WTA 250 Bad Homburg 6/19 - 6/25 2022

[meganfernandez]

so Anisimova is playing.. eager to see how she does.. she seems to have it in her head that she prefers slow courts but I fail to see any reason in her game, or her movement, for that to be true.. if she does well here, maybe she will be encouraged to think of herself as good on all courts...

she said she likes time to set up her shots. Just a preference. She must not like being reactive.

[ashkor87]

so Anisimova is playing.. eager to see how she does.. she seems to have it in her head that she prefers slow courts but I fail to see any reason in her game, or her movement, for that to be true.. if she does well here, maybe she will be encouraged to think of herself as good on all courts...

she said she likes time to set up her shots. Just a preference. She must not like being reactive.

true.. and as she showed just now, doesnt volley well, doesnt put them away as she should...

[ashkor87]

Meanwhile, Andreescu finding her grass feet, beat Trevisan very easily.. happy to see her playing confidently again. She really has no weaknesses, I think of her as the WTA equivalent of Djokovic

[ponchi101]

That is quite a comparison, Ashkor (from Andreescu to Djokovic). I really don't think there is a WTA equivalent to Djokovic (not now nor ever).

[meganfernandez]

Boom Boom Liscki won! Hasn't had many main draw wins at the tour level since 2019 - a few at a 125K. Watch out, Wimbledon dark house. She's only 32!

That is quite a comparison, Ashkor (from Andreescu to Djokovic). I really don't think there is a WTA equivalent to Djokovic (not now nor ever).

Maybe the mold of Djkokovic- all-court player with no obvious weakness and no one giant weapon, strong mentally. I'd say Djokovic is a much better mover. And one of the things that makes Djokovic so good is his commitment and work ethic. The idea isn't bad, though.

What about Chris Evert as the closest WTA equivalent?

[ponchi101]

Chris did not have the serve and was not able to transition from defense to offense like Novak does.
On the other side, I simply cannot even claim that Novak comes close to Chris in the mental strength aspects. I know he is a very strong competitor now, but his history is checkered; hers wasn't.
But.... the closest? I may yield.

[ti-amie]

ORDER OF PLAY - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2022

CENTRE COURT starts at 12:00 PM

G. Minnen (BEL) vs [WC] S. Lisicki (GER)
NB 2:00 PM [Q] K. Swan (GBR) vs B. Andreescu (CAN)
NB 4:30 PM L. Bronzetti (ITA) vs [3] A. Kerber (GER)
NB 6:00 PM [4] S. Halep (ROU) vs T. Zidansek (SLO)

COURT 1 starts at 12:00 PM

[9] A. Cornet (FRA) vs [WC] T. Maria (GER)
A. Li (USA) vs [6] A. Anisimova (USA)
[1] E. Hozumi (JPN) / M. Ninomiya (JPN) vs A. Potapova / Y. Sizikova

[ti-amie]

Day 6 Order of Play

Centre Court
Starts at 12:00 PM

Quarterfinal
FRA C. GARCIA vs GER S. LISICKI
FOLLOWED BY
Quarterfinal
RUS D. KASATKINA (1) vs CAN B. ANDREESCU
NOT BEFORE 4:30 PM
Quarterfinal
FRA A. CORNET (9) vs GER A. KERBER (3)
NOT BEFORE 6:00 PM
Quarterfinal
ROU S. HALEP (4) vs USA A. ANISIMOVA (6)

Court 1
Starts at 12:00 PM

Quarterfinal
USA K. CHRISTIAN/BLR L. MAROZAVA (4) vs SVK T. MIHALIKOVA/BLR A. SASNOVICH
FOLLOWED BY
Quarterfinal
RUS A. FOMINA-KLOTZ/RUS A. GASANOVA vs POL A. ROSOLSKA/NZL E. ROUTLIFFE (2)
FOLLOWED BY
Quarterfinal
GEO O. KALASHNIKOVA/USA I. NEEL vs UKR N. KICHENOK/ROU R. OLARU (3)

[ashkor87]

Andreescu impressive in her win.. Kasatkina next- Kasatkina is a very good player, quick and good at the net but not really a grass-courter, so let us see how Andreescu does..meanwhile, Anisimova was very impressive agains Li.. maybe she is beginning to realize she can play on grass!

[ponchi101]

If Kasatkina only had a bit more power...

[Deuce]

If Kasatkina only had a bit more power...

... and a serve that's better than a typical 12 year old girl's serve...

[Suliso]

Despite all that Kasatkina is likely to return to the top 10 later this year (#6 in the race).

[martini4me]

This strikes me as an exceptionally strong quarter-final lineup for the week before a major (and not even in the same country!).

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[ashkor87]

This strikes me as an exceptionally strong quarter-final lineup for the week before a major (and not even in the same country!).

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True..and it isn't even a 500 pointer..very strange..maybe folks want as many matches as possible on a different surface but don't want to risk a first round exit? Like Badosa....

[ashkor87]

Andreescu impressive in beating Kasatkina...she is looking more like a champion every day...