WTA 500 ATP 250 Eastbourne 6/25 - 7/1 2023

[ti-amie]

Thursday, June 29, 2023 Day 6

Centre Court Starts At 11:00 Am

(4) Francisco Cerundolo VS Zhizhen Zhang
Not Before 12:30 PM
(3) Jessica Pegula VS (5) Coco Gauff
Followed By
(9) Daria Kasatkina VS (2) Caroline Garcia
Not Before 4:00 Pm
J.J. Wolf VS (2) Tommy Paul

Court 1 Starts At 11:00 Am

Madison Keys VS (LL) Petra Martic
Not Before 12:30 Pm
Mackenzie McDonald VS Mikael Ymer
Followed By
(8) Miomir Kecmanovic VS Gregoire Barrere
Not Before 4:00 PM
Jelena Ostapenko VS Camila Giorgi

Court 2 Starts At 11:00 Am

Luisa Stefani/Zhaoxuan Yang VS (2) Nicole Melichar-Martinez/Ellen Perez
Not Before 12:30 Pm
(1) Ivan Dodig/Austin Krajicek VS Matthew Ebden/John-Patrick Smith
Followed By
(4) Nikola Mektic/Mate Pavic VS (2) Rajeev Ram/Joe Salisbury

[ashkor87]

Coco's movement on grass is spell-binding - long time since I have seen anyone move so fast and so easily.. a big asset on the grass - now, if only she can fix that forehand...

[ashkor87]

Interesting encounter next- coco vs Pegula...I would bet on Coco, since it is grass..interesting, though .I think Pegula won the only other time they have met...

the prediction on the tennis site is 58.5% gauff - roughly correct, I would say. Analytics is sometimes not too way off..

[ponchi101]

They were correct, and the score was not even close.
That last part surprised me.

[ti-amie]

Both Alona and Caroline Garcia retired today after dropping first sets. Giorgi and Kasatkina go to the next round.

[ti-amie]

Friday, June 30, 2023 Day 7

Centre Court Starts At 11:00 Am

Madison Keys VS (5) Coco Gauff
Followed By
Camila Giorgi VS (9) Daria Kasatkina
Not Before 2:00 Pm
Mackenzie McDonald VS (4) Francisco Cerundolo
Followed By
Gregoire Barrere VS (2) Tommy Paul

Court 1 Starts At 2:00 Pm

F
(1) Ivan Dodig/Austin Krajicek VS (4) Nikola Mektic/Mate Pavic
TBA
SF
(4) Lyudmyla Kichenok/Jelena Ostapenko VS (2) Nicole Melichar-Martinez/Ellen Perez

[ashkor87]

Gauff vs Keys! yet another intriguing matchup.. on grass, Coco's movement and defense should prevail over Keys' power...

[ashkor87]

Gauff vs Keys! yet another intriguing matchup.. on grass, Coco's movement and defense should prevail over Keys' power...contrary to popular supposition including her erstwhile coach Davenport) I dont think Keys' game is made for grass..

[ponchi101]

Keys' game is suitable for everything. When the balls are landing in.
it is that sooner or later she can't keep the balls in. But her strokes are so excellent.

[ashkor87]

Yes but she doesn't always get in position..footwork isn't world-class, to say the least

[ashkor87]

They were correct, and the score was not even close.
That last part surprised me.

didnt surprise me at all.. Pegula is simply another of those somewhat over-rated players.. it is not that Coco is a Wimbledon champion, it is just that there is nothing that great about Pegula's game! But of course, most people here would disagree - that is fine.. I hope it is ok with people on this site if I say what I think.
No disrespect intednded to Pegula - she is a very good, solid Tier 2 player, just that she is not a Tier 1 player or even close (which Kvitova, Ostapenko, Jabeur are).. I repeat what I said earlier on another board - Pegula is comparable to Bencic, only slightly inferior to her. Alexandrova is better. Again, my estimate, people should not feel affronted.

[JTContinental]

I'm not affronted, but I don't think anything that you wrote above is true, except about Kvitova being top tier

[ashkor87]

I'm not affronted, but I don't think anything that you wrote above is true, except about Kvitova being top tier

Ok, good, let us agree to disagree..and let the results speak.

[ashkor87]

good win for Keys over Gauff, unexpected.. but she is a former champion here, after all..

[ashkor87]

Swiatek withdraws due to illness! what IS this virus going around and laying tennis players low?