs she know against Potter POA if you don't get that first hit in then unfortunately popover will yeah it's a brilliant angle making the court look exceptionally big at the moment hey go and actually the main thing to contend with is the it's impressive use of the core not just using the depth of the court but also [Applause] goes to show that she is up there with the very best in the game that career high ranking of world number just hooks it a touch wide was her first ever top 10 win oh that is Sublime transitioning exquisitly [Applause] well the signature big strike tennis of poter overa corner to corner oh point of the match and has evidence there no was yeah smart tactics to level this match out get the break of serve well she wants to have a look at the mark But decides against it of course Hawkeye system is just far less accurate on the softer clay courts they can have a look at if there is a contestable call [Music] [Applause] EG on a she there o big Miss well a second break point opportunity now for Schneider she's had just the one so far and hasn't [Applause] spee qu settle and a grand slam best result came so poova with the new balls which means that they'll fly just that little bit more then they oh dominant striking is on that back end and it does favor those with big serves [Applause] [Music] [Music] broken her opponent on just the one occasion it came in the very first game of the match 15 and that's what happens when you serve right into the Hitting Zone of Potter po oh and looks like she just about found the line [Music] so Schneider and she is striking that forehand down the line with so much big forehand down the line strike 15 well it's a second double fault of the match but it has come at [Music] a break well you can just about guarantee that even if the unforced air accounts of popover creep Retreat behind that Baseline everything is going to be struck with aggression intent well a theatrical recovery [Music] the first serve of potera has been a little problematic in the opening parts of this first set in particular currently 51% but helped by two [Applause] [Applause] the first point that Schneider has won in eight times of asking let's let Schneider back into the set then she went on to break to love and she's been the more aggressive player of the two she's been just the more clinical of the two but that shot has been almost perfect for Schneider 15 14 [Music] he can't say 15 left can't take 15 yeah that movement is such a strength of her [Applause] [Music] so four games in a row for poter POA 15 session Ida just uh another [Music] of so it would therefore follow that the in college and knows how to play those tricky points under [Music] pressure and that's because oh well it was the right shot to play just taking a little bit of pace off that backand and the trajectory of the ball slightly with either smash there Popova found herself in a good position third sheld [Music] [Applause] the serve has the serve has lacked consistency from the GetGo her fourth double fault of the match first serve per 15 [Music] can well there it was again the four [Music] [Music] well frustration and then take a two love lead in the second and then three games in a row for Dianna Schneider so work to do oh just miss overcooked it and actually sometimes they do play with balls and they're basically a re-engineered version of the the classic Dunlop Fort cour that's better B her margins in doesn't have to be quite so good from poova quite so and fend off two break points why [Music] [Applause] a conversation just a few words here and there yeah it was good disguise but the Schneider drop shot just oh had to be careful there po up over that she didn't touch the oh there is that forehand down the line time and time [Music] again and once again too much dep from that drop shot Much Death from that drop [Applause] shot part up over getting there with a lot of time has plenty of options as she moves World cards poosa also through a good win for her against Katarina sakova and Linda for a vit of it she is out of the tournament as well can't take can said [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] can settle 15 love [Applause] oh found herself just slightly off balance 15 14 30 well potera remains in the driver's seat come on can 15 well she just managed to raise her level Potter over when it really matters on the way that seemingly it's going to continue for he up