ATP 500 WTA 500 Washington DC 7/31-8/6 2023

[ponchi101]

It seems Garcia's career year was 2022. She has been unable to replicate anything close to that level.

[JTContinental]

It seems Garcia's career year was 2022. She has been unable to replicate anything close to that level.

I tried to tell y'all that it wasn't for real

[ti-amie]

It seems Garcia's career year was 2022. She has been unable to replicate anything close to that level.

I tried to tell y'all that it wasn't for real

That you did

[ashkor87]

It seems Garcia's career year was 2022. She has been unable to replicate anything close to that level.

You are underestimating Kostyuk..she is incredibly talented, can beat anyone on a given day...didn't see the match (they are all in the middle of the night for me) so don't really know how they both played...

[ponchi101]

Not talking about this one single match. Garcia has yet to produce any result that is worthy for the year. And Kostyuk may be very talented, but she is not a rookie that is exploding into the scene. She is also established and we know what she can do. So, 2 & 3 against Garcia says things about both. Good win for Kostyuk, bad loss for Garcia.

[ti-amie]

It seems play is over due to the weather but no OoP has been posted for tomorrow as of now and I have to sign off for the night. Bother.

[patrick]

Garcia points will start to dwindle when Cincinnati commence.

[ashkor87]

Analytics suggest Pegula vs Svitolina is 61-39...it looks more like 50-50 to me..same class players..

[ponchi101]

Analytics suggest Pegula vs Svitolina is 61-39...it looks more like 50-50 to me..same class players..

They are going by the usual stats, but this time there are too many imponderables. The math can't take into consideration Svitolina's layoff, nor can it take into consideration that she seems to be a different player during her return.
I will give it to Pegula too, but no by that margin. Just a bit of percentahe to her. And if Svitolina wins, I will not be surprised one bit.

[ti-amie]

Friday, August 04, 2023 Day 7

Stadium Starts At 12:00 Pm

(1) Jessica Pegula VS (WC) Elina Svitolina
Not Before 2:00 Pm
(1) Taylor Fritz VS (15) Andy Murray
Followed By / TBF 0/0
R16
(Q) Juncheng Shang VS (2) Frances Tiafoe
Not Before 7:00 PM
(6) Belinda Bencic VS (3) Coco Gauff
Followed By / TBA
QF
Alexander Shevchenko Or Daniel Evans VS Juncheng Shang Or Frances Tiafoe

John Harris Starts At 12:00 Pm

(4) Maria Sakkari VS (Q) Leylah Fernandez
Not Before 2:00 Pm / TBF 2/5
R16
(11) Christopher Eubanks VS Jordan Thompson
Not Before 2:30 PM
(8) Liudmila Samsonova VS Marta Kostyuk
After Suitable Rest
TBD VS (7) Madison Keys
Followed By / TBA
QF
Taylor Fritz Or Andy Murray VS Christopher Eubanks Or Jordan Thompson

Grandstand Starts At 12:00 Noon

SF
(WC) Mackenzie McDonald/Ben Shelton VS (3) Lloyd Glasspool/Harri Heliovaara
Not Before 2:00 Pm / TBF 6/4 1/6 1/0
R16
(12) Tallon Griekspoor VS (WC) Gael Monfils
Not Before 3:00 Pm / TBF 0/0
R16
Alexander Shevchenko VS (9) Daniel Evans
Not Before 5:00 Pm
QF
(5) Grigor Dimitrov VS (13) Ugo Humbert
Followed By
QF
(16) J.J. Wolf VS Tallon Griekspoor Or Gael Monfils

Court 4 Starts At 12:00 Pm

(OSE) Laura Siegemund/Vera Zvonareva VS Lyudmyla Kichenok/Nadiia Kichenok
Followed By
Alexa Guarachi/Monica Niculescu VS (2) Shuko Aoyama/Gabriela Dabrowski

[meganfernandez]

Pegula/Svitolina is very, very good. The first point of the 5-4 game was Slam-final worthy.

Edit: incredible hustle from both... great stuff... Svitolina is coming in a lot more than in the past.

[meganfernandez]

Terrific win from Pegula. She hung tough, had 3 or 4 match points, had to serve it out after losing some MPs on Svitolia's serve in the third set. Pegula saved all 6 break points against her in the third set.

Damn, i really wanted Svitolina and Monfils to both win the title.

[ti-amie]

We've been talking a lot about Pegula and her win today is a good one for her. She came out in the second set a completely different player and Svitolina, looking like her old, tentative self when it came to crunch time, never recovered. She did fight back a bit in the third but if Pegula had lost that match soul-crushing wouldn't begin to describe how horrible it would've been for her.

[meganfernandez]

We've been talking a lot about Pegula and her win today is a good one for her. She came out in the second set a completely different player and Svitolina, looking like her old, tentative self when it came to crunch time, never recovered. She did fight back a bit in the third but if Pegula had lost that match soul-crushing wouldn't begin to describe how horrible it would've been for her.

In her on-court interview, Pegula said if she hadn't served it out, she probably would have lost quickly 7-5. She said you aren't supposed to think that way, but it was honest - she said it was a very physical match and she was pretty tired. That's one reason I love Pegula. She also had lovely things to say about Svitolina.

[jazzyg]

If I read one more post about Pegula not being a tier 1 player, so help me God.

It is established that she cannot reach the same level as an in-form Sabalenka or Swiatek, but (and now I'm repeating myself but sometimes it feels like I'm hitting a blank wall), she was up 4-1 with a point for 5-1 on Vondrousova in the Wimbledon quarterfinals. She very probably would have beaten Svitolina in the semis and would have had a shot against a nervous Jabeur in the final. If you believe she's tier 2, your standards are too dang high.