Marion Bartoli with her unorthodox style of play
In the WTA World Rankings, Marion Bartoli is 10-4 in 2010 and sits in the 12th spot. She will need to put forth some solid play if she hopes to keep her position in the rankings and there are a lot of players near Bartoli with similar point totals.
Bartoli has had her struggles, although she has been absolutely impressive at times this year. The match against the 5th ranked player in the world Svetlana Kuznetsova is particularly impressive one.
Bartoli was incredible at times, in her match against Svetlana Kuznetsova. A straight set victory in favor of Bartoli with The final score of the match 6-3, 6-0. Svetlana Kuznetsova is one of the best players in the world, and it is impressive to show the ability to dominate one of the top players in the world by beating them 6-0 in one of the sets.
The consistency Bartoli that had against Svetlana Kuznetsova is unfortunately has not been able to find. Bartoli has been beaten 0-6 twice, in other matches. This completely offsets the impressive match that she had earlier in the year. For a competitor like her, this sort of inconsistency is tough to swallow.
Her unorthodox style of play could be attributed as a Part of the inconsistency of Bartoli. When hitting her forehand and her backhand, she uses both hands. Her full swinging, two handed strokes tend to leave her a step behind her opponents when they hit a good shot. Because of her lack of mobility, the faster players in the league tend to have an advantage over her.
