If it’s a Gabriela Dabrowski singles match, there will be drama.
Most of the time, it’s all pretty much self-imposed, every time there’s a missed shot. When the Canadian doubles specialist hits a GOOD shot, there’s no reaction.
It’s all very negative reinforcement, which is probably why she’s not as good a singles player as her talent, from this view, would indicate.
And in the end, Dabrowski’s 6-3, 6-3 loss to Russian veteran Vera Dushevina was fairly typical, unfortunately.
Here’s what it looked like (click here if you can’t see it on your iPad)
She lets a lot of opponents beat themselves, and that’s pretty much what Dabrowski did on Thursday.