WTA 1000 Doha 2/8 - 2/14 2026

[ptmcmahon]

Alexandrova to win Dubai, got it

[ponchi101]

most of the upsets we are seeing here are because the court is slow, significantly slower than Melbourne- Mertens, for instance, is a mini-Pegula, she doesnt have the ability to generate her own power.. ALexandrova is also much better on faster courts, which we will see in Dubai.

If you dont think court speed matters, please ignore this post, it is not something to be argued about.

Excuse me, but don't tell people what to do when they read your posts. As long as all rules of etiquette and engagement are kept, people have the right to reply to your post in any manner they see fit. It is what this forum is about.

[ashkor87]

most of the upsets we are seeing here are because the court is slow, significantly slower than Melbourne- Mertens, for instance, is a mini-Pegula, she doesnt have the ability to generate her own power.. ALexandrova is also much better on faster courts, which we will see in Dubai.

If you dont think court speed matters, please ignore this post, it is not something to be argued about.

Excuse me, but don't tell people what to do when they read your posts. As long as all rules of etiquette and engagement are kept, people have the right to reply to your post in any manner they see fit. It is what this forum is about.

Yes of course..all I am saying is don't get irritated because I keep harping on court speed,
Which nobody believes is relevant except me!

[ashkor87]

Alexandrova to win Dubai, got it

You said it, not me

[ashkor87]

Alexandrova to win Dubai, got it

I dropped Alexandrova from my fantasy team and kept Ostapenko, for precisely this reason.

[ptmcmahon]

I'll be watching for you to add her back next week then. Based on my prediction of course!

[ponchi101]

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Excuse me, but don't tell people what to do when they read your posts. As long as all rules of etiquette and engagement are kept, people have the right to reply to your post in any manner they see fit. It is what this forum is about.

Yes of course..all I am saying is don't get irritated because I keep harping on court speed,
Which nobody believes is relevant except me!
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You see, you do this. Now you claim that nobody believes it is relevant. And of course it is. But I believe that, for example, the changes in balls are more important.
Nobody here says court speed is not important. I say that, as that graph posted last year showed, the speed of the courts is much more even than ever. Otherwise, you would not see 12 strokes rallies at Wimbledon.
And you disregard data that are important to your theory. Coco lost in the first match, and you cannot say that she does not generate her own power or that, the current holder of RG, does not know how to play on a slow court. She was playing on a hard court (tough to say she does not like that) that was slow (again, RG champ). She simply had a bad day.
So, in that match, it was not court speed.