WTA 500 Seoul 9/16 - 9/22 2024

[Jeff from TX]

Wonder if Frech will withdraw? Its a long flight from Guadalajara to Seoul.

[ponchi101]

Going by last year's experience, the court is medium-paced, not too fast, not too slow...Samsonova seems the best player here ..Shnaider and Kostyuk should do well too..
It is a depleted field, but much better than Guadalajara was ..so things are looking up. I suppose anything less than a 1000 level event isn't enough to entice the big players like Swiatek at this late stage in the year.. everyone is tired, a bit injured, generally demotivated ..some of the young ones should seize these opportunities with both hands! Who could that be this time,?

Yep. There is no way Aryna is going to get on any plane to go anywhere and play after a USO run. Neither will Pegula nor Navarro.
Weird idea: time to start running the tours like if it were F1. Three weeks of MS 1000's for the top 64 players, MS500 for those below, 250's for the rest. One week rest. Then play one Slam (starting with the Aussie). That is six weeks.
Two weeks break.
Start the clay season, and repeat.
Then do grass.
Then do hard courts.
Season is over (for most) in September. Let them play their exos (Laver cup) and stuff. Play the YEC's in early Nov for the players that qualify.
DC is dead, so let it RIP.
And that way they have time to recover.
Ponchi for commissioner of tennis. Or a straight jacket and a cold water hose.

[ti-amie]

Monday Order of Play

Centre Court
Starts at 11:00 PM

ROU E. RUSE vs CHN Y. YUAN (8)
Followed By
KOR D. BACK vs CAN C. ZHAO
Followed By
RUS E. ALEXANDROVA (7) vs USA V. LEPCHENKO
Followed By
NED A. RUS vs UKR M. KOSTYUK (5)

Grandstand
Starts at 11:00 PM

RUS V. KUDERMETOVA vs CHN S. ZHANG
Followed By
GBR H. WATSON vs CHN J. LU
Followed By
KAZ Y. PUTINTSEVA/AUS A. TOMLJANOVIC vs KOR S. JANG/USA S. STEPHENS
Followed By
CHN X. JIANG/TPE F. WU vs JPN N. HIBINO/AUS P. HON

[ti-amie]

[ashkor87]

Anisimova...I hope, will take the opportunity

[ashkor87]

Going by last year's experience, the court is medium-paced, not too fast, not too slow...Samsonova seems the best player here ..Shnaider and Kostyuk should do well too..
It is a depleted field, but much better than Guadalajara was ..so things are looking up. I suppose anything less than a 1000 level event isn't enough to entice the big players like Swiatek at this late stage in the year.. everyone is tired, a bit injured, generally demotivated ..some of the young ones should seize these opportunities with both hands! Who could that be this time,?

saw the highlights video of Alexandrova and Kostyuk too - court is a bit too slow for Alexandrova..not Kostyuk though.. I imagine Samsonova will love this court, and so will Anisimova.. Raducanu will not.. let us see what happens..

[ti-amie]

Tuesday Order of Play

Centre Court
Starts at 11:00 PM

KAZ Y. PUTINTSEVA (6) vs USA A. ANISIMOVA
Followed By
USA S. STEPHENS vs USA H. BAPTISTE
Followed By
USA P. STEARNS vs GBR E. RADUCANU
Followed By
AUS A. TOMLJANOVIC vs KOR S. JANG
Followed By
USA N. MELICHAR-MARTINEZ/RUS L. SAMSONOVA vs KOR D. KIM/KOR N. KIM

Grandstand
Starts at 11:00 PM

RUS P. KUDERMETOVA vs AUS P. HON
Followed By
GER T. MARIA vs BUL V. TOMOVA
Followed By
TPE H. CHAN/RUS V. KUDERMETOVA (1) vs SVK T. MIHALIKOVA/GBR O. NICHOLLS
Followed By
JPN S. Aoyama/JPN E. Hozumi vs USA B. Mattek-Sands/GBR H. Watson (4)

[ashkor87]

this time of year is great for me - all the matches are at a 'reasonable' time, unlike the USO..

[ashkor87]

Raducanu struggled to finish points against Stearns, while Anisimova conjured up easy power against Putintseva..on a somewhat slower court, Anisimova has the time to swing hard, and her power enables her to hit through the court..Raducanu has no such power, only the ability to take the ball early and redirect it.. she needs help from the court, which a slow court doesn't give her ..almost a textbook example

[ponchi101]

When you find the counter example, please post that one too

[ti-amie]

Wednesday Order of Play

Centre Court
Starts at 11:00 PM

RUS E. ALEXANDROVA (7) vs RUS P. KUDERMETOVA
Followed By
RUS D. SHNAIDER (4) vs CAN C. ZHAO
Followed By
GBR H. WATSON vs UKR M. KOSTYUK (5)
Followed By
RUS V. KUDERMETOVA vs RUS L. SAMSONOVA (2)

Grandstand
Starts at 1:00 AM

JPN M. KATO/CHN S. ZHANG (3) vs NOR U. EIKERI/NED A. RUS
Followed By
RUS E. ALEXANDROVA/RUS Y. SIZIKOVA vs MEX G. OLMOS/RUS A. PANOVA (2)
Followed By
JPN M. NINOMIYA/BUL V. TOMOVA vs USA V. LEPCHENKO/SRB N. STEVANOVIC
Followed By
CHN X. JIANG/TPE F. WU vs JPN S. AOYAMA/JPN E. HOZUMI

[ptmcmahon]

this time of year is great for me - all the matches are at a 'reasonable' time, unlike the USO..

For me, in Atlantic Canada, I always loved French Open and Wimbledon timing...matches would start right when I get to work.

[ashkor87]

When you find the counter example, please post that one too

Sabalenka winning on the two fastest courts..I would not have expected it

[ashkor87]

I would have expected Sabalenka to be more successful at W and RG - she did do well, there initially, of course...

[ashkor87]

Btw Alcaraz winning on the slower courts at RG and W, and Sinner winning on the faster courts at Melbourne and NY, is precisely what one should expect.
The court speed only makes a marginal difference but between these two, the difference will always be thin...